Ebook: The lightning boys 2: true tales from pilots and engineers of the RAF's iconic supersonic fighter

AIR FORCES & WARFARE. The sequel to the best-selling The Lightning Boys, Lightning Boys 2 continues the theme of tales from pilots and other crew connected with this iconic aircraft, giving a rare insight into postwar fighter operations. In 20 separate stories to intrigue, amaze and amuse, the book has been compiled and written by Richard Pike, himself a former Lightning pilot. The reader is taken to situations as diverse as intercepting 60 plus enemy aircraft, a desperate struggle in a cockpit flooded by tropical downpours, the difficulties of being affected by sudden and painful toothache at high altitude, and the curious encounter with an unidentified flying object. Yet another chapter paints a dramatic reconstruction of a scene in Germany when a Lightning, having entered an inadvertent, out-of-control spin, began an earthwards plunge towards a town centre.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Red Alert; How Steve Gyles saved the world; Chapter 2: Stormy Struggle; Raindrops kept falling on Roger Colebrook's head; Chapter 3: Magical Mystery Tours; Don Brown remembers a seminal year; Chapter 4: A Day's Difference; Alan Winkles on a day trip to Dieppe; Chapter 5: Prodigious Plans; Terry Adcock recollects a tense inspection; Chapter 6: I Say, I Say!; Terry Davies admits to not-so-petty larceny; Chapter 7: Can-Do Legacy; Roger Beazley in Germany; Chapter 8: Quiet Please!