Test Pilot

An Extraordinary Career Testing Civil Aircraft

Test Pilot
Taylor Chris
RRP:
NZ$ 78.99
Our Price:
NZ$ 65.17
Hardback
h234 x 156mm - 336pg
30 Apr 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781399085342
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32 colour and 100 b/w illustrations
Having wanted to be a pilot for as long as he can remember, CHRIS TAYLOR gained his private pilot' s licence at the age of 17. He joined the Royal Navy whilst studying for a degree in Electrical Engineering and, after serving as a Navigation Officer on numerous ships, went onto to operate Wasp and Lynx helicopters. After five years instructing, he became a Test Pilot and flew all manner of experimental aircraft for research and development purposes before returning to the Empire Test Pilot' s School as a Tutor. Having served at Boscombe Down for ten years he joined the UK Civil Aviation Authority as an aeroplane and rotorcraft test pilot. With the closure of the CAA' s Flight Test Department, he formed Dovetail Aviation Ltd and has continued to test fly a wide variety of aircraft ever since. Chris has flown 400 different kinds of aircraft, is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and is a licensed Category 1 Test Pilot and Flight Test Instructor for both aeroplanes and helicopters, which arguably makes him one of the best qualified and most widely experienced test pilots working today.

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