Rescue pilot: cheating the sea
(Adult Book)
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Published
London Adlard Coles Nautical, 2016.
Physical Desc
x, 230 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (black and white, and colour) 20 cm
Status
City Library - Non-fiction
920 GRA
1 available
920 GRA
1 available
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Published
London Adlard Coles Nautical, 2016.
Format
Adult Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: 2015
Description
Jerry Grayson is an ordinary man who chose an extraordinary career. At age 17 he became the youngest helicopter pilot to ever serve in the Royal Navy. By age 25 he was the most decorated peacetime naval pilot in history. For the Navy's Search and Rescue pilots, getting to work is both an adventure and an ordeal. Whether rescuing a wounded fighter pilot who has ditched in the sea, saving desperate survivors from a sinking ship, or picking up a grievously ill crewman from the deck of a nuclear-armed submarine that is playing a cat-and-mouse game with the Soviet navy, Jerry Grayson has lived a life of unparalleled excitement and adventure. Excitingly told, frequently funny but also very poignant, Jerry's story is not an account of just one man's deeds, it is a salute to all the men and women he worked with who were able to turn tragedies into triumphs.
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