{"title":"John Nichol","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"eject-eject","title":"Eject! Eject!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatapults you into the heart of the most epic experiences of ejection, escape and survival\u003cbr\u003eAndy McNab\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI thought the ejection seat was a rather dangerous, somewhat curious contraption. But that I would never need it . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Jo Lancaster, the first British pilot to eject in an emergency, triggered his ejection seat in 1949, it took thirty seconds before he was safely away from the aircraft and under his parachute. Since those first post-Second World War ejections, many tens of thousands of lives have been saved by increasingly sophisticated escape systems. When John Nichols Tornado was blasted out of the sky during the 1991 Gulf War, a mere 2.5 seconds elapsed between pulling the ejection handle and his parachute opening. Today, the newest seats can automatically initiate ejection if the system decides the pilot faces mortal danger and cannot react quickly enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, \u003cstrong\u003eNichol tells the incredible story of the ejection seat in war and in peace\u003c\/strong\u003e  of the pioneers who risked everything during the early days of development in the 1940s and 50s, of the designers who went head to head with the authorities in order to realise their vision, and of the extraordinary men and women who were given a second chance at life after facing disaster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe see how the technology was adapted when the prospect of crashing in North Vietnam was sometimes preferable to ejecting and risking capture; what happens to the body when it is catapulted from an aircraft under great force; how an ejectee can be rescued from enemy territory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked with gripping action and cutting-edge science, Eject! Eject! is fuelled by dramatic, deeply moving and previously unheard first-hand accounts by ejectees and their families.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBecause pulling the yellow-and-black ejection handle is just the start of the story.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263947817254,"sku":"eject-eject","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/1c45911a-fc5e-4755-a231-3cf8b27efecb.jpg?v=1701089233"},{"product_id":"tornado","title":"Tornado","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormer Tornado Navigator John Nichol tells the incredible story of the RAF Tornado force during the First Gulf War in 1991; the excitement and the danger, the fear and the losses. It is an extraordinary account of courage and fortitude.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe were doing about 620 miles-per-hour, 200 feet above the desert, in total darkness. Everything was running on rails as we approached the target. Then all hell broke loose. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI remember the missile being fired at us; I broke left and shouted, Chaff!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll I could see was a flame, like a very large firework, coming towards me. Then there was a huge white flash. I remember an enormous wind and then I was knocked unconscious. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy last thoughts were that I was going to die.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1990, Iraqi dictator \u003cb\u003eSaddam Hussein\u003c\/b\u003e ordered the \u003cb\u003einvasion\u003c\/b\u003e and occupation of neighbouring \u003cb\u003eKuwait\u003c\/b\u003e, setting in motion a chain of events that had unimaginable political, military and personal repercussions, which still reverberate around the globe today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the aircrew at the heart of \u003cb\u003eOperation Desert Storm\u003c\/b\u003e, almost none of whom had any prior experience of armed combat. It is the story of the Tornados missions, of those who did not return - and of the families who watched and waited as one of the most complex conflicts in recent history unfolded live on television. \u003cb\u003eIt is a story of untold fear and suffering, and astounding courage in the face of hitherto unimaginable adversity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264403194150,"sku":"tornado","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/9e545a88-3505-4b92-afce-50fc44ae5b47.jpg?v=1701096552"}],"url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/collections\/john-nichol.oembed","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}