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Warbirds to Workhorses: Bob and Keith's Book of Flight Tests (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781399057615)
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xBob Davy and Keith Wilson have been combining their respective talents for more than twenty years, flying and photographing a variety of aircraft for flight test features, and having their work published around the world. This lavishly illustrated book represents the first opportunity to prepare a wide selection of their combined work in hardback form.
Warbirds featured include the venerable North American P-51 Mustang (on which Bob gained a Type Rating), the UK's last remaining airworthy and historically significant de Havilland Vampire T.11, and Bob's own Yak-3 UTI. Also featured is the Stinson AT-19 Reliant I, often referred to as the 'Gull Wing'.
At the Workhorse end of the scale is the Helio Courier, an aircraft possessing amazing STOL performance, that later became infamous during its clandestine operations in Laos with Air America, often referred to as the CIA's 'Most Secret Airline'. Also featured is the Cessna Citation Mustang business jet, and the eight-seat Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain.
For the floatplane enthusiasts, there is an article on flying a Maule M-7-235B Rocket Amphibian on and off a lake in Essex. Aerobatics fans can enjoy the articles on the Pitts S-2A Special and Slingsby T.67M-260. For the airline enthusiasts, Bob takes you on a commercial flight in a BAe 146 from Paris to Dublin (he was a captain on CityJet). And much, much more. Then there are features on the 'Flying Egg' - the Questair Venture, the Aviat Husky Pup, and the capable and occasionally aerobatic Vans RV-4. Finally, and for something completely different, join Bob inside Spitfires.com's Spitfire simulator at Goodwood.
Each of Bob Davy's carefully crafted and occasionally, hard-hitting features is superbly illustrated with a range of dynamic air-to-air photographs, almost exclusively from the lens of Keith Wilson, a practitioner of air-to-air photography, with almost forty-five years' experience. Whatever your specific taste in aviation, there is something for everyone to enjoy within the lavishly illustrated pages of this book.
Author: Bob Davy, Keith Wilson
ISBN-10: 1399057618
ISBN-13: 9781399057615
Publisher: Air World
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2025
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Warbirds featured include the venerable North American P-51 Mustang (on which Bob gained a Type Rating), the UK's last remaining airworthy and historically significant de Havilland Vampire T.11, and Bob's own Yak-3 UTI. Also featured is the Stinson AT-19 Reliant I, often referred to as the 'Gull Wing'.
At the Workhorse end of the scale is the Helio Courier, an aircraft possessing amazing STOL performance, that later became infamous during its clandestine operations in Laos with Air America, often referred to as the CIA's 'Most Secret Airline'. Also featured is the Cessna Citation Mustang business jet, and the eight-seat Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain.
For the floatplane enthusiasts, there is an article on flying a Maule M-7-235B Rocket Amphibian on and off a lake in Essex. Aerobatics fans can enjoy the articles on the Pitts S-2A Special and Slingsby T.67M-260. For the airline enthusiasts, Bob takes you on a commercial flight in a BAe 146 from Paris to Dublin (he was a captain on CityJet). And much, much more. Then there are features on the 'Flying Egg' - the Questair Venture, the Aviat Husky Pup, and the capable and occasionally aerobatic Vans RV-4. Finally, and for something completely different, join Bob inside Spitfires.com's Spitfire simulator at Goodwood.
Each of Bob Davy's carefully crafted and occasionally, hard-hitting features is superbly illustrated with a range of dynamic air-to-air photographs, almost exclusively from the lens of Keith Wilson, a practitioner of air-to-air photography, with almost forty-five years' experience. Whatever your specific taste in aviation, there is something for everyone to enjoy within the lavishly illustrated pages of this book.
Author: Bob Davy, Keith Wilson
ISBN-10: 1399057618
ISBN-13: 9781399057615
Publisher: Air World
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2025
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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