Wed 18th Mar 2015Writing runs in the familyRescue Pilot reaches no 17 on the non-fiction best-seller list in the first week If you are looking for a good read this summer, to while away time in the truck on the way to polo, then take a look at the newly released Rescue Pilot. Jerry Grayson, brother-in-law to Polo Times Publisher Nick Hine, has hit the best-seller stands with his first book Rescue Pilot. At the age of 17 Grayson became the youngest helicopter pilot in the Fleet Air Arm and by the age of 25 he had become the most decorated naval pilot in peacetime. The book is based around these first eight years in the Royal Navy and of the rescues that would eventually lead to an investiture at Buckingham Palace. In this very personal account Jerry takes us to the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS ARK ROYAL and into the heart of the cold war games played against the best submarine captains of the mighty Soviet Union. In 1977 he was finally awarded the role he’d longed for; flying rescue missions around the coast of the UK. On the morning of the 1979 Fastnet Yacht Race disaster, Jerry was the first pilot airborne in the battle to save the crews of over 130 yachts floundering in mountainous seas. Through the frequently funny accounts of each rescue, Jerry gives an understanding of how it’s often the teamwork and mateship that results in another life saved while pitting a large helicopter against the power of the sea. The book also includes a forword from HRH The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, who comments that this book acts “As a reminder of bravery and selflessness of the crews who put their lives at risk to save others”. The title is available from WH Smith, Waterstones, in all major airport lounges and railway station bookstores. Click here to read the first chapter online. Photograph: Rescue Pilot hits no 17 on the non-fiction best-seller list in the first week | | Other top stories Fri 19th Apr 2024 La Dolfina & Valiente Reach US Open Final Cambiasos will do battle once again
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