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Flight Craft 15: Supermarine Spitfire MKV: The Mark V and its Variants by Lance Cole 9781526710499
RRP: $33.13$23.95The story of the Supermarine Spitfire has been told across many years and the debate about it is enduring, yet the Spitfire remains a true icon. For aviation enthusiasts, for historians, for modellers, the word Spitfire conjures many stories and... -
Flight Craft 24: Boeing 747: The Original Jumbo Jet by Lance Cole
RRP: $33.13$23.95Boeing's 747 'heavy' has achieved a fifty-year reign of the airways, but now airlines are retiring their fleets as a different type of long-haul airliner emerges. Yet the ultimate development of the 747, the -800 model, will ply the airways for many... -
Spitfire: The Legend Lives On by John Dibbs
RRP: $58.50$43.97Published to coincide with the 80th birthday of the Spitfire this is a gripping and visually spectacular volume, which celebrates the life of Britain's most iconic military aircraft. The Spitfire turns 80 on 5 March 2016, and the passion for the... -
Classic Gatwick Jetliners by Tom Singfield
RRP: $48.75$36.17Gatwick's very first jetliner touched down on 16 November 1958, and over the next fifty years the airport grew to become Britain's second busiest airport, as well as the busiest single-runway airport in the world.Classic Gatwick Jetliners is the... -
Flight Through the Ages: A Fiftieth Anniversary Tribute to the Guild of Aviation Artists by Guild of Aviation Artists 9781526763778
RRP: $68.25$49.32Flight Through the Ages' was the title of the first annual exhibition of the Guild of Aviation Artists in 1971. This book celebrates 50 years of exhibitions and includes paintings by some one hundred Guild artists, past and present, depicting aircraft... -
Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West by Malcolm V. Lowe
RRP: $33.13$23.95Using specially commissioned artwork and detailing technical specifications, this book explores the Bf 109's different roles occasioned by wartime necessity, from its employment as a fighter to its evolution as a fighter-bomber. One of the principal... -
Flying Boats: Air Travel in the Golden Age by Charles Woodley
RRP: $35.08$25.99Flying Boats: Air Travel in the Golden Age sets out to do justice to a time of glamorous, unhurried air travel, unrecognisable to most of today's air travellers, but sorely missed by some. During the 1930s, long-distance air travel was the preserve of... -
Aircraft of World War I 1914-1918: The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide by Jack Herris
RRP: $44.83$30.40Illustrated with detailed artworks of combat aircraft and their markings, Aircraft of World War I: The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide is a comprehensive study of the aircraft that fought in the Great War of 1914-18. Arranged chronologically by... -
Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot by Helmut Mahlke 9781526760784
RRP: $33.13$24.73After recounting his early days as a naval cadet, including a voyage to the Far East aboard the cruiser _K ln_, and as the navigator/observer of the floatplane carried by the pocket battleship _Admiral Scheer_ during the Spanish Civil War, the author... -
McDonnell XP-67 "Moonbat" by Steve Richardson
RRP: $29.23$21.35Packed with never-before-seen photos, plans and meticulous new digital artwork, this is the first history of the USAAF's futuristic World War II prototype interceptor, the XP-67 "Moonbat". The series of X-planes that sprang from the US Army's Request... -
Early Jet Fighters - European and Soviet, 1944-1954: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Leo Marriott 9781526753939
$32.96In his previous book on early jet fighters Leo Marriott traced the history of the revolutionary aircraft produced by the British and Americans immediately after the Second World War; in this companion volume he describes jet fighter development on the... -
Not Necessarily Rocket Science by Kellie Gerardi
RRP: $36.95$25.17Learn from Kellie Gerardi What It's Like to Be a Female Astronaut"Kellie is probably one of the best ambassadors for spaceflight in the 21st century that the industry could have." Lucy Hawking, author of George's Secret Key to the Universe and host of... -
Fly By Wire: The Geese, The Glide, The 'Miracle' on the Hudson by William Langewiesche
RRP: $25.33$17.73On January 15, 2009, a US Airways Airbus A320 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport in New York, when a flock of Canada geese collided with it, destroying both of its engines. Over the next three minutes, the plane's pilot Chelsey "Sully"... -
Concorde: A Photographic Tribute by Adrian Meredith 9780752493244
RRP: $58.50$42.86Concorde can surely claim to be the world's favourite aircraft. Its sleek lines and glamorous design made it an icon recognised all over the world. Travelling at twice the speed of sound at 60,000ft, to fly Concorde was the dream of many and the regular... -
Women in Aviation by Julian Hale
RRP: $15.58$11.82Amy Johnson and Amelia Earhart may be the most famous trailblazing women within the world of early aviation, but there were many others. From the Wright brothers' sister Katherine, who was awarded the Legion d'honneur, to Mary, Lady Heath, the first... -
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe 9780099479376
$10.98A wildly vivid and entertaining chronicle of America's manned space program, from the author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test `What is it' asks Tom Wolfe, `that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle...and wait for someone to... -
Concorde Pocket Manual by Richard Johnstone-Bryden
RRP: $21.43$15.93The story of the legendary supersonic passenger jet, told through a series of contemporary documents and records. First flown in 1969, Concorde was the first supersonic aircraft to go into commercial service in 1976 and made her final flight in 2003... -
Vampire Boys: True Tales from Operators of the RAF's First Single-Engined Jet by Charlotte Bailey
RRP: $48.75$35.14Sliding out of the shadows of World War Two, the de Havilland Vampire - accompanied by the distinctive whine of its Goblin engine - quickly proved itself an effective alternative to piston-powered fighters. After entering operational service with the RAF... -
Dornier Do 335 by Robert Forsyth
RRP: $31.18$24.59The Dornier Do 335 was conceived as a high-speed, all-weather fighter, and represented the pinnacle of piston-engined aircraft design. The Do 335 was a big aircraft, weighing just over 10,000kg when laden with fuel, equipment, and pilot, yet powered by... -
Rabaul 1943-44: Reducing Japan's great island fortress by Mark Lardas
RRP: $33.13$27.50In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out. Instead the US began an innovative, hard-fought two-year... -
Helicopter Boys: True Tales from Operators of Military and Civilian Rotorcraft by Richard Pike
RRP: $39.00$27.87Richard Pike became a flight cadet in 1961, at the RAF College, Cranwell where, on graduation, he was awarded the Dickson Trophy and Michael Hill memorial prize for flying. In the early stages of his forty-year flying career he flew the English Electric... -
Testing to the Limits: British Test Pilots Since 1910 by Ken Ellis 9780859791847
$58.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791847Author Ken EllisFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Boeing 747: A Legends of Flight Illustrated History by Wolfgang Borgmann
RRP: $54.58$35.14More than half a century ago the Boeing 747 took to the air for the first time; it is considered the first large-capacity civilian airliner. Lovingly nicknamed the "Jumbo Jet," the aircraft quickly became the flagship of any airline that operated it... -
Supermarine Rolls-Royce S6B Owners' Workshop Manual: 1931 (S1595 and S1596) by Ralph Pegram
$19.05On 13 September 1931 the Schneider Trophy was won outright for Britain on Southampton Water by Flt Lt John Boothman flying Supermarine S6B, S1595, with a record-breaking average speed of 379.08mph. Ralph Pegram relates the story of the Schneider Trophy... -
Barnstormers, Wing-Walking and Flying Circuses by Brown, Peter C
RRP: $39.00$27.87While large numbers of aeroplanes had been produced In America for the war effort overseas at the Western Front, it was found that that the British, French and Germans were far ahead of them when it came to flight technology, which led to a huge surplus... -
A6M2/3 Zero-sen: New Guinea and the Solomons 1942 by Mr Michael John Claringbould 9781472857491
RRP: $31.18$22.64This book details the exploits of the highly skilled Naval Aviators charged with achieving air supremacy over New Guinea in their A6M2/3 Zero-sens. The combat record of the Zero-sen in New Guinea has mostly been overstated, with little due being... -
Skygods: The Fall of Pan Am by Robert Gandt 9780615611839
RRP: $29.23$25.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615611839Author Robert GandtFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Black Star ProductionsPublisher Black Star ProductionsWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm)... -
Airliners of the 2000s by Gerry Manning
RRP: $35.08$25.25All decades of aviation have important developments and changes. In the 2000s, the European Airbus consortium finally overtook Boeing as the major producer of airliners, with a full range from the smallest, the A318, to the largest of all passenger... -
Secret Wings of World War II: Nazi Technology and the Allied Arms Race by Lance Cole 9781526782021
$37.32There are many myths and legends surrounding the advanced German aeronautical technology of the Second World War. There are also facts and proven events. Yet within these stories and behind these facts lie conspiracy theories, mistaken assumptions and... -
Lockheed TriStar: The Most Technologically Advanced Commercial Jet of Its Time by Graham M Simons
RRP: $58.50$42.80In April 1972, after six gruelling years of design and development, the then Lockheed California Company (now Lockheed Martin) delivered the most technologically advanced commercial jet of its era, the L-1011 TriStar, to its first client, Eastern... -
The Longest Campaign: Britain'S Maritime Struggle in the Atlantic and Northwest Europe, 1939-1945 by Brian Walter 9781612008561
RRP: $48.75$31.67For four centuries the British realm depended upon sea power to defend its interest and independence against a myriad of threats both military and economic. During this time the Royal Navy established itself as the sovereign of the Seas, helping... -
RAF West Malling: The RAF's First Night Fighter Airfield - WWII to the Cold War by Anthony J. Moor 9781526753236
RRP: $48.75$36.31This is the story of West Malling airfield, from its earliest days through its role in the Second World War - when several dramatic and tragic events occurred - and beyond into the Cold War. Opened as a private landing ground after the First World War,... -
Spitfire People: The Men and Women Who Made the Spitfire the Aviation Icon by Paul Beaver 9781910505052
RRP: $48.75$35.14This book presents a fresh angle on the Spitfire by examining the contribution to its development and achievements by over 65 people - some famous, others not - ranging from politicians to pilots. Published to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of... -
Flight Craft 20: Vickers VC10 by Lance Cole 9781526760067
RRP: $33.13$23.95Designed and manufactured by the men who would make Concorde, the Rolls-Royce powered Vickers VC10, and its larger variant, the Super VC10, represented the ultimate in 1960s subsonic airliners. The VC10 was Britain's answer to the Boeing 707 and the... -
Travels in West Africa by Mary Kingsley
RRP: $29.23$21.35A remarkable account by a pioneering woman explorer who was described by Rudyard Kipling as 'the bravest woman of all my knowledge'.Until 1893, Mary Kingsley lived the typical life of a single Victorian woman, tending to sick relatives and keeping house... -
The Flight 981 Disaster: Tragedy, Treachery, and the Pursuit of Truth by Samme Chittum
RRP: $31.18$23.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588345608Author Samme ChittumFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books -
Little Book of Spitfire by Phillip Raby 9781782812586
RRP: $15.58$10.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782812586Author Curnock DavidFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint G2 Entertainment LtdPublisher G2 Entertainment LtdDimensions(mm) 158mm * 158mm * 15mm -
Flight Craft 19: North American Aviation P-51 Mustang by Robert Jackson
RRP: $33.13$23.56The North American P-51 Mustang was one of the most successful and effective fighter aircraft of all time. It was initially produced in response to a 1940 RAF requirement for a fast, heavily-armed fighter able to operate effectively at altitudes in... -
TSR2: Britain's lost Cold War strike jet by Andrew Brookes
RRP: $29.23$21.35The TSR2 is one of the greatest 'what-if' aircraft of the Cold War, whose cancellation still generates anger and controversy among aviation fans. It was a magnificent, cutting-edge aircraft, one of the most striking of the Cold War, but fell victim to... -
Flight Failure: Investigating the Nuts and Bolts of Air Disasters and Aviation Safety by Donald J. Porter 9781633886223
RRP: $27.28$20.63A former aircraft engineer exposes the dangerous breakdown in airline safety due to lapses in maintenance and quality control. This book chronicles maintenance-related accidents caused by individual, corporate, or governmental negligence and brings...