Testing to the Limits Volume 1 - Ellis, Ken
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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…mehr

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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 of testing, modifying, validating and perfecting lie ahead. Then it is a case of testing the production line--each brand new machine presenting its own challenges before it reaches a customer. In the 1930s and especially the heydays of the 1950s and the 1960s some test pilots became household names and takes of their derring-do filled the newspapers. There were also tragedies when the nation mourned the loss of a brave aircrew and worried that Britain's position of dominance in design and technology was slipping. Today's test pilots are unsung, going about incredibly complex and demanding tasks on a daily basis, still taking calculated risks and making it all look routine. In two volumes, Testing to the Limits presents the story of Britain's aircraft industry--its turkeys and its triumphs. It pays tribute to the men who daily push the envelope to ensure that the UK is still at the forefront of aviation endeavors.
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Autorenporträt
Ken Ellis is best known for Wrecks & Relics, the biennial 'bible' of the UK preservation movement. He is author or co-author of 12 other titles. Ellis is a member of 20+ aviation societies and groups and holds a private pilots license, flying whenever he can.