member of Lasham Gliding Society. His autobiography Faster Than the Sun was published in 1963, and revised in 2005. Personal life Twiss was married five times. His first three marriages, to Constance Tomkinson, Vera Maguire and Cherry Huggins, ended in divorce. His fourth wife, Heather Danby, predeceased him in 1988. When Twiss died on 31 August 2011, he was survived by his fifth wife, Jane de Lucey. Twiss had a son, three daughters and several stepchildren. References Bibliography Taylor, H. A. Fairey Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam, 1974. . Winchester, Jim. Concept Aircraft: Prototypes, X-Planes and Experimental Aircraft. Rochester, Kent, UK: Grange books plc, 2005. . Twiss, Peter. Faster than the Sun. London: Grub Street Publishing, 2000. . External links BBC article on record breaking flight Peter Twiss Faster than the Sun 1921 births 2011 deaths Britannia Trophy winners British test pilots British World War II pilots Fairey Aviation Company Fleet Air Arm aviators Glider pilots Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Sherborne School People from Lindfield, West Sussex Place of death missing Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Navy officers Fleet Air Arm personnel of World War II Recipients of the Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air Segrave Trophy recipients British aviation record holders