Born To Fly: Norman Rose 2005 1st edition signed by author hardback

Author: Squadron Leader Norman Rose AFC & Bar, AMN, RAF(Retd)

Publisher: Keyham Books

Pagination: 259

Format: Paperback

Condition: Very good, with shelf wear, author's signature inside cover.

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1st Edition.

Signed by author.

If you fly as a Royal Air Force pilot for 47 years then, apart from breaking a record for length of service, you are likely to have collected a story or two about that service. In this charmingly frank account, Squadron Leader Norman Rose spells out the ups and downs of his Service career. On exchange from the RAF he served, with merit, with the Royal Malaysian Air Force. This too was acknowledged with their equivalent of the MBE. Light is shed on the good and bad of Service life.

Wartime fighter pilot, flying instructor, ferry pilot, test pilot, long range transport pilot - at the end of his service Norman chose to give back something of which he had received by commanding a unit, until the age of 65, that gave air experience to Air Training Corps cadets - which completes the circle, that being organisation which was the origin of his flying career.

With retirement, Norman Rose's unique career attracted the attention of two organisations - The Guinness Book of Records and The Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators. The former granted him an entry as the longest serving RAF pilot. The latter honoured him with the not often awarded title of Master Air Pilot.

There are lots of accounts of the wartime exploits of the Royal Air Force - not many publications concern the Cold War years and the lesser known aspects of the RAF's peacetime role. Norman's story spans both in a very readable way