The British designed & built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-&-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-art fighter plane technology with a helicopter's ability to land vertically the Harrier has played an indispensable role for the RAF & Royal Navy in a number of conflicts, most famously the Falklands War. Jonathan Glancey's biography is a vividly enjoyable account of the invention of this remarkable aeroplane & a fitting tribute to the inspiration & determination of the men & women who created it, & the bravery of the men who flew it, often in the most dangerous conditions. ...

The British designed & built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-&-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-art fighter plane technology with a helicopter's ability to land vertically the Harrier has played an indispensable role for the RAF & Royal Navy in a number of conflicts, most famously the Falklands War. Jonathan Glancey's biography is a vividly enjoyable account of the invention of this remarkable aeroplane & a fitting tribute to the inspiration & determination of the men & women who created it, & the bravery of the men who flew it, often in the most dangerous conditions. ...

' Without the Sea Harrier there could have been no Task Force' - Admiral Sir Henry Leach, First Sea Lord & Chief of the Naval Staff April 1982. Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. In response, Britain despatches a naval Task Force. Eight thousand miles from home, its fate hinges on just twenty Sea Harriers against the two hundred-strong might of the Argentine Air Force. The odds against them are overwhelming. The Mo D's own estimates suggest that half the Harriers will be lost within a week. Against this background, 809 Naval Air Squadron is reformed, trained & sent south to fight. Not since WWII had so much been expected of such a small band of pilots. Combining groundbreaking research with the pace of a thriller, Rowland White reveals the full story of the fleet's knife-edge fight for survival for the first time, & shows how the little jump jet went from airshow novelty to sealing its reputation as an icon of British aviation, alongside the Spitfire & the Hurricane. ...

In Harrier Boys, Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands, 1969-1990, Bob Marston, who flew Harriers for many years, draws together accounts from others who worked with this unique jet through its history. The excitement, camaraderie & pride of Harrier operators shine through in the personal stories of those whose lives were changed by their experience of this iconic aircraft, both on land & at sea. In this first volume, events of the Cold War years are brought to life by contributors including Graham Williams, who flew the Transatlantic Air Race, Peter Dodworth, a member of the original Harrier Conversion Team, Peter Harris, a participant in the early defence of Belize, Sir Peter Squire, OC 1 (F) Squadron during the Falklands conflict, & Australian Dave Baddams, who commanded the Royal Navy Sea Harriers of 800 Squadron. ...

In Harrier Boys, Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands, 1969-1990, Bob Marston, who flew Harriers for many years, draws together accounts from others who worked with this unique jet through its history. The excitement, camaraderie & pride of Harrier operators shine through in the personal stories of those whose lives were changed by their experience of this iconic aircraft, both on land & at sea. In this first volume, events of the Cold War years are brought to life by contributors including Graham Williams, who flew the Transatlantic Air Race, Peter Dodworth, a member of the original Harrier Conversion Team, Peter Harris, a participant in the early defence of Belize, Sir Peter Squire, OC 1 (F) Squadron during the Falklands conflict, & Australian Dave Baddams, who commanded the Royal Navy Sea Harriers of 800 Squadron. ...

Paul 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. This 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. Whether 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 & do-or-die hard truth. Big Boys Rules. In return Tremelling & his fellow airborne warriors enjoyed levels of exhilaration & job-satisfaction that would almost unimaginable in any other walk of life. Either 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'. For nearly twenty years, Tremelling was one of those men. & never happier than when he was in the cockpit of the legendary British jump jet. Combining visceral action with sharp intelligence, laced with acerbic humour, Harrier pulls no punches in bringing to life the hi-octane, unforgiving world of the fighter pilot, in the air & on the ground. Strap-in... ...

The British designed & built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-&-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-art fighter plane technology with a helicopters ability to land vertically the Harrier has played an indispensable role for the RAF & Royal Navy in a number of conflicts, most famously the Falklands War. Jonathan Glanceys biography is a vividly enjoyable account of the invention of this remarkable aeroplane & a fitting tribute to the inspiration & determination of the men & women who created it, & the bravery of the men who flew it, often in the most dangerous conditions. ...

The light-hearted, hilarious & gorgeous novel from the much-loved classic author. Shy, dreamy, & incurably romantic, Harriet Poole was shattered when her brief affair with Simon Villiers, Oxford's leading playboy undergraduate, ended abruptly, leaving her penniless, alone & pregnant. Still hopelessly in love with Simon, she took baby William & buried herself in deepest Yorkshire as nanny to the children of Cory Erskine, a somewhat eccentric scriptwriter. Local tongues were just beginning to wag when a whole host of visitors began to arrive to disrupt Harriet's peaceful routine: first Cory's estranged wife Noel, hellbent on winning Cory back, then Cory's glamorous brother Kit, whose old affair with Noel didn't stop him making passes at Harriet, & finally, of all people, Simon... ' The Jane Austen of our time' Harpers ' The funniest & sharpest writer there is' Jenny Colgan ...

Shy, dreamy, & incurably romantic, Harriet Poole was shattered when her brief affair with Simon Villiers, Oxfords leading playboy undergraduate, ended abruptly, leaving her penniless, alone & pregnant. Still hopelessly in love with Simon, she took baby William & buried herself in deepest Yorkshire as nanny to the children of Cory Erskine, a somewhat eccentric scriptwriter. Local tongues were just beginning to wag when a whole host of visitors began to arrive to disrupt Harriets peaceful routine: first Corys estranged wife Noel, hellbent on winning Cory back, then Corys glamorous brother Kit, whose old affair with Noel didnt stop him making passes at Harriet, & finally, of all people, Simon... ...

A girl returns from boarding school to her sleepy Merseyside hometown & waits to be reunited with her childhood friend, Harriet, chief architect of all their past mischief. She roams listlessly along the shoreline & the woods still pitted with wartime trenches, & encounters 'the Tsar'
- almost old, unhappily married, both dangerously fascinating & repulsive. Pretty, malevolent Harriet finally arrives
- & over the course of the long holidays draws her friend into a scheme to beguile then humiliate the Tsar, with disastrous, shocking consequences. A gripping portrayal of adolescent transgression, Beryl Bainbridge's classic first novel remains as subversive today as when it was written.

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