It's off-season but still...

[He111]

Good story but isn't sheparding standard for commercial airlines that have electronic failures, i'm sure i watched a Aircraft Investigations on one?

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[ATAG_knuckles]

Excellent read !!!! one of my favorites from many years ago


should start a thread of "Favorite aviation books"


Bomber : Len Deighton
Enemy Coast Ahead: Guy Gibson

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by He111

Good story but isn't sheparding standard for commercial airlines that have electronic failures, i'm sure i watched a Aircraft Investigations on one?

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Can't really tell you with any certainty as i haven't read deeper into it.

It seems plausible though, since the story takes place in 1957.

Since electronics were not that advanced at the time, most sophisticated navigation aids were too bulky and/or heavy to equip fighters with. It seems that jets at that time were more or less like the ones we had in IL2:1946 and the Mig Alley sim, a different type of engine with slightly upgraded instrumentation over their WWII ancestors and maybe a simple gun prediction radar.

Maybe they had an ADF gauge or two to home in on non-directional beacons, but i don't see them utilizing fancier stuff that even Cessnas in your local aeroclub are carrying today

As for other books, i've compiled various lists over the years but they are so many that i always end up not getting them, because i think i'll spend a ton on books i won't have time to read.
I think i should just start with one book at a time instead of being greedy

I suspect Gibson's book will be interesting as i've always liked the whole "battle of the beams" affair. I hope we get to see it modeled in the sim one day, it will be like combining a traditional combat flight sim with the sensor/detection/evasion gameplay mechanics of a sub sim.

I just don't know how deep the book goes, since it was written during wartime (or so i remember, correct me if i'm wrong) and many things would be classified.