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Buch (Hardcover): Fachbuch
From Vulcan to Spitfire and Back
A Life in Aviation
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Verlag:
Pen & Sword Books Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: QGP8KKR
EAN: 9781036152710
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Mo, 27.07.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
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CHF 43.50
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Beschreibung
Growing up amid Belfast's Troubles, Perrins pursues aviation with relentless determination and transformative flights. Growing up in Belfast during the Troubles, Bill Perrins was a young man hell-bent on a career as a pilot. He made it through RAF pilot training-thanks more, perhaps, to sheer determination than aptitude-and finally graduated to the role of Vulcan pilot in time to take part in the 1982 Falklands War. After the RAF, Bill entered the world of commercial aviation, flying Boeing 747s and Dreamliners on long-haul, though he still found time to pilot the world's only privately owned nuclear bomber, the mighty Vulcan XH558, at air shows, along with P51 Mustangs, Yaks and the legendary Spitfire. Way back in his boyhood, the fantasy of one day flying the Spitfire was where it had all begun-and it did not disappoint. From Vulcan to Spitfire and Back: A Life in Aviation. is a humorous, unguarded, and often self-deprecating account of what it was like to be part of an RAF squadron during the Cold War-everything from burning pianos to a mid-air collision in a Tornado. It is also about the simple joys of flying, whether in the cockpit of the enormous delta-winged Vulcan or behind the sprightly controls of the inimitable Spitfire, and the camaraderie that comes with it, both in military and civil aviation.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Bill Perrins
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 224