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Pages: 265
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Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-01-30 - Publisher: Air World

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A chief test pilot recounts his hair-raising experiences with the RAF in this detailed and often-witty memoir. Includes photos. The Falkland Islands had been in
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Pages: 0
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The Falkland Islands had been invaded and a Task Force was already steaming south at full speed. On board the carriers were the Harriers that would provide esse
Vulcan Test Pilot
Language: en
Pages: 226
Authors: Tony Blackman
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-08-19 - Publisher: Grub Street Publishing

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In this memoir, the author of Nimrod: Rise and Fall details his experience testing the UK’s strategic bomber while flying for Avro during the Cold War. In 200
Speed
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Authors: Gilliland|Keith Dunnavant Bob Gilliland (Dunnavant)
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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On December 22, 1964, at a small, closely guarded airstrip in the desert town of Palmdale, California, Lockheed test pilot Bob Gilliland stepped into a strange-
Testing Death
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: George J. Marrett
Categories: Airplanes, Military
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: US Naval Institute Press

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Pilot George Marrett brought his Vietnam combat experience to the private sector, testing the planes, radar, and weapons systems that helped win the Cold War.