Testing Time Study Man Machine by Babington Smith Constance (5 results)

Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xi, 224 pp. Very Good+, with neat former-owner bookplate; in a Very Good+ dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges. From dust jacket: An authoritative writer on aviation provides in this book an important, carefully documented examination and re-interpretation of the role of British test pilots over the last fifty odd years, and looks forward into the future. Existing books have tended to concentrate on the specialist fliers (And, to their horror, glamorize them) or on the technicalities of their work; Testing Time is a study of the subject as a whole, in longer perspective, tracing the development of test-flying from Dunne's early experiments with a "stable flying machine" to the flight testing of the supersonic Lightning by Roland Beamont -- the sort of pilot who catches the 8.15 to work -- largely by means of devices such as auto-observers which foreshadow the fully automatic testing of the future. Aviation, British History, Aeronautics, Aircraft. bslic.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The pressed boards remain strong and square, with gilt to the spine of the book. The boards have slightly faded marks. The spine is a little discolored. The pages are slightly ?browned? around the block of the book. The text within the book is clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. SPINE TILTED, DJ PRICE CLIPPED ON BOTH FLAPS, SHELF WEAR AND STAINS ON DJ COVERS, WEAR AND TEARS ON DJ EDGES, CLOTH DISCOLOURED FROM DAMP, CLOTH WEAR AT EXTREMITIES, FOXING ON EPS AND SIDES, SHORT INSCRIPTION TOP OF FFEP, OTHERWISE GOOD. 600 GRAMS.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 224 pages, illustrations ; 23cm. Subjects: Air pilots -- Great Britain. Test pilots. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 224 pages, illustrations ; 23cm. Subjects: Air pilots -- Great Britain. Test pilots. 1 Kg.