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Trials and Errors: Experimental UK Test Flying in the 1970s
Mike Brooke
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Description for Trials and Errors: Experimental UK Test Flying in the 1970s
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 35 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Mike Brooke's successful RAF career had taken him from Cold War Canberra pilot to flying instructor at the Central Flying School in the 1970s. For his next step he undertook the demanding training regime at the UK's Empire Test Pilots' School. His goal: to become a fully qualified experimental test pilot. Trials and Errors follows his personal journey during five years of experimental test flying, during which he flew a wide variety of aircraft for research and development trials. Mike then returned to ETPS to teach pilots from all over the world to become test pilots. In this, the sequel ... Read more
Mike Brooke's successful RAF career had taken him from Cold War Canberra pilot to flying instructor at the Central Flying School in the 1970s. For his next step he undertook the demanding training regime at the UK's Empire Test Pilots' School. His goal: to become a fully qualified experimental test pilot. Trials and Errors follows his personal journey during five years of experimental test flying, during which he flew a wide variety of aircraft for research and development trials. Mike then returned to ETPS to teach pilots from all over the world to become test pilots. In this, the sequel ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750961608
SKU
V9780750961608
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Ref
99-50
About Mike Brooke
Mike Brooke joined the RAF in 1962. After serving on the low-level strike/attack squadron, Brooke became a flying instructor and experimental test pilot. Further test flying tours followed, but in 1984, after 22 years in flying appointments, he was sent to the RAF Advanced Staff College. He was promoted to Wing Commander and took command of flying at RAF Farnborough, ... Read more
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