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Publisher Description
Nevil Shute was a pioneer in the world of flying long before he began to write the stories that made him a bestselling novelist. This autobiography charts Shute’s path from childhood to his career as a gifted aeronautical engineer working at the forefront of the technological experimentation of the 1920s and 30s. The inspiration for many of the themes and concerns of Shutes novels can be found in this enjoyable and enlightening memoir.
Customer Reviews
Douglas Brodie
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I first read this book when I was a CUSO Volunteer in Barbados forty years ago. For an engineer it was a fascinating insight into how complex stress calculations were done before the advent of computers.