F-4 Phantom: A Pilot's Story

F-4 Phantom: A Pilot's Story

â€˜A stone cold classic. One of the best military aviaton memoirs ever writtenâ€™ Rowland White, author of Vulcan 607 â€˜I only have to think Speed, and I am at 600 knots in seconds. Think Height and I am gazing down from a eight-mile-high perch within one minute. Think Freedom and I am wrested away from a dank, cold world, cloud base at 300 feet, through a brief shock of cloud to emerge into a golden blue world, another dimension, crystal clear for miles and milesâ€™ Fighter Pilot. Robert Prest had never wanted to be anything else. And even as a boy he had set his sights on flying the awesome McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom. The big, twin-engined interceptor offered an irresistible combination of charisma, power and performance. Air combat, strike, gunnery, bombing and rocketry, the F-4 was jack-of-all-trades, master of most. From the lonely pursuit of Soviet intruders out over the North Sea and strength-sapping high-g dogfights, to maintaining Quick Reaction Alert on Germanyâ€™s Eastern border, ready to scramble Battle Flight at a momentâ€™s notice, Prest and his fellow aviators stood toe-to-toe with a powerful opponent. But the defence of the West came at a cost, and comrades in arms would pay with their lives. No other book so vividly brings to life the high-pressure, high stakes, high-speed world of an RAF fighter pilot on the Cold War frontline. But itâ€™s more than that. In capturing a sense of the wonder and magic of flying, Prestâ€™s book ranks aviation classics from writers like Saint-ExupÃ©ry, Richard Bach, Cecil Lewis and Ernest Gann. â€˜The best book Iâ€™ve ever read about flying fast jets for the Cold War RAF. Both thrilling and elegaic, F-4 Phantom makes poetry of complex, exacting world of the fighter pilot. This is as close as youâ€™ll ever get to flying the Phantom yourself.â€™ Rowland White, author of Vulcan 607 â€˜What First Light does for Spitfires and the Battle of Britain, Robert Prest does for the F-4 Phantom in RAF service â€¦ Superbly written.â€™ Royal Aeronautical Society Insight Perfect for fans of books like Skyfaring, Apache, First Light, Tornado Down, Fate is the Hunter or Sagittarius Rising
Country USA
Brand Silvertail Books
Manufacturer Silvertail Books
Binding Paperback
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EANs 9781909269637
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Country	USA
Brand	Silvertail Books
Manufacturer	Silvertail Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Refer to Sapnet.
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781909269637
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

F-4 Phantom: A Pilot's Story

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