Voices in Flight: The Fleet Air Arm: Recollections from Formation to Cold War - Hardcover

Malcolm Smith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781590923 ISBN 13: 9781781590928

Publisher: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2013

Synopsis

Voices in Flight: The Fleet Air Arm A compendium of accounts stretching across the history of this particularly interesting branch of the British Royal Navy. Captures an authentic sense of what it was like for pilots on operation, both at war and during peace time. Full description

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Review:

Riveting, surprising and in some cases slightly humorous. A reflection of the calibre and bravery that these young navy aircrews were made of. For anyone with an interest in 'tail hookers'. particularly those of the Royal Navy, this book should be on one's shelf. Airfix Model World --Airfix Model World

About the Author:

Malcolm Smith served for 30 years in the Fleet Air Arm as an Air Engineer Officer. In a varied career, he served with 801 and 809 Buccaneer squadrons in HMS Hermes and Ark Royal respectively. He also spent two years with the Royal Air Force at RAF Cottesmore with 360 (Canberra) Squadron. After a spell at the Royal Naval Air Station at Culdrose, he filled a variety of Staff and MoD appointments. These positions included being responsible for engineering standards and practices in Small Ships' Flights (both Wasp and Lynx) and later having some influence on aviation arrangements in aircraft capable ships, before retiring in 1990. He lives in Dorset.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pen & Sword Aviation
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1781590923
• ISBN 13: 9781781590928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272