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Flying Through the Ranks

The Extraordinary Experiences of Airmen to Air Marshals from the Cold War to the Gulf

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Flying Through the Ranks

By: Air Marshal G.A. 'Black' Robertson
Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick, Marian Hussey
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The inspiration for this brilliant anthology is the "I Learnt About Flying from That" articles that first appeared in the RAF flight safety magazine Air Clues in the 1940s and continue to feature in the magazine to this day. Flying Through the Ranks gets a five-star start with an extraordinary tale from a marshal of the Royal Air Force and continues in the same vein. Men and women of every rank—pilots, navigators, engineers, a RAF regiment officer, and airmen too—reveal similar intriguing experiences in both war and peace. Exciting, amusing, poignant too at times, their stories say as much about the development of the RAF and the making of the Cold War warrior as they do about the individuals themselves. It's impossible not to be moved by these rousing stories of courage and leadership, risk-taking and pressure, invention and adventure. Starkly exposing human fallibility at times, they highlight the skill and improvisation central to the flying business. Other common themes across some uncommon accounts are the sheer exhilaration of flying, the role that luck plays in everyone's life, and the unspoken bond of respect that binds aviation professionals together. Strap yourself in for a top flight experience!

©2024 Grub Street and G.A. 'Black' Robertson (P)2024 Tantor Media Air Forces Armed Forces Europe Great Britain Military Aviation US Air Force Leadership War Cold War

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Managed to get to chapter 5, where the account hit a glitch, faulted and restarted with no reason or rhyme I decided to give up.
There are better recounts of flying and mishaps in training/combat available.

fault during chapter 5 where book restarts

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Synopsis seemed to be something I’d really like. The narration however was poor and the recording was somehow corrupted.

Recording corrupted. Ruined a promising listen.

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