The All-British Marendaz Special - The Man, Cars and Aeroplanes

This is the story of Captain Marendaz, a pilot in the RFC in the Great War and his life as a manufacturer of cars in the 1920s and 1930s when he competed extensively at Brooklands and elsewhere, before moving on to designing and building aircraft.

About the author

Born in Belfast, Graham Skillen has spent his working life as an aircraft flight test engineer with Short Brothers, British Aircraft Corporation on Concorde and latterly as head of flight testing with the Civil Aviation Authority. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and was awarded their Alston Medal in 2004 for practical achievement associated with flight testing. His interest in history has extended to owning a Tiger Moth biplane and vintage cars, renovating houses in France and England and rebuilding from derelict an award-winning cottage and barn in Scotland. He is married with two children.

Summary

Captain Marendaz, pilot with the RFC, was a controversial manufacturer of record-breaking sports cars and aircraft between the wars, his cars being driven by Kaye Don, Gwenda Stewart and the parents of Stirling Moss. He was detained by the Government under 18B Regulations in 1940, later emigrating to South Africa for a number of years.

Product details

• Authors: Graham Skillen
• Publisher: Fonthill Media LLc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781781557020
• ISBN: 978-1-78155-702-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 245 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 496 g
• Illustrations: 88 black & white and 47 colour photographs
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration