Paul Hopkins

Paul Anthony Hopkins (22 March 1951 – 31 August 2014) was a British aviator, and the former Chief Test Pilot of British Aerospace in the 1990s. Career He joined the RAF in 1969 and flew the Harrier throughout the 1970s. He left the RAF in 1985. In 1996 he tested the BAE Systems and SAAB joint venture Saab JAS 39 Gripen. British Aerospace He became Chief Test Pilot of British Aerospace in 1997. He stopped flying in 2005.