British racing pilot, test pilot and author (1912–2007)
Alex Henshaw
Alex Henshaw, c. 1941.
Born
(1912-11-07)7 November 1912
Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England
Died
24 February 2007(2007-02-24) (aged 94)
Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, England
Occupation(s)
Aviator, author and businessman
Spouse
Barbara (Dowager Countess of Châteaubrun)
Children
Alexander Henshaw Jr.
Awards
Member of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
Alexander Adolphus Dumphries Henshaw, MBE (7 November 1912 – 24 February 2007) was a British air racer in the 1930s and a test pilot for Vickers-Armstrongs during the Second World War.
Alexander Adolphus Dumphries Henshaw, MBE (7 November 1912 – 24 February 2007) was a British air racer in the 1930s and a test pilot for Vickers-Armstrongs...
Henry "Hank" Henshaw is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, and normally goes by the name Cyborg Superman. Created...
referred to by personnel as the 'Flight Sheds'. CBAF's chief test pilot was AlexHenshaw MBE who managed a team of pilots who had the job of flight-testing the...
and test pilot 'Mutt' Summers, first to fly the Supermarine Spitfire AlexHenshaw, WWII British test pilot, air racer and author Aleksandr Fedotov, first...
having purchased Supermarine in 1936). The CBAF's chief test pilot was AlexHenshaw MBE, who managed a team of pilots who had the job of testing the aircraft...
Eugene Gilbert Claude Grahame-White Gustav Hamel Harry Hawker Frank Hawks AlexHenshaw Steve Hinton Skip Holm Benny Howard Amy Johnson Hubert Latham Tony LeVier...
Charles Lamb War in a Stringbag 1977 Alan Cobham A Time to Fly 1978 AlexHenshaw Sigh for a Merlin: Testing the Spitfire 1979 Murray Peden A Thousand...
Hank Henshaw is an astronaut at NASA until a solar flare hits his space shuttle during an experiment in space, damaging the ship and the crew. Henshaw and...
on the Sywell Aviation Museum. It was competed in 2001 and opened by AlexHenshaw who had test-flown Vickers Wellingtons on the site during the Second...
undercarriage position indicator on the instrument panel. Test pilot AlexHenshaw later stated that the Walrus was strong enough to make a wheels-up landing...
memorable static park of Allied and German aircraft and the flying included AlexHenshaw displaying a Seafire Mk45. After the war, the airfield was also used...
airport was located to the east of the town. On Sunday 5 February 1939, AlexHenshaw commenced his record-breaking flight to Cape Town and back from here...
those made by Everoak. Its garments were worn by Spitfire test pilot Sir AlexHenshaw and RAF fighter pilots during World War II. The name still appears in...
1941, three surplus Tomtits were acquired from Leicester Aero Club by AlexHenshaw, chief test pilot at the Vickers-Armstrongs Castle Bromwich aircraft...
gun and searchlight complete with crew. Pilots taking part included AlexHenshaw in a Supermarine Seafire. Lord Beaverbrook, a World War II Minister of...
Antanas Gustaitis Geoffrey de Havilland Mary, Lady Heath Ernst Heinkel AlexHenshaw Hilda Hewlett Bert Hinkler Bob Hoover Howard Hughes Abbas Ibn Firnas...
Hillson Praga, and was notable as being the first Manx Air Derby in which AlexHenshaw competed. The races continued until 1939, and were suspended during the...
Court of Justice (1992–2002). James O. Hall, 96, American historian. AlexHenshaw, 94, British test pilot noted for his work with Spitfire and Lancaster...
November – Paul Dehn, screenwriter and poet (died 1976) 7 November – AlexHenshaw, test pilot (died 2007) 12 November – Kenneth Porter, Air Force officer...
famous aviators of the time such as Geoffrey De Havilland in his TK.2 and AlexHenshaw in his Percival Mew Gull. These two were the fastest, but as it was a...
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