
No Parachute
A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI
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Narrado por:
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Chris MacDonnell
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Arthur Gould Lee
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elite pilots in the Royal Flying Corps, there were many hundreds of airmen who flew their hazardous daily sorties in outdated planes without ever achieving fame.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.
©1968 Arthur Gould Lee with the kind permission of David Reed- Felstead; copyright 2013 by Grub Street (P)2020 TantorListeners also enjoyed...




















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Tremendous on all levels.
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Literally flying without a parachute is just one obstacle that begs how any survived the war. Not many did, and through his writings Lee echoes the futility of it all. Most escaped into alcohol to cope. But regardless the pilots and soldiers become real people struggling with how anyone would feel in such miserable circumstances. Just perfect all around.
Would give this a 10 all around
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Informative and engrossing
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Great Detail and Story
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The reading was excellent.
VERY Interesting and Informative
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EXCELLENT!
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Excellent book
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If you want to know what life was like for a WW I ace who managed to survive the war through skill and a great deal of luck, this book is for you.
Moving
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One of the most interesting reads I've ever had.
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A good memoir
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