Test Pilots of the Jet Age - 9781526747754

Pen and Sword Books Ltd

eBay Store Design by Visualsoft\n\nTest Pilots of the Jet Age: Men Who Heralded a New Era in Aviation BOOK\n\n--\nFrom \u00A320.00\n\n--RRP \u00A325.00\n--|\n--You Save \u00A35.00\n\nToday, as we board our flights to Adelaide, Zurich, and all points in between, we give little thought to the jet power that will take us there. But, this is only possible because just over 70 years ago a select band of British test pilots was prepared to risk all in the quest to fly further, faster and higher than ever before. Their quest was fraught with danger; disaster and death were never far away. This book captures eleven of those stories as told by the pilots themselves - their words as to how they took British aviation to the forefront of a new era, the Jet Age. Britain aircraft industry was booming in the years immediately after the end of the Second World War and the demand for test pilots seemingly limitless as new aircraft types rolled off the drawing boards. Meteors, Vampires, Hunters, Comett