Hobbs, Leonard Len G.

Name/Title

Hobbs, Leonard "Len" G.

Entry/Object ID

4765

Description

Orenda Test pilot hired (former RAF S/L from England) in 1956 to fly the B-47/CL-52 Iroquois testbed. Was an Experimental Test Pilot specializing in engine development. Attended Zura's retirement dinner in 1958. Flew Spud Potocki on the company DC-3 to Trenton with Bill Devine so Spud could fly the Arrow back to Malton. He was still employed after Black Friday but quoted in the Globe and Mail 5 March 1959 as not knowing for how long.

Category

Biography