PRODUCT : Jet Blast And The Hand Of Fate
CATEGORY : Motorsport, Items, Items, Extreme, Stunts |
DESCRIPTION : John Ackroyd, design engineer extraordinaire, has been a key man in a mad mix of land speed and long distance balloon record attempts, including the first supersonic land speed record. Behind every broken record, John was there, a vital member of the delighted but exhausted crew whose creative expertise helped to make it happen. Whenever the attempt failed or bailed out, he was there too, with the chase crew or the search and rescue operation. The story is told by the man, who armed with nothing more than a sharp pencil, a huge drawing board and a sense of adventure, provided solutions, innovations, design answers and real problem solving which were major contributions to the record braking achievements on land, sea and air in the last quarter of the 20th Century. Hardback. 283 pages. By john Ackroyd. |
