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Fast Jets and Other Beasts by Hall, Ian

ISBN: 9781910690420 PUBLISHER: Grub Street FORMAT: Hardback PAGES: 192 PUBLICATION DATE: 28.07.2017 DIMENSIONS: 23.4 x 15.6 centimetres

DESCRIPTION: Over a thirtytwoyear military flying career which spanned a period when the RAF regularly replaced its fighter/bombers, Ian Hall had seven frontline flying tours on five different types. His story starts in Bahrain in the early 1970s, just before the massive contraction that saw the RAF withdraw from the Middle and Far East. This first, Hunter experience is followed by a homebased tour on a groundattack Phantom squadron. But as the Phantom is about to be transferred to air defence duties, Ian is posted back to the Hunter on the staff of the tactical weapons unit. This tour, as a qualified weapons instructor, is cut short by a return to the front line on the Jaguar, which he flies in the strike/attack role in Germany. Following an exchange with the Royal Norwegian Air Force during which he enjoys flying the F5A Freedom Fighter, Ian returns to the Jaguar as a flight commander, then converts to the Tornado and commands a squadron.All these flying tours provide a rich seam of material for incisive, amusing and, sometimes, reflective observations from the cockpit.As do his periods on the ground, from which he recalls impressions of various other types in which he flew as a guest: Lightning; Harrier; F14 Tomcat; F16; and so on. He also relates observations of his varied experiences with the army, the navy and foreign air forces, and these are interspersed with musings on the political interface and on friends lost in accidents.Later, Ian su

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