MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY! A Pilot's Memoirs

by Brian Clapp

Overview

MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAY...! My words choked to a standstill. Visibility in the Shakleton cockpit was reduced to mere inches.

 

I slammed the control column hard forward.... A one or two-second delay in my response would have had the Nimrod spectacularly crash back onto the airfield.

 

These and other airborne emergencies are vividly described in the memoirs of a Royal Air Force pilot who also amassed 18,000 hours as a civilian captain of Boeing jet aircraft. Humour, tragedy, and lucky escapes go hand in hand throughout this book touching on many diverse and interesting topics.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940166419408
Publisher:	Brian Clapp
Publication date:	02/01/2022
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Brian Clapp served as a Royal Air Force pilot for eight years flying Shackletons, a development of the iconic Lancaster bomber. He then moved on to fly the Mighty Hunter, the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod. A career in civil aviation culminated in his command of the Queen of the Skies, the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet.