More Testing Times
Test Flying in the 1980s and '90s
Erschienen am 9. Januar 2017
288 Seiten
978-0-7509-8188-0 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Following his first three successful books, describing his long career as a military pilot, Mike Brooke completes the story with more tales of test flying during the 1980s and '90s. During this period his career changed to see him take control of flying at Farnborough and then at Boscombe Down, as well as off-the-cuff delivery missions to Saudi Arabia, 'bombing' in the name of science in the Arctic and the chance to fulfil a long-standing dream and fly the vintage SE.5a. This often hilarious memoir gives a revealing insight into military and civilian test flying of a wide range of aircraft, weapons and systems. As in his previous books, Brooke continues to use his personal experiences to give the reader a unique view of flight trials of the times, successes and failures. More Testing Times and its earlier volumes make for fascinating reading for any aviation enthusiast.
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Stroud
Großbritannien
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30 Illustrations, black and white
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11,50 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-8188-0 (9780750981880)
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MIKE BROOKE joined the RAF in 1962 and became a flying instructor and experimental test pilot. In 1984, after twenty-two years in flying appointments, he was sent to the RAF Advanced Staff College, promoted to wing commander, and took command of flying at RAF Farnborough. Leaving the RAF in 1994, Brooke became a test-flying consultant, retiring in 2004. In 1984, he was awarded the Air Force Cross by HM Queen Elizabeth II and is a fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
Inhalt
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- A Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Prologue
- Part 1: Preparation
- 1 1984
- 2 The Briefing Team
- 3 Airborne Again
- Part 2: Farnborough
- 4 Taking Up the Reins
- 5 Defining the Job
- 6 Flying the Ferries
- 7 'Sea King' Further Employment
- 8 Fast Nightbirds
- 9 A Slow Nightbird
- 10 Bombing the Arctic Ice
- 11 To Arabia
- 12 Other Overseas Jaunts
- 13 The Air Shows
- 14 Flying Back in Time: The SE.5a
- 15 A Retrospective
- Part 3: Boscombe Down
- 16 Back to the Future
- 17 The Yanks are Coming!
- 18 Helping Out
- 19 My Very Own Trial
- 20 Pushing the Envelope
- 21 Operation Granby
- 22 SETP and a Blackbird
- 23 Moving On
- Part 4: Civvie Street
- 24 Club-class Gypsies
- 25 Cranfield University
- 26 Slingsby Aviation
- 27 International Test Pilots' School
- 28 Texas
- 29 Back to Square One
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1 Aircraft I Have Flown
- Appendix 2 Glossary
- Picture Section
