Howard Pixton: Test Pilot & Pioneer Aviator: The Biography of the first British Schneider Trophy Winner

This book is a remarkable account of the pioneering days of aviation, capturing the atmosphere, thrills, and danger of the era. Howard Pixton, the first professional test pilot, played a significant role in the development of aviation by test flying various aircraft and winning international races. His contributions to aviation during The Great War were also noteworthy.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 240 pages
\n Publication date: 28 February 2021
\n Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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This book is a truly remarkable account that captures the atmosphere, thrills, and danger of the pioneering days of aviation. Howard Pixton was flying for A V Roe at Brooklands in 1910 when S F Cody at Laffans Plain tried to persuade him to join him. But in 1911, he test-flew A V Roe's tractor biplane, the forerunner of the 504. By now acknowledged as the first professional test pilot, he left A V to join Bristol and for two years demonstrated new models to dignitaries across Europe. In 1913, he joined Tommy Sopwith and in 1914, he became the first Briton in a British plane to win an international race, the coveted Schneider Trophy. This gave Britain air supremacy, and Howard was feted as the finest pilot in the World. Sopwith's Tabloid aircraft developed into the Pup, and then into the Camel. Throughout The Great War, Pixton test-flew many of the rapid-evolving designs. For a biography of an early aviation pioneer of the top rank, this book cannot be bettered.

\n Weight: 442g\n
Dimension: 157 x 234 x 36 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781526796899\n \n