Bernard Noble:Properly to Test book 2
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I don't have the book, however the back of Book 1 has the following description:
Properly to Test: Early Years Bk. 1: Reminiscences of Flying at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment Boscombe Down
The title 'Avro One' is synonymous with a long line of Chief
Test Pilots beginning with Alliot Verdon Roe in 1908.
Robby Robinson started his flying career in the RAF culminating in two
tours as a test pilot at Boscombe Down followed by a tour with the Empire
Test Pilots School. He joined British Aerospace in 1978 and became their
chief test pilot in 1981.
This story takes the reader all over the world as Robby gives an insight
into his experience of civilian flying and the development of his skills as
a 'salesman', promoting and selling the HS.748. The beauty of flying in
Trinidad & Tobago, Madagascar and Andorra along with the frustrations and
complications of operating so far from home are related in a humorous and
informative manner.
The wartime spirit during the Falklands War of 1982 at Woodford is
described in detail, including the multitude of modifications that took
place during that time. These included the effective fitment of Sidewinders
to the Nimrod making it the 'worlds biggest fighter'.
The ups and eventual downs of the Nimrod AEW.3 are also covered in detail,
complemented by several excellent air-to-air photographs of the United
Kingdom's AWACS.
The crowning moment is described as occurring on the 6th August 1986, when,
with Robby at the controls, the ATP first took to the sky. It was to be the
last airliner exclusively designed and built by a British company in the
United Kingdom.
Properly to Test: Early Years Bk. 1: Reminiscences of Flying at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment Boscombe Down
The title 'Avro One' is synonymous with a long line of Chief
Test Pilots beginning with Alliot Verdon Roe in 1908.
Robby Robinson started his flying career in the RAF culminating in two
tours as a test pilot at Boscombe Down followed by a tour with the Empire
Test Pilots School. He joined British Aerospace in 1978 and became their
chief test pilot in 1981.
This story takes the reader all over the world as Robby gives an insight
into his experience of civilian flying and the development of his skills as
a 'salesman', promoting and selling the HS.748. The beauty of flying in
Trinidad & Tobago, Madagascar and Andorra along with the frustrations and
complications of operating so far from home are related in a humorous and
informative manner.
The wartime spirit during the Falklands War of 1982 at Woodford is
described in detail, including the multitude of modifications that took
place during that time. These included the effective fitment of Sidewinders
to the Nimrod making it the 'worlds biggest fighter'.
The ups and eventual downs of the Nimrod AEW.3 are also covered in detail,
complemented by several excellent air-to-air photographs of the United
Kingdom's AWACS.
The crowning moment is described as occurring on the 6th August 1986, when,
with Robby at the controls, the ATP first took to the sky. It was to be the
last airliner exclusively designed and built by a British company in the
United Kingdom.