The SC.1 was publicly displayed at the Farnborough Airshow in 1958 and 1960; it also appeared at the Paris Air Show in 1961, at which it performed a demonstration flight. On 2 October 1963, the second test aircraft crashed in Belfast, killing the pilot, J.R. Green; the cause was later determined to have been a control malfunction. Following the accident, the aircraft was rebuilt and returned to flight for further testing, both continued flying until 1967. By 1965, a total of different 14 pilots had flown the type.