The lightning boys 2
true tales from pilots and engineers of the RAF's iconic supersonic fighter
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Word Count
46,500 words, Guess
Page Count
186 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelightningboys2tr0000pike
- Internet Archivelightningboys2tr0000pike_l2o8
- ISBN-101909808660
- ISBN-101909166138
- ISBN-139781909808669
and 7 more
- ISBN-139781909166134
- OCLC Control Number875372609
- Better World BooksKO-998-315
- Better World Books9781909166134
- Better World Books9781909808669
- Better World BooksKN-722-648
- Open LibraryOL32120860M
Classifications
- DDC623.74640922
- LCCUG626
- LCCUG242.F5
Alternate Titles
- Lightning boys two
Description
AIR FORCES & WARFARE. The sequel to the best-selling The Lightning Boys, Lightning Boys 2 continues the theme of tales from pilots and other crew connected with this iconic aircraft, giving a rare insight into postwar fighter operations. In 20 separate stories to intrigue, amaze and amuse, the book has been compiled and written by Richard Pike, himself a former Lightning pilot. The reader is taken to situations as diverse as intercepting 60 plus enemy aircraft, a desperate struggle in a cockpit flooded by tropical downpours, the difficulties of being affected by sudden and painful toothache at high altitude, and the curious encounter with an unidentified flying object. Yet another chapter paints a dramatic reconstruction of a scene in Germany when a Lightning, having entered an inadvertent, out-of-control spin, began an earthwards plunge towards a town centre.
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