John Lankester Parker OBE FRAeS Hon. MSLAE[1] (1896 – 22 August 1965) was Chief Test Pilot for Short Brothers from 1918 until his retirement in 1945. He joined Shorts in 1916 as a part-time test pilot and assistant to then Chief Test Pilot Ronald Kemp,[2] having been recommended for the post by Captain, later Admiral Sir, Murray Sueter, RNAS.[3] By the time he retired he was a director of the company.
^'Member of the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers', later 'Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and Technologists', later incorporated into the 'Royal Aeronautical Society'
^Ronald Kemp; earlyaviators.com...Retrieved September 22, 2018
^Barnes & James, p.127.
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