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Former RAF Test Pilot Who Helped Clear Chinook Pilots Dies Aged 86

The former RAF chief test pilot helped expose airworthiness concerns that led to the pilots’ gross negligence verdict being overturned 17 years later.

Former RAF test pilot Robert Burke, who helped clear Chinook crash pilots Richard Cook and Jonathan Tapper, dies aged 86 on October 26.

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Tributes to former test pilot who campaigned for Chinook crash families

The helicopter crash in 1994 claimed 29 lives.

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Evening Standard broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, October 30, 2026.
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