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Flying Between the Wars

Flying Between the Wars

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{detailed description}Flying Between the Wars is an entertaining glimpse of life as a young officer flying with the Royal Air Force in the 1920s. Air Commodore Wheeler's personal story recalls the first years of his long and distinguished career, beginning with his induction into RAF flight training school in 1925 and continuing to his first overseas posting in 1929.
Not only does he create a vivid and colourful picture of Royal Air Force life, but he provides a remarkable insight into what it was like to fly many of the Service aircraft of the day. Allen Wheeler had first-hand experience of most of the principal aircraftAvro 504s, Bristol Fighters, Sopwith Snipes, Siskins, De Havilland Hyenas and many others. He gives graphic accounts of the characteristics of the aircraft, how they were flown and the kind of scrapes—some amusing, some dramatic—that young fliers (including himself) found themselves in while handling them.
Well leavened with anecdote and humour, Allen Wheeler's story also has a serious backbone. It is a unique record of life in the Royal Air Force during that crucial period when the Service's resolute qualities were first forming—qualities that were to face such an acid test in 1940. At the same time, it covers a wealth of flying incident that will make stimulating reading for all those interested in aviation.
{Author / Publisher / Date}by Allen Wheeler
1972 1st edn. 199pp illustrated, index. 16x24
{condition}small inscription otherwise fine, d/j near fine.
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