To Stroke a Cheetah

An Autobiography by Captain D. B. Hopkins

Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction and Dedication Chapter 1 - The Writing on the Wall (Postscript) Chapter 2 - Plan 'B' - I join the Royal Air Force (Postscript) Chapter 3 - Flying Training - I Get my Wings (Postscript) Chapter 4 - Jet Propelled (Postscript) Chapter 5 - Bassingbourn - First Time Round (Postscript) Chapter 6 - There's Always Bloody Something (Postscript) Chapter 7 - If You Want to Learn - Teach (Postscript) Chapter 8 - Meteorological Reconnaissance (Postscript) Chapter 9 - Bassingbourn - Again! (Postscript) Chapter 10 - 'Elmgate' (Postscript) Chapter 11 - Commercial Flying (Postscript) Chapter 12 - More Adventures With Tradewinds (Postscript)

Chapter 13 - Positioning (Postscript) Chapter 14 - Jet Propelled Again - But Only Briefly (Postscript) Chapter 15 - We Buy a Mansion (Postscript) Chapter 16 - Inter Primos Chauffeur Service (Postscript) Chapter 17 - I Become a Rotarian (Postscript) Chapter 18 - Retirement - If That's What its Called (Postscript) Chapter 19 - The Forsyth Saga (Postscript) Chapter 20 - Highlights and How I Stroked a Cheetah (Postscript) Annex 'A' - Low Flying Instructional Guide (Postscript) Annex 'B' - Canberra Braking Techniques (Postscript) Annex 'C' - Airfields/Airports Visited (Postscript) Annex 'D' - Birds Seen at Wivelsfield Hall (Postscript) Annex 'E' - My Cars (Postscript) Annex 'F' - Letters of Interest (Postscript)

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