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Testing Tornado

- Cold War Naval Fighter Pilot to BAe Chief Test Pilot
Af: J. David Eagles Engelsk Paperback

Testing Tornado

- Cold War Naval Fighter Pilot to BAe Chief Test Pilot
Af: J. David Eagles Engelsk Paperback
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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 and swing-wing aircraft, the Panavia Tornado. His other experiences include ditching a Firefly into the sea and the near loss of the first British Tornado prototype after a bird strike. Finally, after 6,000 flying hours in sixty different types of aircraft, Eagles finished his career by making the first flight of the EAP, the technology demonstrator for the new Eurofighter Typhoon. Vividly illustrated with photographs, documents and plans, this is a fascinating memoir of naval-flying and test-flying some of the world’s most iconic fighters.

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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 and swing-wing aircraft, the Panavia Tornado. His other experiences include ditching a Firefly into the sea and the near loss of the first British Tornado prototype after a bird strike. Finally, after 6,000 flying hours in sixty different types of aircraft, Eagles finished his career by making the first flight of the EAP, the technology demonstrator for the new Eurofighter Typhoon. Vividly illustrated with photographs, documents and plans, this is a fascinating memoir of naval-flying and test-flying some of the world’s most iconic fighters.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 0
ISBN-13: 9780750968416
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0750968419
Kategori: Selvbiografier: historie, politik og militær
Udg. Dato: 8 sep 2016
Længde: 11mm
Bredde: 232mm
Højde: 159mm
Forlag: The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 8 sep 2016
Forfatter(e): J. David Eagles
Forfatter(e) J. David Eagles

Kategori Selvbiografier: historie, politik og militær

ISBN-13 9780750968416

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 0

Udgave

Længde 11mm

Bredde 232mm

Højde 159mm

Udg. Dato 8 sep 2016

Oplagsdato 8 sep 2016

Forlag The History Press Ltd

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