History

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800555976Author John WintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 245g

Many books have been produced which detail the lives and thoughts of famous individuals. A View from the Wings is unique, recalling a wartime boyhood in which aircraft flying constantly overhead played a large part. This experience led to a lifetime...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700449Author United States NavyFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Periscope Film, LLCPublisher Periscope Film, LLCWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm)...

In Aviation Engineering: Navigating Through the Golden Years, Marijan candidly shares his journey through the world of avionics. Covering the 40-year period between 1980 and 2020, he discusses his experiences, observations, challenges faced, obstacles...

A history of Glamorgan aviation.Book InformationISBN 9780752427522Author Robert C. ThursbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 410g

This important project brings together the early histories of the development of the turbojet, turboprop and turboshaft engines for the first time. The work of twelve nations [Great Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan, France,...

Since the dawn of aviation at the start of the twentieth century, men and aircraft have been falling out of the sky, sometimes with comical results and sometimes with tragic endings. In Wight Air Wrecks Andrew Gilliam tells the story of every crash on...

The new activity of trans-continental civil flying in the 1930s is a useful vantage point for viewing the extension of British imperial attitudes and practices. Cultures and caricatures of British imperial aviation examines the experiences of those...

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In the third volume of the three-part Airfields and Landing Grounds of Wales series, Ivor Jones documents the North Wales region using a variety of photographs, overheads and maps. As in the southern and western regions of Wales, most of the airfields of...

Even today the Martin B-26 Marauder continues to look sleek and streamlined. Although receiving less wartime publicity than America's other medium of WWII, the B-25, in the European theater the B-26 delivered twice the tonnage of bombs and had a lower...

A must-have A-Z guide with fascinating facts, figures, quotes and statistics from the high-flying world of aviation, From Airbus to Zeppelin has it all. D is for Desert Island Discs: just what would Dambuster Guy Gibson have liked while marooned on his...

When the RAF was formed in 1918, Great Britain boasted the largest air force in the world, but it was not to last. As soon as the armistice was declared, a rapid disarmament began. After a period of austerity, the surplus military aircraft formed the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700593Author Army Air Forces Training CommandFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Periscope Film, LLCPublisher Periscope Film, LLCWeight(grams)...

Donald Barnard came to England from St Lucia to join the RAF as a bomber pilot. On his second tour of operations, he was shot down over northern France in September 1942. He was rewarded with the Distinguished Flying Cross whilst missing in action...

Between 1939 and 1946 BOAC (the British Overseas Airways Corporation) was the nationalised airline of Great Britain - and between 1946 and 1974 as such it exclusively operated all long-haul British flights. With its iconic 'Speedbird' logo and its...

A Flying Life: An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s consists of photographs taken by E. J. Riding, the author's father, who spent his working life in the aviation industry. He was apprenticed to A. V. Roe & Company and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791854Author Ken EllisFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588345615Author Samme ChittumFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985035303Author William PearceFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Old Machine PressPublisher Old Machine PressWeight(grams) 178g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604520460Author James Patrick BaldwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Bluewaterpress LLCPublisher Bluewaterpress LLCWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588345813Author F. Robert van der LindenFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906537340Author Gordon YefimFormat HardbackPage Count 640Imprint Classic PublicationsPublisher Crecy PublishingWeight(grams) 2700g

"The photographs and artwork will enable readers to grasp the magnificence of the transoceanic flying boats...The accurate, authoritative text will provide information that is new to all but the exceptionally well-informed aviation buff and nonspecialist...

This title features over 300 aircraft with 1200 wartime and modern identification photographs. It describes all the truly classic aircraft, such as the Spitfire, Messerschmitt Bf109, Heinkel He111, F-14 Tomcat, MiGs, B-52 Stratofortress and B-2 Spirit...

The story of the first European fighter jetBook InformationISBN 9780752450858Author Christopher JohnFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 270g

The Gloster Aircraft Company had its foundation in 1917 and in 1934 the company was taken over by Hawker Aircraft, though it continued to produce aircraft under its own name. In that same year the company produced the famous Gladiator biplane. Having no...

Hubert Latham, well-known as Bleriot's rival, was educated at Oxford and a member of early twentieth-century high society. He was a popular figure with the English public and mingled with notorious sporting personalities and French avant-garde artists...

Though only three were produced in late-1920s/early-1930s Germany, the Dornier Do X was the largest flying boat of its time and flew passengers on international flights in extreme comfort during the pre-World War II years. Powered by twelve engines, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588345592Author Samme ChittumFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692439302Author Susan BrinchmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint Apex Educational MediaPublisher Apex Educational MediaWeight(grams)...

David Gero's highly successful Aviation Disasters, which reviewed major airliner crashes dating back to 1950, finally has an accompanying volume. Using the same format as its predecessor, Early Aviation Disasters examines major aviation catastrophes that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983060642Author A Nicholas VeronicoFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint The Sturge-Weber FoundationPublisher The Sturge-Weber FoundationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700548Author United States Air ForceFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Periscope Film, LLCPublisher Periscope Film, LLCWeight(grams)...

On May 2, 1970, a DC-9 jet with 57 passengers and a crew of six departed from New York's JFK International Airport en route to the tropical island of St. Maarten, but four hours and 34 minutes later the flight ended in the shark-infested waters of the...

Around the world, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is synonymous with air and space flight. This book covers NASA's aerospaceresearch from the agency's beginnings as NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) in 1915 to the...

The C-130 Hercules first flew in 1954, an easily maintained aircraft which entered service with the USAF Tactical Air Command. Ten years later the 'Charlie 130' was providing the essential logistical support in Vietnam where a new landing technique, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434818843Author Air MinistryFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 535gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935327769Author United States NavyFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint CKE PublicationsPublisher CKE PublicationsWeight(grams) 806gDimensions(mm) 254mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789163799617Author Birger HolmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Nace ABPublisher Nace ABWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 14mm