More Testing Times (eBook)

Test Flying in the 1980s and '90s

Wing Commander Mike Brooke AFC RAF (Autor)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
288 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-8188-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Wing Commander MIKE BROOKE AFC RAF joined the RAF in 1962. After serving on No.16 low-level strike/attack squadron, Brooke 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 and promoted to Wing Commander, taking command of flying at RAF Farnborough. Brooke later became a test-flying consultant, finally retiring in 2004. He has flown around 7,300 hours on 140 types of aircraft of all classes except seaplanes. In 1984, he was awarded the Air Force Cross by HM Queen Elizabeth and is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.

Autor

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.1.2017
• Vorwort: Tom Morganfeld, Tom Morgenfeld
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: aeroplane • aeroplanes • Aircraft • Airplane • Airplanes • Arctic • aviation • aviation history • boscombe down • bucket of sunshine • bucket of sunshine, follow me through, trials and errors, planes, plane, airplane, aeroplane, RAF, aviation, cold war, military pilot, pilot. test flying, memoir, military test flying, civilian test flying, aircraft, weapons, systems, aviation, SE.5a, test pilot, Test Flying in the 1980s and '90s • civilian test flying • Cold War • Farnborough • follow me through • Memoir • military pilot • military test flying • pilot. test flying • Plane • Planes • RAF • RAF 100 • RAF 100, airplanes, aeroplanes, Test Flying in the 1980s & '90s, farnborough, boscombe down, saudi arabia, arctic, aviation history • Saudi Arabia • SE.5a • Systems • Test Flying in the 1980s & '90s • Test Flying in the 1980s and '90s|RAF 100 • test pilot • trials and errors • Weapons
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-8188-1 / 0750981881
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-8188-0 / 9780750981880