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Rhapsody In Blue (Paperback)
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Rhapsody In Blue (Paperback)
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List price R593
Loot Price R531
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This is a fighter pilot's autobiography of life in the RAF from
1955 to 1991. It is structured around the Hawker Hunter, it being
the first operational aircraft the author flew in 1958 and the last
in 1985. It includes operational tours on 54 Sqn, 145 Sqn (229
OCU), 8 Sqn in Aden during the Radfan campaign, a year at the
Empire Test Pilots' School followed by four years on the Fighter
Test Sqn at the Aeroplane & Armament Experimental
Establishment, including the 1969 Transatlantic Air Race in a
Harrier, command of one of the first operational Harrier Sqns in
Germany and the delights of off-base operations, a ground tour on
the staff at the Royal College of Defence Studies in Belgrave
Square, command of a RAF Germany base with four nuclear capable
Jaguar squadrons, a ground tour as Gp Capt Operations in Germany
followed by a short tour as CO Experimental Flying at Farnborough
and a final flying tour as Commandant of A&AEE. The epilogue
covers the final five years of service in MOD including the demise
of the Nimrod AEW, the birth of the Typhoon and a final year as
Commandant General of the RAF Regiment.
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