From Tailhooker to Mudmover – Dick Lord

This book traces an extraordinary career through nearly four decades of military aviation. Dick Lord, well known as an aviation raconteur, tells a tale of military flying at its very best.

He covers, in amusing detail, the life of a carrier pilot in both the Royal Naval Fleet Air Arm and the United States Navy. His unusual career then led to combat in Southern Africa as a Mirage Fl squadron commander. He later rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the South African Air Force.