In The Safety Of His Wings
Schweibold, Jack
Beginning with a harrowing, record setting flight in Howard Hughes' final aircraft design, the author relates his life as a test pilot. He couples episodes bordering on catastrophic to comical, rising from a fatherless street kid to become Chief Experimental Test Pilot and Supervisor of Flight Test for a major U.S. turbine engine company. Escapades of military flight school, fighters, bombers, transports, helicopters, air/sea rescue, marriage,...