Dean Wright discovers what life was really like at the forefront of 1950s aviation Text books drearily explaining the mechanics and aircraft that constituted the post-war British aviation industry are plentiful. Memoirs written by those actually there are somewhat rarer. In Mike Lithaow's 1953 tome Mach One (Allan Wingate, London) the reader finds aeronautical treasure. As with most books of this genre, the tale begins with the author's early flying career. Few are gentle stories of circuits and bumps. Lithgow joined the Fleet Air Arm in March 1939, cutting his teeth on the Fairey Swordfish, his unit joining HMS Ark Royal m June 1940.
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