Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out - And Lived

From World War Two to the Jet Age, Ian Mackersey charts the thrilling and personal accounts of airmen who have jumped from their planes and survived. An ideal book for fans of Helen Parr, Mark 'Billy' Billingham and Ollie Ollerton. Since the test pilot Harold Harris became the first man to save his life with a parachute in 1922 there have been over 120,000 air force pilots and crew who owe their lives to their parachutes. Into the Silk is full of astounding tales of people who against the o...