Testing to the Limits. British Test Pilots Since 1910. 1: Addicott to Huxley - Ellis, Ken
British Test Pilots Since 1910
KORTE INHOUD
Tentative flights hops by Edwardian-era pioneers led to the development of a world-class industry. Spearheading this were the test pilots who ventured into the unknown in British-built aircraft for their maiden flights. As well as those that became household names, "Testing to the Limits" also brings to the forefront many 'unknowns' who risked everything to take a prototype into the skies. The culmination of a 20-year project, in two volumes "Testing to the Limits" charts the careers and endeavors of over 400 company test pilots. Inter-related biographies brim with types first flown, incidents and anecdotes, including first-hand quotes. It is the most comprehensive study on the subject ever produced. From Short biplanes of 1909, the book traverses the abundance of prototypes in the 1920s and 1930s, the advances of World War II from Spitfire to Vampire, the post-war challenges of the sound barrier and the pressures of the Cold War to the supersonic Concorde, the Harrier 'jump-jet' and today's fly-by-wire Typho...
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2015Uitgever: Crécy Publishing Ltd.239 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 085979184XISBN-13: 9780859791847Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Ellis, Ken] [Pagina's: 239] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Crécy Publishing Ltd.] [Jaar: 2015] [Titel: Testing to the Limits. British Test Pilots Since 1910. 1: Addicott to Huxley]
