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Lionel Peter Twiss OBE, DSC & Bar (23 July 1921 – 31 August 2011) was a British test pilot who holds the World Air Speed Record as the first man to fly a jet aircraft faster than 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h; 870 kn).

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rdfs:label	Lionel Peter Twiss (fr) Peter Twiss (it) ピーター・ツィス (ja) Peter Twiss (en)
rdfs:comment	Lionel Peter Twiss OBE, DSC & Bar (23 July 1921 – 31 August 2011) was a British test pilot who holds the World Air Speed Record as the first man to fly a jet aircraft faster than 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h; 870 kn). (en) Lionel Peter Twiss (Lindfield, 23 luglio 1921 – 31 agosto 2011) è stato un militare e aviatore inglese, veterano della seconda guerra mondiale che nel 1946 entrò a far parte della azienda Fairey come pilota collaudatore di aeroplani. Volando a bordo di un Fairey Delta 2 il 10 marzo 1956 stabilì il nuovo record mondiale di velocità, raggiungendo i 1 811 km/h (1 132 mph), che gli valse l'assegnazione del e del . Nel 1960 lasciò il mondo dell'aviazione ricoprendo incarichi di prestigio in quello nautico, fu direttore delle società (1968-1978) e Hamble Point Marine (1978-1988). È apparso anche nei film Affondate la Bismarck! e A 007, dalla Russia con amore. (it) Lionel Peter Twiss OBE, DSC & Bar (23 juillet 1921 - 31 août 2011) est un pilote d'essai britannique, détenteur du record du monde de vitesse aérienne sur avion à réaction à plus de 1 600 km/h (1 000 mph). (fr) ピーター・ツィス、OBE（Peter Twiss、1921年7月23日 - 2011年8月31日）はイギリスのパイロットである。1956年、フェアリーデルタ2で1811 km/hの速度記録を作った。第二次世界大戦が始まった後、イギリス海軍航空隊に採用された。はじめカタパルト・シップで運用されたホーカーハリケーンの乗員を務め、1942年にマルタ島への輸送作戦では807航空隊に属し、フェアリーフルマーを操縦した。その後フューリアスのに搭乗し、Distinguished Service Crossを受勲した。アルジェとモロッコに対するトーチ作戦に参加した。その後ドイツ上空へのフォード海軍基地からの長距離侵攻飛行に参加した。新型機の飛行試験に参加するようになり、1944年にはアメリカでの試験飛行を行った。 1946年にフェアリーのテスト・パイロットになり、、フェアリーガネット、フェアリーファイアフライやFairey Rotodyneなどの試験飛行を行った。1947年にはFirefly IVでLympne Air Racesに参加し、305.93mphの記録で優勝した。2年間に渡ってフェアリーデルタ2の試験飛行を行ない1956年3月10日に1,811 km/hの速度記録を樹立した。 (ja)
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