Richard Pike

Phantom Boys

True Tales from the UK Operators of the McDonnell Douglas F-4

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From Richard Pike, best-selling author of Hunter Boys and The Lightning Boys volumes, comes another addition to our popular Boys series; Phantom Boys. Originally developed for the US Navy, this twin-engined supersonic long-range fighter-bomber first flew in the spring of 1958. It entered service for the US Navy in 1961, and in 1969 with the RAF.

Produktdetails

• The Jet Age Series
• Verlag: Grub Street Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 173mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781911621881
• ISBN-10: 1911621882
• Artikelnr.: 57574240

Autorenporträt

Richard Pike became a flight cadet in 1961 at the RAF College, Cranwell, where on graduation, he was awarded the Dickson Trophy and Michael Hill memorial prize for flying. In the early stages of his forty-year flying career he flew the English Electric Lightning before converting to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom. On leaving the Royal Air Force he became a civilian helicopter pilot. His duties took him to a wide variety of destinations at home and overseas including the Falkland Islands not long after the end of the Falklands War. His last assignment was in Kosovo helping to distribute emergency humanitarian aid on behalf of the United Nations World Food Programme. He and his wife live in Aberdeenshire. He is the author of several Grub Street titles including: Lightning Boys, Lightning Boys 2, Hunter Boys and Phantom Boys Volume 1 and 2.