£ 10.00

A Monocular Memoir – A Pilot’s Life 

This memoir of Mike Williams life and times will stir many memories. Cranwellians of the late 1950s and early 60s engaged in their jet conversion to Vampires will recall a good looking and sympathetic instructor who had the time and sense to make this testing time a pleasure rather than a trial. Throughout his career, Mike retained that charm and easy going approach which made him so popular in the Royal Air Force, with the other services and in the civilian world. But behind that aura lay a great professionalism and strength of character, so necessary for a test pilot, the operations floor at the Ministry of Defence and Station Commander at the Central Flying School. Without that inner core of steel, it is unlikely he would have continued to fly after the loss of one eye, and in the process become something of a legend.

SECOND HAND BOOK CONDITION: Very Good

AUTHOR – Michael Williams

PUBLISHER – Fonthill

FORMAT – Softback

PAGES – 143

PUBLISHED – 2016

ISBN – 978 1 78155 563 7

1 in stock

Category: Product ID: 10460

Description

This memoir of Mike Williams life and times will stir many memories. Cranwellians of the late 1950s and early 60s engaged in their jet conversion to Vampires will recall a good looking and sympathetic instructor who had the time and sense to make this testing time a pleasure rather than a trial. Throughout his career, Mike retained that charm and easy going approach which made him so popular in the Royal Air Force, with the other services and in the civilian world. But behind that aura lay a great professionalism and strength of character, so necessary for a test pilot, the operations floor at the Ministry of Defence and Station Commander at the Central Flying School. Without that inner core of steel, it is unlikely he would have continued to fly after the loss of one eye, and in the process become something of a legend.

Additional information

Weight0.28 kg

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “A Monocular Memoir – A Pilot’s Life”

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *