Flying to the Edge - The Groundbreaking Career of Test Pilot Duncan Menzies

The first full story of one of Britain's leading test pilots Duncan Menzies, charting his career from Scottish sheep farm through flying the frontier in Egypt and Sudan.

About the author

Matthew Willis is a writer and historian of aviation and naval matters. He grew up near the Orwell estuary where the former presence of the naval base at Harwich and the Marine Aircraft Evaluation Establishment at Felixstowe sparked an lifelong interest in naval aviation. His first book on the Blackburn Skua and Roc WW2 naval dive bomber/fighter came out in 2007, a co-written book on the Junkers Ju87 'Stuka' the following year, and a book on the Sopwith Pup in 2015. A book on the Fairey Flycatcher, and one on the Fairey Barracuda are due to be published in 2016. He has written numerous feature and news articles for aviation publications including Aeroplane, Flypast and The Aviation Historian, and on naval history for the Naval Records Society and Quarterdeck.

Summary

The first full story of one of Britain's leading test pilots Duncan Menzies, charting his career from Scottish sheep farm through flying the frontier in Egypt and Sudan.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Willis
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781445664415
• ISBN: 978-1-4456-6441-5
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Aircraft, space travel; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies