Lt Cdr Doug Taylor RN

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Lt Cdr Doug Taylor RN

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LT. CDR. TAYLOR

Lieutenant-Commander Doug Taylor, naval engineer whose ‘ski jump’ take-off for fighter jets helped to win the Falklands War.

From: Telegraph Obituaries
Lieutenant-Commander Doug Taylor, who has died aged 89, saw the development of all the postwar innovations in the Royal Navy which made modern naval aviation possible, the steam catapult, the angled deck, the projector sight, high-energy arresting gear – and, the last of them, Taylor’s ski-jump.

In September 1964, on a day of almost unbearable tropical heat, Taylor was flight deck engineer officer of the carrier HMS Victorious which, under international law, was exercising her right of innocent passage through the Lombok Strait into the Java Sea.

Doug Taylor took up flying in his late seventies:
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We have a lot to thank him for David . May he find a safe anchorage in calm blue seas. Amen
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DaveH wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 9:27 am We have a lot to thank him for David . May he find a safe anchorage in calm blue seas. Amen
I fully agree, RIP Sir.

Jim
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