Well obviously John Farley's new book ' A View From The Hover ' stands out. ' Flyer' books. This is THE one to go for if looking for grown-up technical info' as well as a good read.
As a collection of flight testing anecdotes, but written by an intelligent pilot and full of lessons learned - often the hard way -
' Test Pilots - The History of British Test Flying 1903-84 ' by the late Don Middleton ( Collins Willow, ISBN 0-00--218098-7 )
is by far the most informative and entertaining book I have ever found on the subject's overall history.
It's out of print, but fairly easily found secondhand at the usual river-like places etc.
D.Middleton also wrote another book on very similar lines, ' Tests of Character ' - that's well worth grabbing too.
Eric 'winkle' Brown's 'Wings on my Sleeve' is well worth a read too, if you're interested in historical test flying.
Last edited by Double Zero; 26th Jan 2009 at 17:25.
Reason: Remembered name of book !