World's most dangerous jobs

Bodyguards must protect their principals wherever they go, day and night. Bodyguards think ahead. They keep watch. They never take chances. They are highly trained in using weapons and special driving skills. In this book, we meet the men and women who put their own lives on the line to protect others.

Examines what it takes to become a fighter pilot; what the job is like; the jets and equipment required; and what its like to fly at twice the speed of sound in pursuit of an enemy.

Piloting experimental aircraft is more dangerous than most other types of flying. Test pilots are generally military aviators who fly new and modified aircraft, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated. In the 1950s, test pilots were being killed at the rate of about one a week, but the risks have shrunk to a fraction of that, thanks to the sophistication of aircraft technology, better ground-testing, and simulation of aircraft...