Jet Jockeys : Flying the RAF's First Jet Fighters

by CAYGILL PETER

• ISBN13: 9781840373134
• ISBN10: 184037313X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

The Early days of British jet test pilots. This book describes the airplanes, plus their faults, quirks and flight advantages. It draws heavily upon the memories of those first RAF jet pilots - the jet jockets. We are taken aboard the first British jets to become operational, such as the Gloster Meteor and de Havilland Vampire and then through the late 1940s into the 1950s, including the experiences of pilots who flew the de Havilland Venom, North American Sabre and the controversial Supermarine Swift.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Part One Day Fighters	1	(168)
Gloster Meteror	3	(38)
de Havilland Vampire	41	(27)
de Havilland Venom	68	(21)
North American F-86 Sabre	89	(30)
Supermarine Swift	119	(19)
Hawker Hunter	138	(31)
Part Two Night/ All-Weather Fighters	169	(92)
Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF. 11--14	171	(21)
de Havilland Vampire NF.10	192	(15)
de Havilland Venom NF.2 and 3	207	(24)
Gloster Javelin	231	(30)
Index	261