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Described by his peers as "the world's greatest test pilot," Janusz Zurakowski was an aeronautical engineer, combat pilot, squadron leader, and an aerobatic performer. He flew over 60 types of aircraft throughout his life and is one of the few pilots to have invented an aerobatic manoeuvre. In the 1930s he became a fighter pilot in WWII, and with the fall of Poland, like many other surviving military personnel, Zurakowski began an odyssey to Rumania, France, and finally England to continue his fight. Flying a Spitfire in the Battle of Britain, he emerged as a skilled and deadly fighter pilot and continued to fly as a Squadron Leader with the Polish Air Forces until 1944. Zurakowski's proficiency in the air led in the postwar, to a life as a test pilot, first with the RAF and later at Gloster Aircraft Company flying the Meteor. It was during his Gloster years, that he set world speed records, flew the first high-speed aerobatic photography flights, dazzled spectators with aerial demonstrations at Farnborough. In 1952, he came to Canada as the test pilot for the CF-100, Canada's first jet fighter, and the legendary but doomed Avro Arrow. Today, Janusz Zurakowski's story transcends wa

Author

Bill Zuk with Janusz Zurakowski

Publisher

Crécy Publishing Limited

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780859791137

Subjects

Engineering, Memoir, Biography

Rating

4.5 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14