{"product_id":"9781405943826","title":"Topgun : The thrilling true story behind the action-packed classic film","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Pedersen, Dan \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eVietnam\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 12 May 2022 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 196 x 24 | 304g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDISCOVER THE EXHILARATING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ACTION-PACKED CLASSIC FILM'GOOSE AND MAVERICK MOVE OVER . . .' Admiral James StavridisMarch 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican jets are getting shot down at an unprecedented rate over Vietnam. In an urgent effort to regain the advantage the Admirals turn to a young naval aviator called Dan Pedersen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOfficially, the programme he set up was called the US Navy Fighter Weapons School. To everyone else it was known simply as TOPGUN.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePedersen's hand-picked team of instructors - the Original Eight - were the best of the best. Together, they revolutionised aerial warfare and rediscovered the lost art of fighter combat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the extraordinary, thrilling story of how TOPGUN saw America reclaim the skies, by the man who created it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It's hard to read Dan Pederson's Topgun and not think of Tom Cruise. A pleasure to read' Wall Street Journal'Direct, vivid and unvarnished. A high-flying, supersonic tale' Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers'Topgun earned Dan Pedersen the title of American Hero' Washington Times'A riveting seat-of-the-pants flight into the lethal world of the fighter pilot' Dan Hampton, author of Viper Pilot\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48374294118724,"sku":"9781405943826","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/444e33f39d6189ba8aba172d557d5588.png?v=1752766113","url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.pro\/products\/9781405943826","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}