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Picked up this book secondhand for 50p at a village fete recently. Just saw it out of the corner of my eye and initially assumed it was junk fiction. But I registered that something 'wasn't right'. A closer look and it was a 109 in RAF roundels. Turns out to be the autobiography of Britain's premier test pilot from ca 1940-1960. A great book with a load of information useful to our community - especially to the more technically-minded.

Still available from Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...l_9eu9klgpcl_b

For instance: Do 335. Several test pilots killed by the ejector seat, operation of which ripped their arms off.

Among a host of Allied and Axis planes, Brown test flew Do 335, Ar 234B, Me163B, He 162, 177 and 219, Ju 188 and 388. See the images for the full list (NB multi-marque models e.g. Spitfire, Bf 109 appear only once).

See also text snippet about high altitude visibility.

Many of you may already have the book. If it's not widely known in our community, it ought to be.