Tag: Cockpit

November 25, 2024

Phantom from the Cockpit Flying the Legend

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Free Download Peter Caygill – Phantom from the Cockpit: Flying the Legend
Pen & Sword | 2005 | ISBN: 1844152251 | English | 323 pages | PDF | 84.22 MB
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom was the outstanding aircraft in many of the Western World’s air forces during the 1960s and 70s. It played a key role in the ‘Cold War’ and saw action in Vietnam. It first flew in 1958 and went into operation with the US Navy in 1960. During its long front-line life it flew in the roles of an interceptor, fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. Apart from giving a comprehensive overview of the Phantom’s history, this book looks particularly at the experiences of the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm when they received a new model designed with a British Rolls-Royce turbofan instead of the original American power-plant. All was not sweetness and light when the first trials commenced and this book traces its development and progression from being a carrier-based attack aircraft flown by the Fleet Air Arm to the many successful roles it played as a land-based aircraft with the RAF.

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September 19, 2024

Lightning from the Cockpit Flying the Supesonic Legend

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Free Download Peter Caygill – Lightning from the Cockpit: Flying the Supesonic Legend
Pen & Sword | 2004 | ISBN: 1844150828 | English | 220 pages | PDF | 77.54 MB
The English Electric Lightning was the only single-seat supersonic interceptor fighter designed and manufactured in the UK. It saw service with the RAF in the sixties and seventies and gained a worthy reputation for its speed ( in excess of Mach 2 ) and phenomenal rate of climb. It was, however, a not entirely reliable aeroplane and over fifty were lost during its operational career. In this book, the author has gathered together 16 personal accounts of what it was like to fly the Lightning, thrilling stories that convey the immense brute power of the machine and also its many pitfalls. It will enthrall the enormous following the aircraft still enjoys. Two are now flying in South Africa and four are being restored to flight-worthy condition in the UK. To see a Lightning take off and climb vertically until it vanishes into the sky is one of the most spectacular sights in aviation.

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September 12, 2024

Javelin from the Cockpit Britain’s First Delta Wing Fighter

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Free Download Peter Caygill – Javelin from the Cockpit: Britain’s First Delta Wing Fighter
Pen & Sword | 2011 | ISBN: 1848846568 | English | 264 pages | PDF | 108.46 MB
The Gloster Javelin was designed to be a night/all-weather fighter. It was first introduced into RAF service in 1956 and was retired in 1967. It was a large two-man, twin-engined and delta-winged aircraft. Although extremely rugged in construction pilots were banned from spinning as test flights had proved it impossible to recover. During its service nine different marks were introduced. At first it was armed with four wing-mounted cannon but as technology advanced air-to-air missiles replaced them. In its role as a night/all-weather fighter it bristled with Britain’s latest radar and interception devices.

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