Title: Quick and the Dead
Description: "Written in 1956 but still relevant and throught-provoking today, this book is an absolute revelation on test flying with the British aircraft organisations and manufacturers in the 1950s. Written with refreshing frankness and truth - which allegedly finally cost him his job at the Daily Express - this account details what really went on behind the scenes in the defence world. Waterton pulls no punches in recounting the non-cooperation of civil servants in improving/altering recognised faults (often minor) when developing aircraft - to the cost of lives lost. This is an astonishing insight into the workings of the British aircraft industry." --
Subjects: Airplanes, flight testing, Aeronautics, great britain, Airplanes, Flight testing, History, Air pilots, Biography, Test pilots