The Compelling Story of a Record-Breaking Test Pilot With a foreword by Lord Brabazon of Tara

One of the epic accounts of high-speed flight, this is the story of the Record-Breaking Fairey Delta, by the man who flew through 1000mph for the first time in history.

Much more than the usual test pilot's autobiography, the book takes the reader, for the first time, right inside the skin of a record bid, the vast organisation necessary, the political lobbying, the cloak-and-dagger methods of secrecy to keep it dark; above all, the almost intolerable tension as flight after flight fails because of the immense difficulties involved in measuring and timing the runs with sufficient accuracy.

Reviews

"No one till they have read this book, can have any idea of the technical difficulties. Almost does one get the impression from Peter Twiss that the actual timing was more difficult than the flying, but the accuracy of his patterns through the air 40,000 feet up, having to fly through imaginary 'hoops' in order to get the record officially established, must be read to be appreciated... The actual story of the breaking of the record glues one to the book." Lord Brabazon