Chris Roberts (pilot)

Christopher Roberts (born 1945) is a former British test pilot.

He flew with the Royal Air Force, beginning with 20 Squadron on the Hawker Hunter at RAF Tengah in Singapore from 1966 to 1969.

He then returned to RAF Valley as a flying instructor on the Hawker Hunter.

[1][2] He attended the Empire Test Pilots' School and flew with the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.

On 24 April 1987 he flew the second prototype ZH200 of the Hawk 200, the single-seat version, being the project test pilot; the aircraft would make its public debut at the 1987 Paris Air Show in June 1987.

Hawk XX159 , one of the early British Aerospace Hawks that he flew, seen at RIAT at RAF Fairford in July 2009