Flying soldiers / Tim Lambert
by Lambert, Tim
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0563371277
- ISBN 13
- 9780563371274
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About This Item
London : B.B.C. Books , 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 191 p. : ill, ports ; 25 cm. Notes; Published to accompany the television series Flying soldiers. Includes index. Summary; Becoming an army helicopter pilot involves a rigorous 12 months of training with the Army Air Corps. Tying in with a BBC2 television series, this book follows ten soldiers from different ranks and regiments of the Army, pursuing their Wings. It focuses both on the technical skills and on the mental courage needed to transform them into front-line fighters flying killing machines. The book runs consecutively through the three stages of the training, beginning in February with the Chipmunk Phase when the soldiers are taught the basics of airmanship in small fixed-wing prop planes. In June the Rotary Phase begins, and they learn to fly Gazelle helicopters. After 11 hours of basic training they are expected to fly solo. The course becomes military in October, with the Advanced Rotary Phase; the trainees learn to direct artillery fire and to fly at night using vision goggles. As the course draws nearer to its culmination, the pressure increases. The crucial ""tactics week"" is assessed by military examiners, and is swiftly followed by the Final Handling Test - one dramatic hour which will determine each soldier's future. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Air Corps Apprentices Training of. Great Britain. Army. School of Army Aviation. Military helicopters Great Britain Piloting. Helicopter pilots Great Britain. Air forces & warfare ; Industrial or vocational training. United Kingdom, Great Britain. History / Military / Aviation. Technology & Engineering / Military Science. Education / Vocational. Air pilots, Military ; Great Britain ; Military helicopters ; Piloting. Genre; Illustrated.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 271304
- Title
- Flying soldiers / Tim Lambert
- Author
- Lambert, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0563371277
- ISBN 13
- 9780563371274
- Publisher
- London : B.B.C. Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
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