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The Last of the Lightnings: A Nostalgic Farewell to the RAF's Favourite Supersonic Fighter
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Haynes Publishing Group, United Kingdom, Sparkford, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1852605413
ISBN 13 : 9781852605414
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Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR003957316
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The Last of the Lightnings
Edité par
Patrick Stephens Limited, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1852605413
ISBN 13 : 9781852605414
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Vendeur : Crappy Old Books, Barry, Royaume-Uni
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Hardback. Etat : Fine. Ian Black?s The Last of the Lightnings is a farewell to the English Electric Lightning, Britain?s supersonic interceptor and one of the few aircraft that seemed to regard gravity as a clerical error. By the time this book appears, the Lightning is no longer the futuristic spearpoint of RAF air defence, but the beloved old terror at the edge of retirement: still sharp, still dramatic, still faintly unreasonable, and still able to make anyone who saw one climb talk about it for the rest of their natural life. The Lightning?s job was simple in the way only Cold War jobs could be simple: sit ready, launch fast, climb faster, intercept whatever had appeared on the radar, and return before the fuel situation became a theological question. It was built for reaction, not reflection. Soviet aircraft, practice targets, unidentified contacts, air exercises and the general mood of strategic unease all formed part of its working life. The Lightning existed to convert warning into altitude with as little delay as possible. This book catches the end of that world: final squadrons, last operations, pilots, ground crews, airframes, memories, photographs and the melancholy business of watching a machine become history while still looking far too alive to be placed in the past tense. Air forces are very good at official retirements; enthusiasts are less cooperative. To them, the Lightning did not simply leave service. It left a noise-shaped gap in the sky. There is a wonderful irony in the title. The Last of the Lightnings sounds noble and elegiac, and it is, but the aircraft itself was never elegiac. It was violent, thirsty, narrow-purpose, exhilarating and operationally awkward in all the ways that make machines memorable. It had astonishing climb and not enough legs, immense performance and very little interest in compromise. It was, in other words, exactly the sort of aircraft Britain was capable of loving: brilliant, flawed, expensive, distinctive and slightly impossible. Ian Black, himself deeply associated with RAF aviation photography, gives the Lightning a proper visual send-off. This is not just a technical account; it is a last look at aircraft, squadrons and men at the moment before the hangar doors close on an era. The photographs matter because the Lightning was a visual event as much as a military asset. Parked, it looked impatient. In flight, it looked like bad news for altitude. Climbing, it looked as if physics had briefly lost the argument. For Lightning enthusiasts, RAF watchers, Cold War aviation collectors, airshow nostalgics, model builders and anyone who believes a fighter should be fast enough to make common sense sweat, this is prime shelf material. It belongs with books that understand aircraft retirement is not merely an administrative act, but a small national bereavement conducted in squadron markings. Good copy, as sold by Crappy Old Books. A solid farewell volume for a jet that never did anything quietly, including becoming obsolete. Ready to sit on the aviation shelf looking dignified, while the subject inside continues, in spirit, to go vertically upward at enormous expense. N° de réf. du vendeur 7177
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The Last of the Lightnings - A Nostalgic Farewell to the RAF's Favourite Supersonic Fighter
Edité par
Patrick Stephens Limited (PSL), Somerset, UK, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1852605413
ISBN 13 : 9781852605414
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Edition originale
Vendeur : CURIO, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in dark blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 162pp. Colour and b/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, light crease to top edge of rear dustjacket. (1/2). N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1593425657774
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The Last of the Lightnings - A Nostalgic Farewell to the RAF's Favourite Supersonic Fighter
Edité par
Patrick Stephens Limited (PSL), Somerset, UK, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1852605413
ISBN 13 : 9781852605414
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
Edition originale
Vendeur : CURIO, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in dark blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 162pp. Colour and b/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, dustjacket has small tear near front edge, with clear tape repair to inside near top of spine. ( 3/1). N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1777272665417
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The Last of the Lightnings
Edité par
Haynes Publishing Group, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1852605413
ISBN 13 : 9781852605414
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
Vendeur : Mooney's bookstore, Den Helder, Pays-Bas
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Etat : Very Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 606D720164364E6
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