Flying at the edge : 20 years of front-line and display flying in the Cold War era / Tony Doyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, Tony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fighter pilots--Great Britain--Biography.

Fighter pilots.

Military air shows.

Cold War.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--History.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Officers--Biography.

Doyle, Tony.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the autobiography of an outstanding fighter pilot during his twenty year career with the Royal Air Force. Tony Doyle first flew when in the CCF where he complted a glider course and then a highly-prized Flying Scholarship. This opened the way to joining the RAF and becoming an all-weather tactical fighter pilot flying de Havilland Vampires and Gloster Meteors. At this he excelled and was posted as a flying instructor and then Staff Instructor. This was the age when the Jet Provost was the standard training aircraft. During 1962 he was selected to fly with the newly formed Red Pelicans

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgetnents""; ""Preface""; ""PART ONE PUTTING AWAY CHILDISH THINGS ""; ""Chapter 1 A Private Pilot ""; ""Chapter 2 Basic Flying Training ""; ""Chapter 3 Playing with the Big Boys ""; ""Chapter 4 Enforced Idleness ""; ""Chapter 5 Operational Conversion ""; ""Chapter 6 All Weather Tactical Fighters ""; ""Chapter 7 Back in the Saddle ""; ""Chapter 8 Flying Instructor ""; ""PART TWO THE CREST OF THE WAVE ""; ""Chapter 9 Staff Instructor ""; ""Chapter 10 The Red Pelicans ""

""Chapter 11 To Valley on the Gnat """"Chapter 12 Aerobatic Pilot ""; ""Chapter 13 Flight Commander ""; ""Chapter 14 Conversion onto the Lightning ""; ""Chapter 15 The UK Airspace Defence Farce ""; ""Chapter 16 The Paris Air Show ""; ""Chapter 17 Bang Out ""; ""Chapter 18 Intercept Weapons Instructor ""; ""Chapter 19 Recuperation ""; ""PART THREE BLOODIED AND SLIGHTLY BOWED ""; ""Chapter 20 Lightnings Again ""; ""Chapter 21 Three New Brooms Fail to Sweep Clean ""; ""Chapter 22 A Very Narrow Squeak ""; ""Chapter 23 Jungle Survival ""; ""Chapter 24 The Final Straight ""

""Chapter 25 Parting Tiffs """"Chapter 26 The Land of Ali Baba ""; ""Chapter 27 Extracurricular Activities ""; ""Appendix Aircraft Flown 1952-73, and Approximate Hours ""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781473814363

1473814367

9781783835041

1783835044

OCLC:

881887518