{"product_id":"book-fx63","title":"Harrier: How To Be a Fighter Pilot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Tremelling was just seven years old when he watched the Royal Navy's Sea Harriers leave their home base in Somerset to do battle against the Argentine Air Force in the Falklands War. Two decades later he would join this exclusive club, one of an elite band of Fleet Air Arm fighter pilots, charged with standing in the way of Her Majesty's enemies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of what it takes to make it in the dog-eat-dog arena of fighter combat. In the cockpit or crew room, the pressure is relentless, the humour merciless. It's no place for the faint-hearted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether landing on a pitching aircraft carrier deck in the middle of the night or screaming in to save the lives of heroes under fire in Afghanistan, there was no room for self-doubt; only honesty, confidence and do-or-die hard truth. Big Boys Rules.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn return Tremelling and his fellow airborne warriors enjoyed levels of exhilaration and job-satisfaction that would almost unimaginable in any other walk of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEither Winston Churchill or George Orwell (or maybe neither of them ...) is reputed to have said 'we sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor nearly twenty years, Tremelling was one of those men. And never happier than when he was in the cockpit of the legendary British jump jet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining visceral action with sharp intelligence, laced with acerbic humour, \u003ci\u003eHarrier \u003c\/i\u003epulls no punches in bringing to life the hi-octane, unforgiving world of the fighter pilot, in the air and on the ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrap-in ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© Paul Tremelling 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49360367255856,"sku":"BDfx63","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/290758-fx63-Square.jpg?v=1734481810","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-fx63","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}