I found it hard to put the book down late at night, which brought forth a moan from my wife about turning the lamp off or else!

As he and his friend Peter ride the train: "We talk quietly, both wondering what on earth has hit us in the last twenty-four hours. I had finally achieved my commercial licence after the first training organisation I went to after the redundancy had gone bust. When interviewed many years later by Michael Parkinson, Parkinson asked him about how the pressure of playing top-level cricket, to which Miller gave the immortal, and precise, answer: 'Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse, playing cricket is not. The achievement is all the greater in that the other occupiers of that list were books I read when I was much younger, unmarked, and could receive deeper and more lasting impressions from the books I read.

We have aircraft themed gifts from stylish watches and winter accessories, entertaining hobby kits and books, to decorative homewares, collectable toys and tasty treats. Whilst in this post, the then Group Captain who was my boss four times up the chain, took me under his wing. Once we process your credit, the duration of the bank transfer will depend on your card issuer’s policies. Bursting with youthful energy and enthusiasm, he makes it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 Squadron.

Tragedy strikes again and again as a steady stream of his friends are killed and badly wounded, and the pressure on these pilots to keep flying is relentless.I always knew that what I wanted to fly was not the frontline fast jets of the modern RAF, or airliners, but Spitfires. In May 1940 eighteen-year old Geoffrey Wellum joins the 92 squadron of the Royal Air Force and is taken to the pub,where pilots who have seen action sign their names on a blackboard.