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Richard Pike
Richard Pike became a flight cadet in 1961 at the RAF College, Cranwell, where on graduation, he was awarded the Dickson Trophy and Michael Hill memorial prize for flying. In the e...view moreRichard Pike became a flight cadet in 1961 at the RAF College, Cranwell, where on graduation, he was awarded the Dickson Trophy and Michael Hill memorial prize for flying. In the early stages of his forty-year flying career he flew the English Electric Lightning before converting to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom. On leaving the Royal Air Force he became a civilian helicopter pilot. His duties took him to a wide variety of destinations at home and overseas including the Falkland Islands not long after the end of the Falklands War. His last assignment was in Kosovo helping to distribute emergency humanitarian aid on behalf of the United Nations World Food Programme. He and his wife live in Aberdeenshire. He is the author of several Grub Street titles including: Lightning Boys, Lightning Boys 2, Hunter Boys and Phantom Boys Volume 1 and 2.view less
Books by Richard Pike
Hunter Boys: True Tales from Pilots of the Hawker Hunter Beaufighter Ace: The Night Fighter Career of Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Thomas Pike, GCB, CBE, DFC* Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lightning Boys: True Tales from Pilots of the English Electric Lightning Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lightning Boys 2: More True Tales from Pilots and Crew of the English Electric Lightning Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPhantom Boys Volume 2: More Thrilling Tales From UK and US Operators of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlfie's War: A Fleet Air Arm Pilot's Exciting Exploits on HMH Illustrious, and Greece and Crete Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cold War Boys: Previously Unpublished Tales of Derring-Do from Lightning, Phantom and Hunter Pilots Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPhantom Boys: True Tales from UK Operators of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Seven Seas, Nine Lives: The Valour of Captain A.W.F. Sutton, CBE, DSC and Bar, RN Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Helicopter Boys: True Tales from Operators of Military and Civilian Rotorcraft Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Audiobooks by Richard Pike
Cold War Boys: Previously Unpublished Tales of Derring-Do from Lightning, Phantom, and Hunter Pilots Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings