Unit Name: | Northern Ireland Universities Air Squadron |
Role: | Training, Recruiting |
Equipment: | Grob Tutor T1 |
Command Structure: | No. 6 Flying Training School |
Garrison: | Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove |
Dates: | 2015-present |
Northern Ireland Universities Air Squadron is a University Air Squadron connected to the Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.[1]
Squadron Leader Robert John Burge, on a training flight, was killed on Friday 16 October 1992. He had been the commanding officer for only two weeks. The other occupant survived, a female. He was the son of John and Brenda from Birkdale. He had taken off from Belfast City Airport. The aircraft crashed at Comber. The occupants were taken to Ulster Hospital.[2] [3] [4]