Over the years that the restoration project has been active, there have been several special moments along the way, rare and special times that we have, where possible, recorded and archived.These are the times when RAF pilots from the 1960’s have been tracked down, and have been found to be the steely eyed knights that once flew XS186 during her brief service life.
Over the years we will shamelessly display these men across our pages, and maybe stir a few memories out there….
XS186 pilots traced to date are:

Doug Fisher, after an illustrious career with the RAF, he finished his flying days at the College of Air Warfare, flying XS186 on several occasions
![ManbyQFIs[2] Pat Cunningham - even wrote a book about his time at RAF Manby](https://xs186.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/manbyqfis2.jpg?w=300&h=225)
Pat Cunningham – the first of XS186’s pilots to be tracked down

Peter Cowan – had lots of trips in XS186 before ‘banging out’ of another JP and moving onto Vulcans!

Edwin Nieass (in the centre of the photograph, arms folded) – contacted us in 2016 via the 74 Squadron Association. Edwin flew XS186 several times during her first year of operations, 1964.