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'''Christopher Roberts''' (born 1945) is a former British test pilot.<br />
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==Career==<br />
===Royal Air Force===<br />
He trained at [[RAF South Cerney]] in [[Gloucestershire]], and [[RAF Syerston]] in [[Nottinghamshire]] and completed it at RAF Valley in Anglesey North Wales. He flew with the [[Royal Air Force]], beginning with 20 Squadron on the Hawker Hunter at RAF Tengah in Singapore from 1966 to 1969. He then returned to RAF Valley as a flying instructor on the Hawker Hunter.<br />
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He became a member of the Red Arrows, as Red 2, from 1971 to 1972. He had flown the Harrier with the RAF, starting with the Harrier Operational Conversion Unit, at [[RAF Chivenor]], from early 1973.<ref>''Bristol Evening Post'' Thursday 25 January 1973, page 40</ref><ref>''Western Daily Press'' Thursday 25 January 1973, page 5</ref> He attended the [[Empire Test Pilots' School]] and flew with the [[Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment]] Boscombe Down in [[Wiltshire]].<br />
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===British Aerospace===<br />
[[File:XX159 BAe Hawk Royal Navy (7365586146).jpg|thumb|right|Hawk ''XX159'', one of the early British Aerospace Hawks that he flew, seen at [[Royal International Air Tattoo|RIAT]] at [[RAF Fairford]] in July 2009]]<br />
He joined [[British Aerospace]] as a test pilot in 1979, becoming deputy chief test pilot in 1987. On 24 April 1987 he flew the second prototype ''ZH200'' of the [[British Aerospace Hawk 200|Hawk 200]], the single-seat version, being the project test pilot; the aircraft would make its public debut at the 1987 [[Paris Air Show]] in June 1987. He flew Hawk ''XX159'' with [[Mike Snelling]].<ref>[https://www.aerosociety.com/media/4842/the-hawk-story.pdf ''The Hawk Story'', RAeS]</ref><br />
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He became Chief Test Pilot for the Harrier in February 1990.<ref>[https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1990/1990%20-%200493.PDF ''Flight International'' February 1990]</ref><br />
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Most of his flight testing, as chief test pilot, was with the [[British Aerospace Harrier II|Harrier GR7]]. In 1991 he became a Fellow of the [[Royal Aeronautical Society]].<br />
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===Airline pilot===<br />
He became an airline pilot with [[Airtours]], flying the [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|MD83]] at [[Gatwick Airport]]. He left Airtours in May 2003.<br />
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After flying, he is now on the [[UK Airprox Board]], and has been on the Air Safety Group of the [[Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
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