John Cockburn (test pilot)

John Jeremy Cockburn OBE (14 October 1937 – 3 April 2017) was a Scottish test pilot known for his flights in the English Electric Lightning.

[1][2] John Cockburn was born on 14 October 1937 at Greenlaw, Berwickshire, the son of a farmer.

He was a keen horseman, his uncle was the trainer Stewart Wright, and he won the Berwickshire point-to-point steeplechase in 1960 and 1964.

[3] In 1964 he married Amy Thompson, known as Judy, after they met water-skiing at Hoselaw Loch.

[3] He received obituaries in The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The Scotsman.