Testing to the Limits Volume 1
Ken Ellis
Gebundenes Buch

Testing to the Limits Volume 1

British Test Pilots, Addicott to Humble

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Every aircraft program starts with a leap of faith. No matter how sophisticated the technology, the moment the test pilot initiates take-off is one of tension and hope. Since 1910 the British aircraft industry has relied on test pilots to take the dreams of a designer to success on the production line. Over the decades the risks have lessened, but aircrew still pay the ultimate price in the name of progress. The first flight of a prototype is just one step in a long and painstaking process that puts a fighter into squadron service, or an airliner on its inaugural schedule. Thousands of hours o...