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    No Parachute: A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI
    No Parachute: A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI
    No Parachute: A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI
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    No Parachute: A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI

    Written by Arthur Gould Lee

    Narrated by Chris MacDonnell

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    This account of the Great War puts you right in the action-from one of the fighter pilots of the Royal Flying Corps.

    From the young airmen who took their frail machines high above the trenches of World War I and fought their foes in single combat, there emerged a renowned company of brilliant aces-among them Ball, Bishop, McCudden, Collishaw, and Mannock-whose legendary feats have echoed down half a century. But behind the elite pilots in the Royal Flying Corps, there were many hundreds of airmen who flew their hazardous daily sorties in outdated planes without ever achieving fame.

    Here is the story of one of these unknown flyers-a story based on letters written in the day, telling of a young pilot's progress from fledgling to seasoned fighter. His descriptions of air fighting, sometimes against the Richthofen Circus, of breathless dogfights between Sopwith Pup and Albatros, are among the most vivid and immediate to come out of World War I.

    Arthur Gould Lee, who rose to the rank of air vice-marshal and also authored the classic Open Cockpit, brilliantly conveys the immediacy of air war, the thrills and the terror, in this honest and timeless account.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 17, 2020
    ISBN9781705278949

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    Readers find this title to be an insightful collection of letters and diary entries from a WW1 pilot. The narrator is top notch and the writing is compared to Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The book reveals the details of the greatest scandal of Royal Air Force operations of WWI and provides a mixture of individual experience within a post WWI view on a broader scale.

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    • 5/5
      It gives a mixture of individual experience within a post WWI view on a broader scale.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      An insightful collection of letters and diary entries from a WW1 pilot - a great source for anyone curious about the down to earth (pun somewhat intended) realities of the first air war.

      The narrator is top notch for this book.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      From a purely literary standpoint, probably the highest compliment that could be paid to Mr. Lee's writing is comparison to the writing of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and Lee's description of high altitude patrols flying the Sopwith Pup encourage such a comparison.
      The author's polemic against the shortsightedness of the British decision to not provide parachutes to front line pilots throughout the war reveals the details of the greatest scandal of Royal Air Force operations of WWI.

      1 person found this helpful