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... the author has clearly carried out a tremendous amount of research and has a real enthusiasm for the period. --Military History Matters

... the author has clearly carried out a tremendous amount of research and has a real enthusiasm for the period. --Military History Matters A focused and engaging look at one arena of behind-the-scenes scientific research and the larger-than-life personalities who populated it. --Booklist

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Steve had a career in engineering design and development until he retired, after which he has been involved in the work of a number of organisations. His engineering background in aviation on civil and military projects here and in North America has been put to use over the last 8 years as a volunteer at Brooklands Museum in Surrey. His professional career up to 1975 was with British Airways on the development of the autoland system on the Trident aircraft followed by the work on the modification of military aircraft in North America and in the late 1970s on the development of computer disk drive systems. Back in the UK his subsequent career was on the development of ground based air defence guidance systems. Steve and his wife Gill have travelled extensively in their 46 years together and now live in Guildford in Surrey with their dog Jake.

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