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Flying Boffin

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Freddy Stringer, at 83 years of age, was the oldest flying
instructor in Britain. His career in aviation detailed in this autobiography
has been both long and varied.

With an early scientific bent Freddy broke with family tradition and did not
go into the army, even though World War Two had just begun. Instead he went
to the Royal Aeronautical Establishment, Farnborough, to help in the
development of radio and radar devices; he became a Boffin.

As one of the top Boffins, Freddy rose to the top of his profession and was
the British Scientific Advisor to America on several military projects. Such
was the secrecy of some of these projects referred to here, that the
manuscript for this book had to be submitted to the Ministry of Defence for
clearance.

During and after the war he flew tests in many military aircraft and
witnessed the secret tests carried out at Farnborough, including the flights
of Britain’s first jet fighter. After the war he took up flying light
civilian aircraft from a local club and became an instructor with several of
these clubs, including the famous Tiger Moth Club at Redhill.