(Surprisingly enough this post is the most visited individual post on this blog. I thought I would bring it back to the front again so that new visitors would be able to take advantage of it)I've talked about this before but it's worth saying again: If you know an aviation enthusiast and you're looking for something to give them for a present, you can't beat Dave Gunson's "What goes up might come down"
Dave is an ex- East Midlands Air Traffic Controller who went into after dinner speeches when someone realised that you could talk about pilots and air traffic control in a very amusing way if you put the correct spin on it.
His most famous talk was to a bunch of merchant bankers in Birmingham (I think) which was recorded and released as a CD.
My favourite part, personally, is the discussion of flying on Concorde with the details of how heat causes it to expand and contract. Plus the Machmeter ("It's not really attached to anything. there's a stewardess at the front cranking it up manually").
This can be purchased from a number of places but Amazon is probably the easiest. Click here for a link
Enjoy!
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