Flight Testing the Islander: A description of the early flight test development of the aircraft

THE design team knew that the Islander was a winner from the very first moment it leapt into the air on June 13, 1965. The reliability was phenomenal; from that first flight on June 13 to the evening of Wednesday, June 16, the aircraft completed twelve flights totalling 7 hours 25 minutes over a wide range of e.g. positions and flight regimes in order to acquire the Special Category Certificate of Airworthiness that was required for attendance at the Paris Air Show.