Living in the Slipstream: Foreword by HRH the Duchess of Cambridge

'I never realised before getting married that I would not be able to follow my own career, that I would have to move house twenty-six times, that my children would have to go to boarding school, that I would be left on my own for weeks at a time, that my husband would be sent to war, that we would lose many good friends through aircraft accidents, and that I would be constantly on edge in case one day it might be my own husband. It always annoyed me that on every holiday my husband could not wait to get back to his squadron for fear of missing out on his beloved flying, and I really resented being referred to as Wife of ...".' Living in the Slipstream is a collection of tales told by wives of RAF personnel, often hilarious, always witty and touching, spanning the period from the 1950s through the Cold War to the present. These women reveal in full colour what life as an RAF wife is really like when a whole family can be required to up-sticks and move with almost no notice, when rank pulls favour even at home, when things go comically wrong during a Royal visit, and also the grimmer realities of being in the services, when an unexpected phone call can mean a parent is suddenly off to war and won't be around to read a bedtime story. This is eyewitness reporting and first-person testimony at its entertaining and informative best. Living in the Slipstream features a foreword by HRH The Duchess of Cambridge and 100% of the authors' profits from the sales of this book will be shared equally between The Royal Air Forces Association and The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, who do so much in caring for the past and present Royal Air Force personnel and their families.