[jhb] Re: Good read
- From: "Mike Brook" <mike.brook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 15:05:43 +0100
Thanks Ernie and thanks also to all for the other suggestions made.
All I need now are some long hot summer days (when it is too hot to
do anything else <g>) and my trusty deckchair ...
MikeB
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From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of ERNEST LAYCOCK
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 2:38 PM
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Good read
Hi All,
Just catching up with a stack of unread emails.!!!!
One of my favourite authors is Stephen Coonts,ex USA navy pilot.He
has written several books,and his web site is www.stephencoonts.com
I thoroughly recommend any of his books for excellent flying
reading.He really puts you in the cockpit.
Ernie
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From: Alex Barrett <mailto:alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 6:14 PM
Subject: [jhb] Re: Good read
I'll pick it up next time I'm in town, can't beat a good read.
I would highly recommend "First Light" by Geoffy Wellum, about a 17
year old lads transition through training in 1939 to being a front
line Spitfire pilot (true story of course)
Or, for those that haven't read it, W/Co Guy Gibson's "Enemy coast
ahead" the uncensored version (as the original was edited by the MOD
under the 30 year rule or whatever it was)
As well as Gerry's Recent suggestion of Vulcan 607.
If you have a large bowl of salt nearby grab a huge fistful and read
Chuck Yeager's autobiography. He's even said himself at some points
that a lot of it is total B**locks but the war years are a very good
read, again have the salt nearby at all times.
Arthur C. Clarke's "Glide Path" is an excellent part fiction telling
of how RADAR was developed, along with other projects such as FIDO
during the war. Lost of aviation content. Gripping stuff.
One I grabbed from the girlfriend which had a picture of a aircraft
on the front on a bored evening turned out to be ok too. "Hornet
Flight" by Ken Follett. The aviation gets more of a front row as the
book goes on but an alright read in the garden.
If you fancy the usual Uncle Sam Vs. The World stuff then I will
highly reccomend anything by Dale Brown, although mainly his early
years. The past 6 years when he has been co-writing with others have
been abysmal. He's an Ex USAF F-111 Navigator/Pilot and the level of
detail he goes into about the operating systems etc in his early
books is exceptional.
Of course there is that other aviation writer.... W.E.Johns, he
wrote a couple of books under the title "Biggles" if you have heard
of them, and unless you have read all 78 of them you have no excuse
for being without reading material ;)
I'm on book 52 if anyone has any that could fill gaps in my
collection!?
God I go on a bit don't I!
Alex
Mike Brook wrote:
I've just finished reading (for the untold umpteenth time) "F4
Phantom - A Pilot's Story" by Robert Prest. It is a 'must read' if
you've not come across it. (Sheesh, I really regret not joining
the RAF as a pilot in the early sixties, I was scuppered by the
bl**dy dreadful eyesight ... <g>). No consolation, but it has been
great to have been able to get out in the sunshine to read a good
book and relax over the last few days! Anyone else got favourite
aviation titles that they would like to share?
MikeB
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