David Gledhill

Broschiertes Buch

Tornado in Pictures

The Multi-Role Legend

Beschreibung

The Panavia Tornado was designed as a multi-role combat aircraft to meet the needs of Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. Since the prototype flew in 1974, nearly 1000 Tornados have been produced in a number of variants serving as a fighter-bomber, a fighter and in the reconnaissance and electronic suppression roles. Deployed operationally in nu

Autor

David Gledhill joined the Royal Air Force as a Navigator in 1973. After training, he flew the F4 Phantom on squadrons in the UK and West Germany. He was one of the first aircrew members to fly the F2 and F3 Air Defence Variant of the Tornado on its acceptance into service and served for many years as an instructor on the Operational Conversion Units of both the Phantom and the Tornado. He commanded the Tornado Fighter Flight in the Falkland Islands and has worked extensively with the Armed Forces of most NATO nations. He has published a number of factual books on aviation topics and novels in the Phantom Air Combat series set during the Cold War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fonthill Media Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 161mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9781781554630
• ISBN-10: 1781554633
• Artikelnr.: 42296806