The Dangerous Skies

Arthur E. Clouston

Cassell, 1954 - Air pilots - 187 pages

Forfatteren beretter om sine oplevelser som testpilot ved Royal Aircraft Establishment i Farnborough samt om sin deltagelse i kapflyvninger.

Contents

• Test Pilots School: 3
• Fledgling: 9
• Boffins and Bumps: 18
• The Birth of the Barrage Balloons: 30
• The Flying Flea: 37
• Part Two RECORDS AND RACES: 45
• The Johannesburg Air Race: 47
• Ordeal over the Alps: 68
• With Betty to the Cape: 80
• Trouble in Turkey: 99
• The Australian and New Zealand Record: 112
• Part Three INTERLUDE FOR: 131
• One Million Pounds to Murder Hitler: 133
• Tedder and the Whirlwind: 140
• Flares in the Sky: 145
• Wings over the Sea: 158
• Scrambled Egg: 170
• Part Four GRADUATION: 179
• Return to Reality: 181

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Dangerous Skies
• Author: Arthur E. Clouston
• Edition: 3
• Publisher: Cassell, 1954
• Length: 187 pages