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  • Nine Lives

  • The Compelling Memoir of a Cold War Harrier Pilot
  • By: Chris Burwell
  • Narrated by: Peter Noble
  • Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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By: Chris Burwell
Narrated by: Peter Noble
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Summary

Chris Burwell charts one man's career in aviation from joining the RAF in 1969 aged eighteen, to having responsibility for training pilots for the world's major airlines nearly fifty years later.

After training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley and a tour as a flying instructor on Jet Provosts, he joined the Harrier Force, flying on front-line squadrons in the United Kingdom and Germany during the Cold War and as an instructor on the Harrier Conversion Unit. Detachments to Belize in 1977, the Falklands (twice), ejection from a Harrier GR3, introducing FLIR and NVG to the Harrier front line and operational missions in Northern Iraq are all covered in detail.

After thirty years of service, he spent twelve years with Cobham, managing their Teesside base and flying the Falcon 20 on operational training for the military and the King Air 200 on international flight calibration tasks. Finally, he spent four years in Spain with Flight Training Europe (FTE) Jerez training a new generation of pilots.

Through his experience as a pilot, leader, and manager gained over many years, his valuable insights into military and civilian flying operations are both engrossing and noteworthy.
©2022 Chris Burwell; Copyright 2022 by Grub Street (P)2023 Tantor
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Biographies & Memoirs Great Britain Air Forces
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Such a boring book

There is nothing about flying, it’s just a boring record of an officers assignments. Very disappointing.

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