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Vulcan Test Pilot (Paperback)
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Vulcan Test Pilot (Paperback)
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List price R415
Loot Price R337
Discovery Miles 3 370
You Save R78 (19%)
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In June 2007 a very special event will happen in the aviation
world. A restored Avro Vulcan Mark 2 XH558 will take to the air
again to help commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands
conflict. To coincide with this the memoirs of one of its test
pilots, Tony Blackman, will be published the first ever book about
test flying this monumental delta-wing aircraft which dominated the
history of the late 20th century. Tony is the ideal man to write
such a tale as he flew no less than 105 of the 136 built, logging
850 flights at over 1,327 hours. His book will describe in laymans
terms what it was like to tame the first prototypes and to master
the unusual characteristics necessitated by the Vulcans shape.
Although Tony puts the developments, demonstrations, incidents and
accidents in their political and historical context, his story is a
highly personal one. He explains how this awesome aircraft became a
national treasure and captured the imagination of the whole
country. His words, descriptions and hitherto largely unpublished
photographs will make people feel as he did the excitement of
handling such an incredibly powerful monster always in the
knowledge that he had to be in complete charge all the time as the
monster could and did bite back.
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