Flying Boat Pilot in War and Peace Disaster and Survival: The Extraordinary Life of Captain M.J.R. ‘Roly’ Alderson【電子書籍】[ Mark Alderson ]

＜p＞At the age of twelve, on hearing that Sir Ross Smith had broken the England-Australia aero record in a Vickers Vimy, Roly Alderson decided that he wanted to fly. Denied a secondary education, orphan Roly was an accomplished engineer by the time he arrived at Cambridge in his home-built car. He left with a degree, a racing Bentley and a pilot’s licence.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Alderson had already logged several hundred hours when recruited by Imperial Airways in 1933. His skills were quickly recognized, and he was selected to fly Lord Willingdon, the Viceroy and Governor General of India, on his farewell tour of India. Alderson’s Holy Grail, nevertheless, was to ‘fly boats’, and it was not long before Roly had joined these venerated ranks on the new route to South Africa.＜/p＞ ＜p＞while serving as a Captain on Imperial Airways’ prestigious New York-Bermuda service, Alderson reported a number of serious concerns regarding carburettor icing on his Short Empire flying boat ＜em＞Cavalier＜/em＞. His prescien．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る