History & Other
BRIDGEMAN, William & HAZARD, Jacqueline
The Lonely Sky
Recollections of Bridgeman who joined the Douglas company after serving in the US navy in WWII. He worked as a test pilot on the Skyrocket, X-3 and Skystreak aircraft and the book focuses on those programmes.
BROKE-SMITH, Brigadier P.W.L.
The History of Early British Aeronautics
History of British military aviation from balloning in 1878 to the First World War. Illustrated with plates. Reprinted from The Royal Engineers Journal, circa 1950.
BROWN, Captain Eric
Wings of the Weird & Wonderful
Volumes One & Two
Experiences of Chief Naval Test Pilot, flying many types of aircraft. During the war he commanded a unit flying captured German aircraft and post-war tested naval aircraft. The book devotes a chapter, with photographs, to each aircraft type.