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The \u003cem\u003eMinistry of Defence\u003c\/em\u003e has specially cleared some of the material for publication in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a flying career of nearly forty years (thirty of them in test flying), Tim Mason retired to focus on his second passion—writing about aircraft. He is particularly well qualified to describe the \u003cem\u003eA\u0026amp;AEE\u003c\/em\u003e, having served there himself as a test pilot for six years between 1966 and 1976, during which he personally evaluated a number of the aircraft featured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the photographs, taken in August 1968, pilot F\/Lt Tim Mason is shown between F\/Lt David Perry and S\/Lt S. Chambers beneath the nose of \u003cem\u003eAvro Vulcan XH539\u003c\/em\u003e. This aircraft was notably “personalised,” bearing the author’s initials and a “zap” from Edwards Air Force Base. 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