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A thrilling biography of a pioneering test pilot who pushed the boundaries of British aviation.

Follow Duncan Menzies' remarkable twenty-five-year flying career with the RAF, the Aeroplane and Armament Evaluation Establishment, and Fairey Aviation. From open cockpits to the jet age, Menzies witnessed aviation evolve dramatically. This biography charts his journey from a Scottish sheep farm to flying the frontier in Egypt and Sudan, encountering legendary figures like Tom Campbell Black and Denys Finch Hatton. Discover his crucial role as a test pilot, developing aircraft that helped win World War II.

Experience Menzies' speed record in Africa, his survival of an engine failure in a snowstorm, and the terrifying breakup of a Fairey Fulmar. Flying to the Edge celebrates a modest family man at the forefront of British aviation, whose skill and luck shaped the skies.

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