Going for a Spin
£10.00
From Glasgow’s Blitz to the Queen Mother’s physician — a life in high-altitude medicine and media. *Going for a Spin* is the fascinating memoir of Dr Gordon Sharp, whose childhood during the Glasgow Blitz ignited a passion for aviation medicine. He rose to become Commanding Officer of the RAF’s Aviation Medicine Training Centre, leading innovations in aircrew safety and altitude physiology. Alongside his groundbreaking work in the RAF Medical Branch, Sharp became a familiar face on TV as part of ITN’s Apollo space programme coverage, before receiving the unexpected honour of serving as Physician Extraordinary to Her Majesty The Queen Mother. For fans of *Do No Harm* and *Skyfaring*, this is a witty, warm, and illuminating account of a man whose career soared — quite literally*. Because sometimes life takes you higher than you ever planned.
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My thanks to Chris Newton of Mereo Books for his patient unravelling of a wealth of information to produce an account which is far more coherent than I could have managed alone, and to Ray Lipscombe for his superb design. The quality and presentation are quite excellent and overall I am highly satisfied with the final outcome.