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Phantom from the Cockpit: Flying the Legend
Author(s): Peter Caygill (Author)
- Publisher: Leo Cooper Ltd
- Publication Date: 26 July 2005
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 1844152251
- ISBN-13: 9781844152254
Book Description
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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About the Author
Peter Caygill is one of Britain’s foremost aviation historians. His careful research includes meeting many pilots and aircrew who can relate first-hand experiences of flying the aircraft in question. Peter’s previously published books include Lightning from the Cockpit and Flying to the Limit published by Pen & Sword and the Airlife Combat Legend Series – Focke Wulfe FW-190, Spitfire Mks I-V and Spitfire Mks VI – F.24 and also Jet Jockeys and Spitfire Mk V in Action.
