'"Sound Barrier"
The Story of High-Speed Flight
Duke, Neville (Test Pilot) - Lanchbery, Edward (ex-bomber navigator)
This book by the famous test pilot Neville Duke and ex-bomber navigator Edward Lanchbery has been written primarily for the aviation enthusiast with little technical knowledge of flight. The Information it provides, however, drawn from all the leading aircraft and aircraft-engine manufacturers in this country and covering the very latest developments in high-speed aircraft design and construction, will necessarily be of the greatest interest to workers in the industry and to members of operational units of the Royal Air Force. The facts are all here for the technician; but the terminology is sufficiently simplified for the layman, with a basic knowledge of mechanics, to understand the complexities of high-speed and high-altitude flying and the principles of the design of engines and aircraft to contend with the conditions encountered.
NEVILLE DUKE
Hawker's chief lest pilot since April, 1951. Broke the world speed record for level flight in a Hawker ' Hunter' a few days after this book was published. Tall, lean, a quiet modest man with a great pride in the aircraft he flies. Flew
the Hawker ' Hunter' faster than sound in May, 1952, and has been creating sonic bangs ever since. His cool, calculated courage was never demonstrated better than in his supersonic flight in the 'Hunter' immediately after John Derry's D-H 110 broke up at Farnborough Air Show last year. Duke joined the R.A.F. straight from school, flew in the Battle of Britain, has 28 destroyed enemy aircraft to his credit, was awarded the D.S.O., D.F.C. and 2 bars, A.F.C. and the Czech Military Cross. Became a member of the R.A.F.'s 1946 High Speed Flight; joined Hawker's in 1948. Set up the 15-hour record for London-Rome-Karachi in 1949. Now makes the first flight in every new aircraft to come from Hawker's designing board.
Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket
117 Seiten / pages
photos
book very good condition, dust jacket has some tears and missing chips.
London - 1953 - Cassell and Co
Art.Nr. 21537
