[2] During the development of the Sea Harrier, John Farley, (Hawker Siddeley's deputy chief test pilot) asked Fleet Air Arm for "one of your best youngsters off Ark Royal"[Note 1] to be the Project Liaison Officer.

[2] There he quickly impressed John Farley, and was made the leader of the Sea Harrier cockpit development programme.

[3]: 20:35 In 1979 he left the Royal Navy to join British Aerospace (BAe) as a Sea Harrier test pilot.

[4] In March 1990 a BAe memorandum relating to the cause of this incident was briefly discussed in the House of Commons by Alan Clark.

[2] If there was one person that deserves a medal for the way the Sea Harrier was operated in the Falklands .. it's Taylor, because he made sure that what was in that cockpit was what the naval pilots needed to do their job