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Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific by Jason Ryan 9781641602211
RRP: £14.95£11.94Race to Hawaii is the thrilling account of the first flights to Hawaii during the Golden Age of Aviation. The Dole Derby was an unprecedented 1927 air race in which eight planes set off at once across the Pacific, all eager to reach the islands first and... -
Sky Girls: The True Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race by Gene Nora Jessen 9781492664475
RRP: £12.99£11.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492664475Author Gene JessenFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, IncDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 38mm -
The Mystery of Flight 427: Inside a Crash Investigation by Bill Adair 9781588340894
RRP: £14.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588340894Author Bill AdairFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 221mm *... -
Pan American World Airways by Laura Jean Hoffman 9781467113601
RRP: £22.99£15.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467113601Author Laura Jean HoffmanFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 163mm *... -
What the RAF Airman Took to War by Bill Howard 9781784425104
RRP: £9.99£7.67Between July and October 1940, in what became known as the Battle of Britain, a nation held its breath while the pilots of the Royal Air Force battled Hitler's Luftwaffe in the skies above England. A huge number of airmen lost their lives in this... -
Kent Aviation: A Century of Flight by Roy S. Humphreys 9780752451213
RRP: £17.99£13.64Using over 300 photographs, Roy Humphreys tells the story of civil and military aviation in Kent. From the excitement and glamour of early pioneers on the Isle of Sheppey, to the RFC and RNAS (the fledgling RAF) in World War I, from the "golden age" of... -
Twin Cessna: The Cessna 300 and 400 Series of Light Twins Ron Smith 9780764352263
RRP: £31.99£20.40The Cessna 310 broke new ground in general aviation when it appeared in 1953. It remained in production for nearly thirty years and nearly 6,000 were built. This book reviews the type's origins, competitors, and development, including the many variants... -
Tornado: A History by Peter R. Foster 9780752445144
RRP: £19.99£15.02The book concentrates on the two dedicated squadrons, II(AC) and XII, the systems they employed, and their worth to the overall structure, interspersed with personal tales of front line operations. Tornado enthusiasts will enjoy the multitude of air to... -
Skydancing: High Adventure with Helicopters by Manley Fredlund 9780888392527
RRP: £15.99£10.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888392527Author Manley FredlundFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd... -
The Big Jump: Lindbergh and the Great Atlantic Air Race by Richard Bak 9781684420483
RRP: £12.99£8.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684420483Author Richard BakFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Turner Publishing CompanyPublisher Turner Publishing Company -
Lighter Than Air: An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships by Tom D. Crouch 9780801891274
£38.05This richly illustrated book chronicles lighter-than-air flight from Archimedes' discovery of the principle of buoyancy to the latest in sport balloons and plans for future airships. Far more than a timeline of events, Lighter Than Air focuses on the... -
Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson by Professor William Langewiesche 9780312655389
RRP: £17.00£11.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312655389Author Professor William LangewiescheFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams)... -
Glenn Curtiss: Pioneer of Flight by C. R. Roseberry 9780815602644
RRP: £16.95£15.75Glenn Curtiss (1878-1930) was a self-taught aeronautical engineer, a self- made industrialist, and one of the first airplane pilots, the model for "Tom Swift." C. R. Roseberry's biography begins with Curtiss's years in Hammondsport, New York, his... -
Vertical Horizons: The History of Okanagan Helicopters Douglas M. Grant 9781550178135
RRP: £21.99£15.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550178135Author Douglas M. GrantFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour PublishingWeight(grams) 1075gDimensions(mm)... -
Howard's Whirlybirds: Howard Hughes' Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits by Donald J. Porter 9781781554197
RRP: £16.99£12.94Howard Hughes, the movie mogul, aviation pioneer and political hound dog, has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle and reclusiveness. Companies responsible for major technological leaps often become household names... -
The Mammoth Book of Air Disasters and Near Misses by Paul Simpson
RRP: £25.99£18.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780762449422Author Paul SimpsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Running Press,U.S.Publisher Running PressWeight(grams) 390g -
Wally Funk's Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer by Sue Nelson
RRP: £26.99£17.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641601306Author Sue NelsonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Chicago Review PressPublisher Chicago Review PressWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia by Amy Pastan
RRP: £10.99£8.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588344618Author Amy PastanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books -
Bush and Arctic Pilot: A Pilot's Story by Al Williams
RRP: £25.99£16.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888391674Author Al WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hancock HousePublisher Hancock HouseWeight(grams) 140g -
Wings of Their Dreams: Purdue in Flight by John Norberg
RRP: £27.50£23.92Throughout 100-plus years of flight, Purdue University has propelled unique contributions from pioneer educators, aviators, and engineers who flew balloons into the stratosphere, barnstormed the countryside, helped break the sound barrier, and left... -
Rocket Man: And Other Extraordinary Characters in the History of Flight by David Darling
RRP: £12.99£9.62The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history - ranging from the first aircraft to astronauts and beyond - David Darling tells the stories of the true life adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre... -
The Crash of Delta Flight 723: The Worst Air Disaster in New England History by Paul D. Houle
RRP: £21.99£17.97At the height of the Watergate scandal, Delta Flight 723 crashed into a fog-shrouded seawall at the end of Runway 4R at Logan Airport in Boston. While this incident and Watergate seemed unrelated at first, President Richard Nixon and his subordinate's... -
The Republic Airlines Story: An Illustrated History, 1945-1986 Terry Love 9780764342479
RRP: £45.99£30.12Republic Airlines and its twelve predecessors formed one of the finest national airlines that ever spanned the nation. Although in existence for only six years, it created a legacy of dependability and service while flying into more locations that any... -
Bent Props & Blow Pots by Rex Terpening
RRP: £28.99£19.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550177572Author Rex TerpeningFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour PublishingWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 228mm *... -
Chicago Aviation: An Illustrated History by David M. Young
RRP: £34.00£30.89From the dawn of flight, Chicago has played a vital role in the development of aviation. Favored by geography and a superb network of railroads, the Windy City rapidly became the nation's crossroad. Young's richly illustrated history portrays the... -
Historical Dictionary of Aviation: From Earliest Times to the Present Day by David Wragg
RRP: £25.00£18.94With over 4,000 entries on all aspects of aviation, past and present, this dictionary by expert David Wragg is the definitive reference work on the subject.Book InformationISBN 9780750945271Author David WraggFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint The... -
Jet City Rewind by Timothy A. Nelson 9780764351068
RRP: £27.99£18.02From the dawn of human flight to today, Seattle has hosted flying history from dirigibles and fabric biplanes to jumbo jets, from epic pioneering flights to innovative companies making world travel routine. This book recaptures that historical awe and... -
A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, 1875-1905 by Tom D. Crouch 9780393322279
RRP: £21.00£17.48When Orville and Wilbur Wright soared over Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina's outer banks and solved the problem of aerial navigation, they wrote the last chapter in a long story. For decades prior, a small community of engineers, scientists, and... -
Sikorsky Legacy by Sergei I Sikorsky 9780738549958
RRP: £21.99£15.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738549958Author Sergei I SikorskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm)... -
Flying Concorde: the Full Story by Brian Calvert 9781840373523 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.54This new edition of "Flying Concorde" has an added section that covers the cause of the Paris tragedy and the remedies and improvements that have been made in the light of the accident report. It also brings the reader up to date with many other... -
High-Flying Women: A World History of Female Pilots by Alain Pelletier 9780857332578 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£2.80In the early days of aviation, the decision to become a pilot was not one to be taken lightly. The women who embarked upon this adventurous career had to demonstrate boldness, dedication and patience. This lavishly illustrated book covers all areas of... -
Rocket Boys: The Exhilarating Exploits of the Early Mach Busters from 1945 onwards David Baker 9781911714095
RRP: £25.00£21.25This is a tale of the generation of test pilots flying experimental aircraft powered by rocket motors during the period from 1945 to the mid-1970s. It is not a technical description of the aircraft they flew but the narrative of the men who built the...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: £25.00£21.25Subtotal: -
Lockheed Constellation: A Legends of Flight Illustrated History Wolfgang Borgmann 9780764368226
RRP: £27.99£16.67The Lockheed Constellation is the definitive postwar prop airliner. The type was developed during the Second World War by a talented and famous development team, which included Howard Hughes and Kelly Johnson. This book provides a colorful illustrated...