Flying and Preserving Historic Aircraft by David Frederick Ogilvy
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Flying and Preserving Historic Aircraft


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David Ogilvy has spent more than a full working life in aviation. As a schoolboy he was sent out with a bugle and binoculars to blow a warning if a V1 flying bomb appeared. Soon after this, he joined the Royal Air Force and served for six years as a pilot, flying types ranging from the Tiger Moth to the Mosquito and Meteor. As a civilian he spent fourteen years involved in pilot training and became Chief Instructor of the Air Schools group, with responsibility for three establishments. He was a keen display and racing pilot and competed in many events, flying several historic types.

At an early age David realised the need for owners and operators of flyable pre-war machines to have a representative organization to look after their concerns and interests, so, in 1951, when 22 and still serving in the RAF, he was a co-founder of the Vintage Aeroplane Club. He was also a founding member, and now a Vice President, of the Historic Aircraft Association.

In 1966 David was appointed general manager of the famous Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden. During this time, he brought in several historic aircraft, including initiating the retrieval of a 1935 Hawker Hind from Afghanistan. He flew many of the Collection's remarkable airplanes, organizing and participating in the displays.

As well as outlining his remarkable career, the main focus of this book is on David Ogilvy's descriptions of many of the historic aircraft he helped rescue and preserve and what it was like to be at their controls. It therefore provides a unique compendium of the flying characteristics of a range of historic aircraft for one or two of which, he unashamedly admits, he is possibly the last man alive to have flown.

Away from the cockpit, David has been associated with many organizations, including being a founder member of the UK Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, serving for 45 years in the roles of editor, Executive Chairman and President. He is also President of today's Vintage Aircraft Club and is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. David was awarded the OBE 'for services to aviation' in I996.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781399044448
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Memoirs of David Ogilvy Obe, Vice-President of the Historic Aircraft Association
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1399044443
  • Publisher Date: 30 Nov 2023
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 264
  • Spine Width: 31 mm
  • Weight: 570 gr


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