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Paul Tremelling was just seven years old when he watched the Royal Navys Sea Harriers leave their home base in Somerset to do battle against the Argentine Air Force in the Falklands War Two decades later he would join this exclusive club one of an elite band of Fleet Air Arm fighter pilots charged with standing in the way of Her Majestys enemies
This is the story of what it takes to make it in the dogeatdog arena of fighter combat In the cockpit or crew room the pressure is relentless the humour merciless Its no place for the fainthearted
Whether landing on a pitching aircraft carrier deck in the middle of the night or screaming in to save the lives of heroes under fire in Afghanistan there was no room for selfdoubt only honesty confidence and doordie hard truth Big Boys Rules
In return Tremelling and his fellow airborne warriors enjoyed levels of exhilaration and jobsatisfaction that would almost unimaginable in any other walk of life
Either Winston Churchill or George Orwell or maybe neither of them is reputed to have said we sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm
For nearly twenty years Tremelling was one of those men And never happier than when he was in the cockpit of the legendary British jump jet
Combining visceral action with sharp intelligence laced with acerbic humour Harrier pulls no punches in bringing to life the hioctane unforgiving world of the fighter pilot in the air and on the ground
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Paul Tremelling 2022 P Penguin Audio 2022
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