VULCAN TEST PILOT TONY BLACKMAN HARDBACK

Tony Blackman describes in layman's terms and with statistical \nback-up what it was like to tame the first prototypes and to master the \nunusual characteristics neccessitated by the Vulcan's shape. Tony puts \nthe developments, demonstrations at Farnborough, incidents and accidents\n in their political and historical context, but as his story is a higly \npersonal one, we also get true sense of the way he felt whilst he was \nflying the aircraft. His words, descriptions and hitherto largely \nunpublished photographs will make people feel as he did the excitement \nof handling such an incredibly powerful monster always in the knowledge \nthat he had to be in complete charge at all time as the monster could \nand did bite back.\nTony Blackman describes in layman's terms and with \nstatistical back-up what it was like to tame the first prototypes and to\n master the unusual characteristics neccessitated by the Vulcan's shape.\n Tony puts the developments, demonstrations at Farnborough.