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Old 12th Jan 2002, 15:24
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Norman Goering
 
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When I attended OASC at Biggin way back in '89, they handed out a crummy photocopied list of recommended reading, of which Fighter Pilot was one. I couldn't find it anywhere so I wrote to the BBC. The book went out of print almost as soon as the print was dry on the first edition and whilst the footage is in the BBC archives, it weas never made available on video. As I recall, they offered to transfer it to video but it was a horrendous cost. I eventually found the book in a cack library. As previously said, an excellent read and was actually of some, albeit limited use - I passed. I've wondered since if actually tracking down such an old book was part of the selection!
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