The Secret Years: Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945 (First edition, first impression)
Language: English
Published by Hikoki Publications, 1998
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Wordhoard Books, Clevedon, United KingdomWordhoard Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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The Secret Years: Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945 by Tim Mason. Size: 305mm x 215mm. 320pp. Includes numerous b/w photographs and 16 colour pages. This book is in very good condition. The purple boards are in very good condition, with only very minor bumping to the spine ends. The gilt titling to the spine is bright. The spine is very slightly cocked. There is a small 1cmx1cm rubbed mark to the lower middle of the back board. The front board is very slightly warped. The pages are clean, though slightly yellowed to the edges. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with bumping to the edges and shelfwear evident on the flat surfaces. The dut jacket is unclipped.
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- Title
- The Secret Years: Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945 (First edition, first impression)
- Author
- Mason, Tim
- Publisher
- Hikoki Publications
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0951989995
- ISBN 13
- 9780951989999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- 2nd World War, Aviation, Military History
At places working on the latest and most advanced aircraft and weapons, the catchphrase of `Keeping Mum' was very rigidly observed and it was during these wartime conditions from 1939-45 that the work of the Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment Boscombe Down could, indeed be described as `The Secret Years'.
It was at Boscombe Down that all land-and carrier-based aeroplanes intended for use by the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force, plus assorted exotic experimental aircraft, were flown and Tim Mason uses over 450 of the Establishment's own photographs to illustrate its unique function and countless achievements.
After a flying career of nearly forty years (thirty in test flying), Tim Mason has retired to concentrate on his second love - writing about aeroplanes. He is well qualified to write about A&AEE, having spent six years as a test pilot during his time there between 1966 and 1976.
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Review
"This book should appeal to aviation historians and modelers alike, and I cannot recommend it too highly." -IPMS, reviewed by Brian Baker, May 2011 (IPMS 2011-05-30)
Book review. (Flying Models Magazine 2011-08-01)
"if you take away only one thing, it is this: splendid book: you want it." -SpeedReaders.Info, May 2012 (SpeedReaders.Info 2012-05-01)
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