George J Marrett

Howard Hughes

Aviator

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A test pilot for Howard Hughes separates fact from fiction to tell the inside story of the aviation genius who set speed records in the 1930s and went on to develop some of Americas most famous aircraft and weapons. George Marrett draws on his wealth of experiences and those of other Hughes confidants to take readers inside Hughess complex worlda world that has kept its secrets for nearly six decades. Both a gifted storyteller and a top-notch aviator himself, having tested forty types of military aircraft and logged eight thousand hours in the air, the author integrates stories of Hughes the ace pilot with Hughes the designer and businessman who became Americas first billionaire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: US Naval Institute Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9781682470367
• ISBN-10: 1682470369
• Artikelnr.: 44002454

Autorenporträt

George J. Marrett was an experimental test pilot for Hughes Aircraft Company from 1969 to 1989. He served in the U.S. Air Force and flew the F-86L SabreJet at Moody AFB, Georgia, the F-101B Voodoo at Hamilton AFB, California, and attended the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California. He flew the Douglas A-1 Skyraider as a Sandy rescue pilot in the 602nd Fighter Squadron (Commando) in Thailand, completing 188 combat missions in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Marrett is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and lives with his wife, Jan, in California.