Flying Past (eBook)

Tales of Displaying Classic Historic Aircraft

Wing Commander Mike Brooke AFC RAF (Autor)

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2018 | 1. Auflage
208 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9038-7 (ISBN)

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Following the four books describing his successful career as a military and civilian pilot, in Flying Past Mike Brooke gives the reader a fascinating insight into his experiences flying historic aircraft at airshows in the UK and Europe. From the highs to the lows he takes us through the feeling of flying a Spitfire, working with the Red Devils Parachute Team, flying with The Shuttleworth Collection and in the Harvard Formation Team, and the pressures put on display pilots - as well as the importance of preparation, discipline and safety. This entertaining and informative collection of stories will not only delight the many who have enjoyed Mike's series of memoirs so far, but also appeal to anyone with an interest in classic historic aircraft, aerobatics and airshows.

Wing Commander MIKE BROOKE AFC RAF joined the RAF in 1962. After serving on No.16 low-level strike/attack squadron, Brooke became a flying instructor and experimental test pilot. In 1984, after twenty-two years in flying appointments, he was sent to the RAF Advanced Staff College and promoted to Wing Commander, taking command of flying at RAF Farnborough. Brooke later became a test-flying consultant, finally retiring in 2004. He has flown around 7,300 hours on 140 types of aircraft of all classes except seaplanes. In 1984, he was awarded the Air Force Cross by HM Queen Elizabeth and is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.12.2018
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: Aerobatics • Airshow • Airshows • aviation history • avro triplane • classic aircraft • display flying • display flying, classic aircraft, avro triplane, hawker hunter, test pilot, military pilot, Tales of Displaying Classic Historic Aircraft, airshows, airshow, spitfire, red devils parachute team, the shuttleworth collection, harvard formation team, aerobatics, aviation history • display flying, flying historical aircraft, classic aircraft, avro triplane, hawker hunter, test pilot, military pilot, • harvard formation team • Hawker Hunter • military pilot • red devils parachute team • Spitfire • Tales of Displaying Classic Historic Aircraft • test pilot • the shuttleworth collection
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9038-4 / 0750990384
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9038-7 / 9780750990387