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David Masters served in the R.A.F.V.R from 1938 to 1946. He became an
instructor with the Rhodesian Air Training Group from 1940 to 1943. He
served with Bomber Command between 1944-1946 flying Lancasters.
David joined Fairey in 1946 and the company sponsored him for No. 5 ETPS
course. (Empire Test Pilots School). He became Senior Test Pilot for Fairey
Aviation at Ringway (now Manchester Airport). He test flew the Firefly and the
Gannet, performing the individual aerobatic display in the Gannet at the SBAC
show at Farnborough. He also test flew the then 'cloak-and-dagger'
ML Utility Mk1 aircraft.
In 1961 he retired from test flying, left Fairey and was appointed Special
Contracts representative for Derritron Electronics, whom he left in 1965 to
become Technical Press Officer for the Hawker Siddeley Group until joining
Gordon Bell & Partners, Management Training Consultants. From 1972 until
retiring in 1986 he worked as an independent Management Training
Consultant specializing in Effective Communication, mainly for multi-national
organizations.
David (opposite) pictured in later life.
