Cold War Test Pilot Retd Group Captain RON BURROWS AFC FRAeS JP RAF

From the 1960s through to the 1990s, Captain Burrows test-flew all of the RAF's fast-jets of the era, in the process of which he survived two crash landings and two emergency ejections, as well as numerous other close shaves. He was a graduate of the US Navy's test pilot school as well and in his long career he has flown an unusually broad range of U.S. and U.K. A master of his craft, he rose to become the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment' chief test pilot.

With his unrivalled knowledge and expertise, Burrows explains these methods, and demands of his profession, with many examples of what can and often does go wrong in aircraft development and testing. aircraft from fast jets to heavy multi-engine aircraft. His descriptions of his near misses and catastrophic accidents are written with color and candor.

But he also tries to inform the reader about the skills required