The Quick and the Dead

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Frederick Muller, London.

BINDING
Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine.

BOOK CONDITION
Good, some foxing to page ends.

DUST JACKET
Fair, small tears especially at top of spine. Very slight darkening on spine.

EDITION
First edition, 1956.

DESCRIPTION
237 pp. The exciting memoirs of Chief Test Pilot, Squadron-Leader W. A. Waterton.

SYNOPSIS
"In experimental flying, says Bill Waterton, there are only two kinds of people; the quick and the dead." After service as a fighter pilot in WW2, the author spent thousands of hours testing jets, including breaking the current world speed record. A fascinating insight into the British post-war aviation industry.