Lightning Boys 2 - True Tales From Pilots Engineers of Raf s Iconic Supersonic Fighter

Following a recent vote deeming the English Electric Lightning fifth most popular military aircraft of all time, these titles collect the most exciting and unusual stories from those who have flown the distinctive plane in military and sporting situations, with "Lightning Boys 2" shifting the focus to post-war operations.

About the author

Richard Pike became a flight cadet in 1961 at the RAF College, Cranwell, where on graduation, he was awarded the Dickson Trophy and Michael Hill memorial prize for flying. In the early stages of his forty-year flying career he flew the English Electric Lightning before converting to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom. On leaving the Royal Air Force he became a civilian helicopter pilot. His duties took him to a wide variety of destinations at home and overseas including the Falkland Islands not long after the end of the Falklands War. His last assignment was in Kosovo helping to distribute emergency humanitarian aid on behalf of the United Nations World Food Programme. He and his wife live in Aberdeenshire. He is the author of several Grub Street titles including: Lightning Boys, Lightning Boys 2, Hunter Boys and Phantom Boys Volume 1 and 2.

Summary

Now available in paperback for the first time! True Tales from Pilots and Engineers of the RAF’s Iconic Supersonic Fighter.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Pike
• Publisher: Grub Street Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781911621065
• ISBN: 978-1-911621-06-5
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: The Jet Age Series; Jet Age; The Jet Age Series; Jet Age
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration