David Gledhill

David Gledhill trained as a navigator and flew the Phantom and Tornado F3 on squadrons and as an instructor. Eventually becoming the executive officer on the Tornado Operational Conversion Unit, he also commanded No. 1435 Flight in the Falkland Islands. He was responsible for many of the development programmes and operational testing of the Tornado F3, both in the MOD and at The Air Warfare Centre, throughout the aircraft's service life. Gledhill's first book was the critically acclaimed The...See more

David Gledhill trained as a navigator and flew the Phantom and Tornado F3 on squadrons and as an instructor. Eventually becoming the executive officer on the Tornado Operational Conversion Unit, he also commanded No. 1435 Flight in the Falkland Islands. He was responsible for many of the development programmes and operational testing of the Tornado F3, both in the MOD and at The Air Warfare Centre, throughout the aircraft's service life. Gledhill's first book was the critically acclaimed The Phantom in Focus: A Navigator's Eye on Britain's Cold War Warrior. See less