Irvin book. Has anyone read it?

[rocketeer]

Saw this on the dreaded bay and wondered if anyone had read it? Not much to go by the sellers description as they don't specialise.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sky-High-...609174?hash=item5b2b028456:g:xD0AAOSwpLNX-q5z

Note: if you think of buying it, this company don't really look to hard at their items as a book I bought had photo's clipped out, not in description.

 

[aswatland]

This is interesting. I suspect it will largely be about parachutes, but I have ordered copy to see what it has to say about Irvin flying jackets.

 

[rocketeer]

Hi Andrew, be honest and let us all know if it's any good or rubbish please.
They say never buy a book by going by the cover. I once read a life story of a motorcycle despatch rider in WWI. Yes he was a despatch rider in WWI and survived a pretty cushy(for him) war, nothing exiting, daring, or contact with the enemy, the rest of the book going on to describe his life other than to do with motorcycles.

This is interesting. I suspect it will largely be about parachutes, but I have ordered copy to see what it has to say about Irvin flying jackets.

 

[aswatland]

I will give an honest review when I have read it. I am really hoping for some gems on the design and manufacture of Irvin suits, but am prepared to be disappointed!

 

[Siggmund]

One C.T. Alexander reviewed this book on Amazon stating' "Written without much in the way of Irvin. There were very few quotes and personal stories - but many conjectural notions of how Irvin would have felt. A tertiary resource at best."

 

[aswatland]

I have had a quick look at my copy and there are very few references to flying jackets. As I first thought the focus is on the development of the Irvin chute.