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Hazard Spectrum - To The Limit -- And Beyond With Britain's Top Test Pilot

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Informationen zum Autor Nathan Gray is a highly experienced and decorated test and fighter pilot, who has flown with the Fleet Air Arm for over two decades. His stellar career has taken him from the war zones of the Middle East to the United States. He has also qualified as a commando green beret, paratrooper, and forward air controller. Nathan featured in the BBC series Britain's Biggest Warship . Klappentext On 5 December 2002, trainee pilot Nathan Gray walked away from an 'unsurvivable' crash at RAF Wittering. His instructor, seated behind him, was killed instantly. Despite the physical pain and mental scars, he found the strength to continue his flying career. Today Commander Nathan Gray is one of the UK's elite and most decorated test pilots. Hazard Spectrum is Nathan's dizzying journey to the top of the Fleet Air Arm, taking us inside the cockpit as he holds Taliban fighters at bay, leads a top-secret mission to seek out Osama Bin Laden, and completes the first take-off and landing of the world's most advanced fighter aircraft, the F35 stealth jet. This is the unforgettable story of a man with a supreme ability to fly the most sophisticated and deadly planes ever created, who overcomes his personal demons to push the hazard spectrum to the limit - and beyond. Vorwort The high-octane memoir of one of the UK's greatest fighter pilots of the modern era. Zusammenfassung ' Nerve-shattering, enlightening and deeply moving' - JOHN NICHOL ' A powerful and compelling read' - ROWLAND WHITE On 5 December 2002, trainee pilot Nathan Gray walked away from an 'unsurvivable' crash at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire. His instructor, seated behind him, was killed instantly. Despite the physical pain and mental scars, he found the strength and resilience to continue his flying career. Today Commander Nathan Gray is one of the UK's elite test pilots - the best of the best. Hazard Spectrum allows us to share Nathan's dizzying journey to the top of the Fleet Air Arm. With over 140 combat missions to his name, he is among the most decorated pilots in the British armed forces - our very own Maverick. In an exhilarating first-person narrative, Nathan takes us inside the cockpit as he holds Taliban fighters at bay in Afghanistan, and leads a top-secret mission to seek out Osama Bin Laden in the mountains of the Hindu Kush. In 2018, Nathan was chosen to complete the first take-off and landing of the world's most advanced fighter aircraft - the F35 stealth jet - on the flight deck of the flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth . A television audience of millions held its collective breath as he geared up for the task. This is the inspiring and unforgettable story of a man with a supreme ability to fly the most sophisticated and deadly planes ever created, who overcomes his personal demons to push the hazard spectrum to the limit - and beyond. ...

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Authors Nathan Gray, Gray Nathan
Publisher Headline
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 23.05.2024
 
EAN 9781035402540
ISBN 978-1-0-3540254-0
No. of pages 368
Dimensions 128 mm x 192 mm x 28 mm
Subjects Memoirs, Air forces & warfare, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Air forces and warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021), HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Iraq War (2003-2011), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs

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