Monday 7 January 2019

Derek Piggott, British glider pilot and flight instructor, Died at 96

Alan Derek Piggott MBE was born on December 27, 1922, and died on January 6, 2019.

He was one of Britain's popular glider pilots and instructors.

Derek Piggott punched in over 5,000 hours on over 153 types of powered aircraft and over 5,000 hours on over 184 types of glider.

Piggott was given an awars for his work on the instruction and safety of glider pilots. Derek Piggot became the first person to make an officially authenticated take-off and flight in a man-powered aircraft in 1961.

Piggot was also a stunt pilot in several feature films.

He invented the "Piggott-Hook", which he designed to prevent air brakes opening on a launch.

Today, this system is installed in all new gliders built by DG Flugzeugbau.

Derek Piggot passed away at 96 yeasrs old.

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