Sweating the Metal
flying under fire. a chinook pilot's blistering account of life, death and dust in afghanistan
$35.21
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2012
Summary
Sweating the Metal: A Chinook Pilot’s Story of Courage Under Fire
With bullets flying, wounded soldiers scream out in pain as the Chinook comes in to land in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. At the machine’s controls is one man and if he doesn’t stay calm then everyone could die.
That man is Flt Lt Alex ‘Frenchie’ Duncan and he’s been involved in some of the most daring and dangerous missions undertaken by the Chinook force in Afghanistan. In this book he reco…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444708004 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444708007 |
| Author: | Alex Duncan |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 291g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
with action so real your Dad will be spitting sand out of his mouth, this gripping account of a Chinook pilot’s bravery under enemy fire in Afghanistan will transport him right to the frontline. - News of the World
‘Sweating the Metal is a description of the Afghan war from the cockpit, the highs and lows of combat-flying at its most dramatic’. - Daily TelegraphAbout The Author
Alex Duncan
Flt Lt Alex ‘Frenchie’ Duncan DFC was born in 1976 to a French mother and Scottish father. Brought up near Paris, he came to England in 1995. In August 2000, he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force and selected for rotary wing training, qualifying as a Chinook pilot and joining A Flight, 18 Squadron. He has amassed over 2,000 hours flying the Chinook. He has also undertaken operational tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he was commended for gallantry. In 2008, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross - the air equivalent of the Military Cross and one of the highest awards for bravery - for two actions less than a week apart. Alex is married to Alison with whom he has two sons, Guy-Olivier and Max-Olivier.
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