Tony Fairbrother

Fairbrother was quoted as commenting that: "The Comet must have been one of the all-time technical achievements.

I don't think it is too much to say that the world changed from the moment its wheels left the ground.

"[4] Fairbrother was head of the de Havilland flight development team based at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, for around 30 years.

He managed the development, flight testing, and certification of more than 15 new types of both civil and military aircraft.

Fairbrother played an important part in recovering from the Comet disasters of 1954 due to structural fatigue.