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Sliderule, the autobiography of aircraft engineer, Nevil Shute Norway

• The cause of the crash of airship R.101 was a lack of men of independent means who could stand without fear of loss of income or positioin against the ignorant decisions of government officials in charge of the construction of the airship. — Chapter Seven.
   
• The importance of risk capital ventured by individuals of wealth — Chapter Eight

The Paper Tiger Nevil Shute Series: hard to find titles in hardcover ••• — some books that don't show up on the usual lists of Shute's work. -leif

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevil_Shute

Books by Nevil Shute (incomplete list, July 4, 2011)

Trustee from the Toolroom — 1960
The Rainbow and the Rose
On the Beach
Slide Rule — autobiography of an aircraft & airship engineer
In the Wet
The Breaking Wave
Beyond the Black Stump
Round the Bend
The Far Country
The Legacy
No Highway
The Chequer Board
Vinland the Good
Most Secret — 1945
Pastoral
The Pied Piper
An Old Captivity
Landfall
Ordeal
Kindling
The Lonely Road

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