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COMBAT READY: THE MAKING OF A FIGHTER PILOT.

COMBAT READY: THE MAKING OF A FIGHTER PILOT.

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COMBAT READY: THE MAKING OF A FIGHTER PILOT.

by MASON, DAVID:

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0747502595
ISBN 13
9780747502593
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped to dw/dj.Minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges;some light creases to both edges with a small closed tear to bottom rear corner.Fore-edges clean.Contents near pristine.Colour photographic dw/dj.Red paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,196pp includes 18 b/w diagrams,epilogue and glossary. The pilot of a modern fighter aircraft has one of the most exhilarating and exacting jobs in the world.It is also one of the most coveted,and every year thousands of keen,hopeful,even desperate young men apply for training.For the young aspirant the route to qualification is supremely challenging,and few make it into a profession that remains difficult and dangerous.The fighter pilot may be barely out of his teens,yet he is equipped to go out,often entirely alone,in an aircraft that has cost up to £20 million,loaded with enough weapons to start World War III.Few have any real idea of what life in the high-tech cockpit is really like.David Mason has done what millions have only dreamed of. Uniquely for a civilian,he has followed the entire selection and training process,from the first interview at Biggin Hill to flying solo in a Tornado. (His prowess in the back seat of a Hawk trainer moved the instructor to observe that he was wasted as a journalist!).'Combat Ready' is the perfect book for all armchair aviation enthusiasts;more than that,it offers to everyone a rare glimpse of the working lives of the heirs of the Few - from streaking through the Welsh hills at treetop height to air combat manoeuvres at 30,000 feet. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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Title
COMBAT READY: THE MAKING OF A FIGHTER PILOT.
Author
MASON, DAVID:
Illustrator
illus with b/w diagrams.
Format/Binding
R
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
Near FINE.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0747502595
ISBN 13
9780747502593
Publisher
LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,1991.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
January 1991
Keywords
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