Название: Flying at the Edge: 20 Years of Front-Line and Display Flying in the Cold War Era
Автор: Tony Doyle
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1848843666
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 400
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 3,1 МБ
Язык: Английский
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 completed 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 aerobatic display team and honed his skills as a display pilot. Tony moved to RAF Valley as the new Folland Gnat was being introduced in the training role.