Warfare in News
Posted on Monday 22nd October
Retired RAF group captain and former fast-jet pilot and flying instructor Paul McDonald will be a guest speaker on the Sandie Dunleavy Show on BBC Radio York on Monday, 5 November between 6-10pm.
Paul will be discussing his first book; Winged Warriors - Cold War From the Cockpit - an open and honest account of one man’s perceptions and fears, his actions and mistakes, from a flying career that spanned 5,000 flying hours in single or twin-engine aircraft over 4 decades.
Winged Warriors was published in October 2012. It is available now both in the UK and world-wide, via a number of international retailers. You can order directly through the publisher via the hotline: 01226 734222 or the Pen and Sword website.
Paul will be discussing his first book; Winged Warriors - Cold War From the Cockpit - an open and honest account of one man’s perceptions and fears, his actions and mistakes, from a flying career that spanned 5,000 flying hours in single or twin-engine aircraft over 4 decades.
Winged Warriors was published in October 2012. It is available now both in the UK and world-wide, via a number of international retailers. You can order directly through the publisher via the hotline: 01226 734222 or the Pen and Sword website.
Further Reading
Winged Warriors
(Hardback - 306 pages)by Paul McDonald
Winged Warriors is an open and honest account of one man’s perceptions and fears, his actions and mistakes, from a career that spanned four decades. The author spent fourteen years overseas and, at the height of the Cold War, served on two Tornado tactical nuclear squadrons in West Germany only fifteen minutes from responding in full measure to an anticipated Soviet onslaught. Earlier he had flown reconnaissance aircraft on NATO’s vulnerable southern flank. He was… Read more...
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