Harrier
Ski-jump to Victory
Godden, John (Editor)
Since the Falklands campaign ended in June 1982 many and varied accounts have been published on the performance of the British naval and military equipment deployed in the South Atlantic.
Regardless of comments - often highly critical - made about the performance and combat-worthiness of other equipment used there has been universal agreement that the Royal Navy's Sea Harriers and the Royal Air Forces's Harrier GR3s emerged from this, their baptism of fire, with a reputation that is now legendary. Dauntingly outnumbered, these small subsonic jets held the Falklands airspace against the might of the Argentine Air Force's fast subsonic and supersonic aircraft, and they emerged victorious.
This book recounts the personal experience of just a few of the RN and RAF personnel who took the Harrier to war for the first time. It uses their words to tell of their own thoughts and actions, their feelings about the conflict and how V/STOL was vindicated during its greatest test.
Illustrating the personal accounts are over 100 photographs, many of which have not been seen publicly before.
John Godden, the editor, embarked on this project while the Falklands campaign was still in progress and has taken the best part of a year researching and compiling the material contained here.
His Professional experience was gained in journalism beginning on local newspapers before moving to an internationally recognised daily. For the last three years he has been responsibleforthe production of marketing material for the Hawk and Harrier at the Kingston-upon-Thames factory of British Aerospace.
The idea for this account of the air war in the Falklands originated shortly after the ceasefire, foltowing John Godden's first meeting with Lieutenant Commander Tony Ogilvy RN, whose personal account of the action formed the earliest cornerstone of the present Contents.
Softcover, large format
132 Seiten / pages
many photos and illustrations
very good condition
England - 1983 - British Aerospace - Brassey's Defence Publishers
Art.Nr. 20632
