{"product_id":"hazard-spectrum-9781035402519","title":"Hazard Spectrum","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''\u003cb\u003eNerve-shattering, enlightening and deeply moving'' - JOHN NICHOL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e powerful and compelling read'' - ROWLAND WHITE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 5 December 2002, trainee pilot Nathan  Gray walked away from an ''unsurvivable''  crash at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire.  His instructor, seated behind him, was killed  instantly. Despite the physical pain and mental  scars, he found the strength and resilience to  continue his flying career. Today Commander  Nathan Gray is one of the UK''s elite test pilots -  the best of the best. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHazard Spectrum\u003c\/i\u003e allows us to share Nathan''s  dizzying journey to the top of the Fleet Air Arm.  With over 140 combat missions to his name, he  is among the most decorated pilots in the British  armed forces - our very own Maverick. In an  exhilarating first-person narrative, Nathan takes  us inside the cockpit as he holds Taliban  fighters at bay in Afghanistan, and leads a top-secret  mission to seek out Osama Bin Laden in t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNerve-shattering, enlightening and deeply moving\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHazard Spectrum\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a boy from the Potteries who ignored the so-called experts telling him that his aim to be a fighter pilot was just a dream. Nathan Gray scaled the highest reaches of military aviation and now, with this riveting account of fighting the war against terror, and his determination to confront the demons threatening to ground him, he pushes the flight envelope to the limit, and beyond -- John Nichol, former RAF navigator and bestselling author of Spitfire, Lancaster and Tornado\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHazard Spectrum\u003c\/i\u003e is so packed with incident that it's hard to know where to begin. Flying the Harrier in combat, Nathan Gray took the fight to the enemy in ways the jump jet's designers could scarcely have imagined and, as a test pilot pushing the envelope of the fifth generation F-35 stealth fighter, overcame dire emergencies that could have killed him. But it's the human story that makes Gray's memoir so special. His remarkable career as a naval aviator seems both inspired by, and to pay tribute to, a fallen comrade who, in a terrible crash that Gray somehow walked away from, tragically lost his life. It all makes for \u003cb\u003ea powerful and compelling read\u003c\/b\u003e -- Rowland White, bestselling author of Vulcan 607 and Harrier 809\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836681732439,"sku":"9781035402519","price":18.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781035402519.jpg?v=1710380710","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hazard-spectrum-9781035402519","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}