The Red Arrows & RAF - Hardcover

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This book traces the origins of the most famous aerobatic team in the world - the Red Arrows - and looks at how the team prepares for shows, practises death-defying stunts and helps with recruitment. It also outlines the origins and history of the RAF from its military predecessors to the present day. The RAF has played pivotal role in world events for almost 100 years, both in war and peacetime. From its finest hour defending the skies in the Battle of Britain and its part in conflicts such as the Falklands War, Iraq and Afghanistan to its humanitarian role in the Berlin Airlift during the Cold War and in response to natural disasters such as earthquakes, flooding and famine, Winston Churchill s words still ring true: Never... was so much owed by so many to so few. The story spans amazing technological advances from the era of balloons, manned kites and airships through biplanes and monoplanes and on to the fast jets, transport aircraft and helicopters of today. It explores how the RAF has evolved in response to the winds of political, economic and global change in the past and how it will do so again in the future. defying stunts and helps with recruitment.

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