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BBC News report from HMS Ark Royal in 1988 of the 25th Anniversary of the first VSTOL deck landing

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Former Harrier chief test pilot Alfred William "Bill" Bedford OBE AFC FRAeS (18 November 1920 -- 20 October 1996) landed on HMS Ark Royal on February 8th 1988 in a two-seat T4N Harrier piloted by Lt Alistair McLaren, 899 Squadron, and accompanied by a Sea Harrier FRS.l flown by the CO, Cdr Scott Lidbetter. They were greeted by Admiral Sir Michael Pollock, captain of the previous Ark Royal when Bedford landed Harrier proto- type P. 1127 on a carrier deck for the first time exactly 25 years before.

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