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Having flown an astonishing 400 different aircraft, as a licensed
Category 1 test pilot and flight test instructor for both
aeroplanes and helicopters, Chris Taylor is arguably one of the
best qualified and widely experienced test pilots working today
anywhere in the world. After obtaining his private pilot's licence
at the age of just 17, Chris began his service flying career with
the Royal Navy. He duly flew Wasp and Lynx helicopters from
warships around the world under all kinds of circumstances. After
five years instructing, the author then became a test pilot flying
numerous types of experimental aircraft for research and
development purposes, before returning to the Empire Test Pilot's
School as a tutor. Having served at Boscombe Down for 10 years he
joined the UK's Civil Aviation Authority as an aeroplane and
rotorcraft test pilot. With the closure of the CAA's Flight Test
Department, he went on to form his own company and has continued to
test fly a wide variety of aircraft ever since. Rather than just
the usual cutting-edge fast jets one associates with test pilots,
Chris Taylor's book covers general aviation aircraft, including
testing homebuilt aeroplanes, helicopters and autogyros. It also
features the testing of ex-military jets and warbirds such as the
Fieseler Storch, Sea Fury, Spitfire and the Mustang. As the author
is someone who teaches test pilots how to become flight test
instructors, the reader is privileged to be able to share in, quite
literally, the ups and downs of aviation testing with one of the
foremost test pilots of his era. Somehow, he still manages to find
time to be a helicopter examiner and instructor for helicopters,
aeroplanes and autogyros. While Test Pilot will appeal to pilots of
every era, it is particularly aimed at the general reader, who will
be taken on a journey across the skies in almost every conceivable
type of civil aircraft involving almost every imaginable flying
incident.
General
Imprint: |
Air World
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2022 |
Authors: |
Chris Taylor
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-08534-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-399-08534-4 |
Barcode: |
9781399085342 |
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