FB11
30th Jun 2009, 12:44
If you want a break from the numerous current ops books, Phoenix Squadron (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phoenix-Squadron-Rowland-White/dp/0593054504/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246365357&sr=1-1)by Rowland White (Vulcan 607) is an excellent read..
With the continuing debate on CVF and JCA, the book gives an historic perspective of a very up to date and almost identical issue. Many of the themes (cost, inter service rivalry etc) are all in there.
The ability to project a persistent and capable offensive force and the wide range of effects it can have screams at you from the pages.
A book full of detail that really brings to life conventional fixed wing operations at sea. I even learned a great deal about a part of the world I had previously struggled to pinpoint on a map.
£5,500 salary to be the Governor of British Honduras and an official Austin Princess staff car. I'm in.
I grew up wanting to fly a Buccaneer but by the time I joined the wrong service had them...
This book made me want to wind the clock back and start my flying training 20 years earlier than I did.
With the continuing debate on CVF and JCA, the book gives an historic perspective of a very up to date and almost identical issue. Many of the themes (cost, inter service rivalry etc) are all in there.
The ability to project a persistent and capable offensive force and the wide range of effects it can have screams at you from the pages.
A book full of detail that really brings to life conventional fixed wing operations at sea. I even learned a great deal about a part of the world I had previously struggled to pinpoint on a map.
£5,500 salary to be the Governor of British Honduras and an official Austin Princess staff car. I'm in.
I grew up wanting to fly a Buccaneer but by the time I joined the wrong service had them...
This book made me want to wind the clock back and start my flying training 20 years earlier than I did.