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The 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658245Author Dan SharpFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 416gDimensions(mm) 245mm *...

Amy 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...

At the time of her construction in the late 1920s, His Majesty's Airship R101 was the largest flying object ever made - as big and luxurious as an ocean liner, a Titanic of the skies designed to link the far-flung corners of the British Empire within...

Some aircraft inspire passion, others nostalgia, but others, often the unsung heroes, are more of a connoisseur's choice. The Handley Page Victor easily falls into this last category. In this follow-up to _The Handley Page Victor: The History and...

As elite troops, the German Fallschirmjager (paratroopers) were regularly engaged in front line combat during the Second World War. Their famed actions such as the fighting in Scandinavia, the taking of the Belgian fortress Eden-Emal in May 1940, and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781473320697Author Henri LachambreFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Macha PressPublisher Macha PressWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486814209Author Lockheed Aircraft CorporationFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Here is the full and fascinating story of Brian Trubshaw's life as an experimental test pilot. Written from his own unique viewpoint on the flight deck, it covers a period of tremendous upheaval in the British aircraft industry.About the AuthorBRIAN...

Soaring high above the fields and cities of Europe and Asia as well as the vast expanse of the Pacific, Allied and Axis pilots engaged in a deadly battle for control of the skies in World War II. Whoever won the skies would win the war. Published in...

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Drawing on rare, historical photography and specially commissioned artwork, Matthew Willis explores the heroic feats of the few Royal Navy's obsolescent biplanes that stood between the state-of-the-art Axis warships and their objectives. Focusing on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416559269Author Lynn SpencerFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Simon Spotlight EntertainmentPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 475gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911096252Author Tom CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Richard 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...

This 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...

In the 1970s Shiva Naipaul travelled to Africa, visiting Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia for several months. Through his experiences, the places he visited and his various encounters, he aimed to discover what 'liberation', 'revolution' and 'socialism' meant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588347350Author Tony ReichhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books

As a barefoot lad in the Outer Hebrides, Bill Innes dreamed the impossible dream of becoming a pilot and this book tells how that dream came to pass. The author's career of over forty years spanned a period of incredible advances in the air - now...

Apologies 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)...

Concorde - named for the English and French word for 'unity' - was like no other aircraft. It is perhaps the most iconic airliner of all time, its name a byword for speed, comfort and extravagance. It captured the public's imagination and hearts,...

Packed 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...

The SR-71 Blackbird is an iconic aircraft that has come to symbolize America's technological superiority during the Cold War. Using recently declassified information, globally renowned expert Paul Crickmore updates his definitive account of the aircraft...

Using archival photographs sourced directly from Vietnam, specially commissioned diagrams and combat accounts from veterans, Istvan Toperczer reveals how the MiG-21 defended Vietnam between 1966 and 1968. One of the most successful communist jet...

'Lively history of British women aviators.' Daily Mail'Compelling stories of female pioneers whose soaring ambition achieved firsts in the field of aviation.' Britain Magazine'This lovely book offers a welcome and enjoyable read and provides a timely...

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year Award'Extraordinary' Daily Telegraph'Breathtaking' Guardian Skybound by Rebecca Loncraine is a book for anyone who has looked up and longed to take flight. The day she flew in a glider for...

In 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...

To the fifteen passengers and crew onboard the lumbering Short Sunderland flying boat, everything appeared normal and routine as it lifted off from the seaplane base at RAF Invergordon on Sunday, 25 August 1942. Its destination was Iceland, where one of...

That heritage is preserved here as a diary of daily events -90-year-old tradition and established its great reputation. While so many books on air force history concentrate on the big events, The Royal Air Force Day by Day also examines the conditions...

Walk into any of the myriad aircraft museums dotted across the world and you can appreciate the wonderfully restored and preserved exhibits on display. But what about the many gems lovingly brought back to life and hiding away in people's garages, sheds,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800350281Author David BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Following the life of this aircraft from its initial inception to the delivery of the first production models, this book begins with Boeing's initial thoughts concerning a new wide-body transport, how the original concept changes over a period of months...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679750079Author William LangewiescheFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658320Author Dan SharpFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 362gDimensions(mm) 245mm *...

This is the story of the air war over Western Europe, much of it told by the Halifax pilots and air crew who took part. It spans the period between 1942 and 1945 and covers the encounters between the Luftwaffe and the air forces of Britain and the...

In 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700418Author United States NavyFormat PaperbackPage Count 602Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 1175gDimensions(mm)...

The Gloster Javelin was the UK's first line of night and all-weather air defence both at home and in RAF Germany. In the 1950s, when it replaced the Meteor and Venom, this revolutionary bomber interceptor became integral to many great stories told here...

Almost everything you know about airships is wrong. Between 1917 and 1935, the US Navy poured tens of millions of dollars into their airship programme, building a series of dirigibles each one more enormous than the last. These flying behemoths were to...

Modern Military Aircraft is a fascinating guide to the most important military aircraft developed since World War II. This highly illustrated book features a wide range of aircraft that served in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, conflicts...