Graham Skillen

Broschiertes Buch

The All-British Marendaz Special

The Man, the Cars and the Aeroplanes

Beschreibung

This is the story of Captain Marendaz, a pilot in the RFC in the Great War and his life as a manufacturer of cars in the 1920s and 1930s when he competed extensively at Brooklands and elsewhere, before moving on to designing and building aircraft.

Autor

Born in Belfast, Graham Skillen has spent his working life as an aircraft flight test engineer with Short Brothers, British Aircraft Corporation on Concorde and latterly as head of flight testing with the Civil Aviation Authority. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and was awarded their Alston Medal in 2004 for practical achievement associated with flight testing. His interest in history has extended to owning a Tiger Moth biplane and vintage cars, renovating houses in France and England and rebuilding from derelict an award-winning cottage and barn in Scotland. He is married with two children.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fonthill Media
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 172mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781781557020
• ISBN-10: 1781557020
• Artikelnr.: 53343744