Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook435 pages6 hours
Safety is No Accident - From 'V' Bombers to Concorde: A Flight Test Engineer's Story
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Flying, as everyone knows, is generally regarded as the safest means of transportation. Yet for that to be the case an enormous amount of testing is undertaken. Central to this, of course, are the test pilots, who fly the aircraft, but it is the men behind the scenes who deal with the technical aspects of the aircraft – the flight test observers and engineers.
Numerous books have been written by Test Pilots, but few, if any, from the perspective of an Aeronautical Engineer working as Flight Test Observer/Engineer in partnership with the Test Pilot. This book is an account of the author’s flight-testing career, from the 1960s to early 1980s, at Avro and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
During the author’s time at Avro, he flew on the development and certification test flights of the Avro 748, 748MF, Shackletons, Nimrod and Handley-Page Victor tanker. In the CAA, his role turned to regulation, making flight test assessments of manufacturer’s prototypes and production aircraft, to check compliance with the CAA’s flight safety requirements. The scope ranged from single-engine light aircraft to large civil transport aircraft. It involved frequent visits to foreign manufacturers and also included his participation in the CAA’s Concorde certification flight test program.
Flight testing involves risk. Advancements in the understanding of aerodynamics and an increasingly professional approach to risk management improved safety, but it would never be risk-free. Several of the author’s close friends and colleagues died in flight test accidents during this period of rapid aeronautical development; all on civil aircraft types. It is because of such people that the millions of flights undertaken each year are trouble-free.
Numerous books have been written by Test Pilots, but few, if any, from the perspective of an Aeronautical Engineer working as Flight Test Observer/Engineer in partnership with the Test Pilot. This book is an account of the author’s flight-testing career, from the 1960s to early 1980s, at Avro and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
During the author’s time at Avro, he flew on the development and certification test flights of the Avro 748, 748MF, Shackletons, Nimrod and Handley-Page Victor tanker. In the CAA, his role turned to regulation, making flight test assessments of manufacturer’s prototypes and production aircraft, to check compliance with the CAA’s flight safety requirements. The scope ranged from single-engine light aircraft to large civil transport aircraft. It involved frequent visits to foreign manufacturers and also included his participation in the CAA’s Concorde certification flight test program.
Flight testing involves risk. Advancements in the understanding of aerodynamics and an increasingly professional approach to risk management improved safety, but it would never be risk-free. Several of the author’s close friends and colleagues died in flight test accidents during this period of rapid aeronautical development; all on civil aircraft types. It is because of such people that the millions of flights undertaken each year are trouble-free.
Unavailable
Related to Safety is No Accident - From 'V' Bombers to Concorde
Related ebooks
The Outer Whorl: Essays of an Airline Pilot Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Dire Strait: Murder, Mayhem and Skulduggery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Who Truly Loves the Sky: life lessons from the cockpit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings81 Lessons From The Sky: Lessons From The Sky, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNow You See It: and now you don't Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProgress in Aeronautical Sciences: Volume 10 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProgress in Aeronautical Sciences: Volume 3 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Java Waters Run Deep Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5101 Best Aviation Attractions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWeather for Hillwalkers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCritical Point Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAirplane Stories and Histories: Volume 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStability and Control: Flight Testing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRoot Cause Analysis A Complete Guide - 2021 Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBackpack Helicopter: The Future of Personal Flight Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHal-The Vigilante UAV Drone Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRisk Management Handbook (2024): FAA-H-8083-2A Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProgress in Aeronautical Sciences: Volume 8 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5AIR UP THERE Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsComparonomics: Why Life is Better Than You Think and How to Make it Even Better Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStability and Control of Airplanes and Helicopters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Maritime Watchstanding Plans: Origins, Variants and Effectiveness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProgress in Aeronautical Sciences: Volume 5 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHuman Movement Understanding: From Computational Geometry to Artificial Intelligence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Next Crash: How Short-Term Profit Seeking Trumps Airline Safety Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Biography & Memoir For You
Good Girls Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jack Reacher Reading Order: The Complete Lee Child’s Reading List Of Jack Reacher Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Stolen Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diary of a Young Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5People, Places, Things: My Human Landmarks Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Wright Brothers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers: Spiritual Insights from the World's Most Beloved Neighbor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/518 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Eating Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Rediscovered Books): A Triumph Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ivy League Counterfeiter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Safety is No Accident - From 'V' Bombers to Concorde
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews