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Testing Tornado: Cold War Naval Fighter Pilot to BAe Chief Test Pilot
J. David Eagles
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Description for Testing Tornado: Cold War Naval Fighter Pilot to BAe Chief Test Pilot
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
It was early Cold War days when 17-year-old David Eagles applied to the Fleet Air Arm hoping to be a fighter pilot for his national service. He little imagined the career that would follow. After flying training with the US Navy and Australian Fleet Air Arm, he settled into Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot life. He progressed through Naval Test Pilot duties - where he was forced to eject from a Buccaneer during catapult launch trials - before joining British Aerospace and playing a major part in the cockpit design and flight-testing of the RAF's first fly-by-wire ... Read more
It was early Cold War days when 17-year-old David Eagles applied to the Fleet Air Arm hoping to be a fighter pilot for his national service. He little imagined the career that would follow. After flying training with the US Navy and Australian Fleet Air Arm, he settled into Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot life. He progressed through Naval Test Pilot duties - where he was forced to eject from a Buccaneer during catapult launch trials - before joining British Aerospace and playing a major part in the cockpit design and flight-testing of the RAF's first fly-by-wire ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750968416
SKU
V9780750968416
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Ref
99-50
About J. David Eagles
Lieutenant Commander John David Eagles AFCis a British former test pilot and former Fleet Air Arm aviator. He was awarded the Air Force Cross and was elected a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
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