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*The aircraft designer [[Roy Chadwick]] was killed on 23 August 1947 during a crash on take-off of the prototype [[Avro Tudor|Avro Tudor 2]], ''G-AGSU'', from Woodford airfield. The accident was due to an error in an overnight servicing in which the [[aileron]] control cables were inadvertently crossed.

*[[X-15 Flight 3-65-97]], a [[NASA]] [[test flight]] piloted by [[Michael J. Adams]], on 15 November 1967. Adams was killed after an electrical disturbance caused the degradation of flight controls in his [[North American X-15]] upon ascent. At 230,000 feet, the X-15 entered a [[Mach number|Mach 5]] spin. Adams used the minimal manual controls he had along with backup controls to attempt an emergency landing at [[Rogers Dry Lake]], but only servedmanaged to throw the aircraft into a [[pilot induced oscillation]] and a Mach 3.93 inverted dive. The plane began to break up 10 minutes and 35 seconds after takeoff, destroying the X-15 and killing Adams instantly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.nasa.gov/hyperrev-x15/ch-6.html |title=Transiting from Air to Space |publisher=History.nasa.gov |date= |access-date=2014-03-08}}</ref>

==Propulsion-controlled flight research==