The Flight of the Mew Gull
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.75 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1840370211 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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This feat of navigation and airmanship must surely be one of man's greatest flights - 12,754 miles over desert, sea and jungle in a single-engined light aircraft.. His amazing solo flight to Cape Town and back in February 1939 established several solo records that still stand today, almost 60 years later. Parallel with his search for speed was an obsession with making accurate landfalls, and he developed this blind-flying taken deliberately in a flying partnership with his father on many carefully planned long-distance survery flights. Alex Henshaw had the luck to grow up in the '20s and '30s during the golden age of flying. The Blue Riband of flying in the British Isles between the two World Wars was the King's Cup: Henshaw set his heart on it, developing a technique of racing which extracted the very maximum from his aircraft: firs the Comper Swift and then the DH Leopard Moth. His exciting apprenticeship in these two skills was crowned by the acquisition of the Percival Mew Gull G-AEXF in 1937
Five Stars A great read.. A review of books by Alex Henshaw Keith R. Schwartz For anyone interested in Aviation this book is a must. As a former pilot I find it enthralling and of great interest to anyone interested in flying in the Pre World War II period of Aviation. His record to Capetown and return still stands and it is great to hear about it from the Man who made. The Percival Mew Gull still remains one of the most photogenic aircraft of all time. His subsequent career as Chief Production Test Pilot of the Supermarine Castle Bromwich factory in also engrossing reading.. "Classic pre-war aviation" according to ragwing. This book will appeal to all aviation buffs. Alex Henshaw, who won the King's Cup in 19Classic pre-war aviation This book will appeal to all aviation buffs. Alex Henshaw, who won the King's Cup in 1938 and later went on to serve as chief test pilot at Castle Bromwich (see his other book, "Sigh for a Merlin"), recounts his various adventures: (1) successfully competing in air racing; (2) touring Europe and Africa with his father, in a de Havilland Leopard Moth; (3) learning to fly the Perceival Mew Gull; and (Classic pre-war aviation ragwing This book will appeal to all aviation buffs. Alex Henshaw, who won the King's Cup in 1938 and later went on to serve as chief test pilot at Castle Bromwich (see his other book, "Sigh for a Merlin"), recounts his various adventures: (1) successfully competing in air racing; (2) touring Europe and Africa with his father, in a de Havilland Leopard Moth; (3) learning to fly the Perceival Mew Gull; and (4) setting a speed record (which stands to this day) from England to Cape Town, South Africa and back (February, 1939). 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Alex Henshaw, who won the King's Cup in 1938 and later went on to serve as chief test pilot at Castle Bromwich (see his other book, "Sigh for a Merlin"), recounts his various adventures: (1) successfully competing in air racing; (2) touring Europe and Africa with his father, in a de Havilland Leopard Moth; (3) learning to fly the Perceival Mew Gull; and (4) setting a speed record (which stands to this day) from England to Cape Town, South Africa and back (February, 1939). The writing is . ) setting a speed record (which stands to this day) from England to Cape Town, South Africa and back (February, 1939). The writing is . ) learning to fly the Perceival Mew Gull; and (Classic pre-war aviation ragwing This book will appeal to all aviation buffs. Alex Henshaw, who won the King's Cup in 1938 and later went on to serve as chief test pilot at Castle Bromwich (see his other book, "Sigh for a Merlin"), recounts his various adventures: (1) successfully competing in air racing; (2) touring Europe and Africa with his father, in a de Havilland Leopard Moth; (3) learning to fly the Perceival Mew Gull; and (4) setting a speed record (which stands to this day) from England to Cape Town, South Africa and back (February, 1939). The writing is . ) setting a speed record (which stands to this day) from England to Cape Town, South Africa and back (February, 19Classic pre-war aviation This book will appeal to all aviation buffs. Alex Henshaw, who won the King's Cup in 1938 and later went on to serve as chief test pilot at Castle Bromwich (see his other book, "Sigh for a Merlin"), recounts his various adventures: (1) successfully competing in air racing; (2) touring Europe and Africa with his father, in a de Havilland Leopard Moth; (3) learning to fly the Perceival Mew Gull; and (Classic pre-war aviation ragwing This book will appeal to all aviation buffs. Alex Henshaw, who won the King's Cup in 1938 and later went on to serve as chief test pilot at Castle Bromwich (see his other book, "Sigh for a Merlin"), recounts his various adventures: (1) successfully competing in air racing; (2) touring Europe and Africa with his father, in a de Havilland Leopard Moth; (3) learning to fly the Perceival Mew Gull; and (4) setting a speed record (which stands to this day) from England to Cape Town, South Africa and back (February, 1939). 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Chief Test Pilot Castle Bromwich factory 1940. Alex Henshaw lives in Suffolk, England. Broke all records to Cape Town and back 1939 which remain unbroken today. Awarded MBE 1944. Won 1938 King's Cup race at fastest speed ever recorded. Parachuted from blazing aircraft 1935. About the Author Awarded Siddeley Trophy 1933. Crashed into Irish Sea 1935 King's Cup race. Awarded Brittania Trophy 1940. HRH Duke of Edinburgh awarded Gold Medallion for contribution made to youth of this country 1997. Queen's Award for Bravery 1953.
Won 1938 King's Cup race at fastest speed ever recorded. Broke all records to Cape Town and back 1939 which remain unbroken today. Chief Test Pilot Castle Bromwich factory 1940. Parachuted from blazing aircraft 1935. Crashed into Irish Sea 1935 King's Cup race. . Queen's Award for Bravery 1953. Alex Henshaw lives in Suffolk, England. Awarded Brittania Trophy 1940. HRH Duke of Edinburgh awarded Gold Me