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Heinkel He 162 by Dan Sharp
RRP: £12.99£9.09Apologies 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 *... -
Early Jet Fighters - European and Soviet, 1944-1954: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Leo Marriott 9781526753939
£16.20In 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... -
Bachem Ba 349 Natter by Robert Forsyth
RRP: £15.99£13.33The Bachem Ba 349 Natter was a secretive, vertical take-off, single-seat rocket interceptor intended to offer high-speed defence of key targets. This radical aircraft offered Luftwaffe an inexpensive means with which to intercept and attack Allied heavy... -
BOAC: An Illustrated History by Charles Woodley 9780752431611
RRP: £27.50£20.68The British Overseas Airways Corporation came into being in 1939 as the successor to the pre-war British Airways and the legendary Imperial Airways, and through the dark days of the Second World War it used flying-boats to maintain air links between... -
Queen of the Skies: The Lockheed Constellation Claude G. Luisada 9780764346392
RRP: £40.99£27.67A revolutionary commercial propeller transport, the Lockheed Constellation burst on the aviation scene in the early 1940s. Unheralded for the most part, due to wartime secrecy, it finally entered commercial service in 1946, and promptly set new standards... -
The Luftwaffe Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots' Kitbag: An Ultimate Guide to Uniforms, Arms and Equipment from the Summer of 1940 by Mark Hillier 9781473849952
RRP: £14.99£10.95Reichsmarschall G ring told Hitler that it would take less than a month for his much-vaunted Luftwaffe to conquer the RAF and pave the way for the German invasion of Great Britain. His prediction was to prove disastrously wrong, but for four long months... -
The Schneider Trophy Air Races: The Development of Flight from 1909 to the Spitfire by Jerry Murland
RRP: £19.99£14.68When Jacques Schneider devised and inaugurated the Coupe d'Aviation Maritime race for seaplanes in 1913, no-one could have predicted the profound effect the Series would have on aircraft design and aeronautical development, not to mention world history. ... -
High Times: A History of Aviation by Golden Cosmos
RRP: £10.00£6.41The beautiful concertina book folds out to a stunning 136 cm panorama detailing the history of flight and aviation from the legendary attempts of Icarus, to the revolutionary innovations of the Jet Age, to sustainability in 21st century and beyond!... -
Airfields and Landing Grounds of Wales: West by Ivor Jones 9780752444185 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£6.59Includes airfields and landing grounds such as RAF Fairwood Common, RAF Pembrey, Castle Martin, Ilford Haven fuel depot, RAF Dale, Picton Castle Camp cubstrip, RAF Havefordwest, RAF St David's and RAF Aberporth. This book covers the west and combines the... -
Airfields and Landing Grounds of Wales: West by Ivor Jones 9780752444185
RRP: £16.99£12.94Includes airfields and landing grounds such as RAF Fairwood Common, RAF Pembrey, Castle Martin, Ilford Haven fuel depot, RAF Dale, Picton Castle Camp cubstrip, RAF Havefordwest, RAF St David's and RAF Aberporth. This book covers the west and combines the... -
Bf 109D/E: Blitzkrieg 1939-40 by Malcolm V. Lowe
RRP: £13.99£9.75Using first-hand accounts and brand-new artwork, this book brings to life the realities of flying the Bf 109 in combat during the very first battles of World War II. The Bf 109 was one of the principal fighter aircraft types in the Luftwaffe's... -
German Fighter Aircraft in World War I: Design, Construction and Innovation by Mark C. Wilkins
RRP: £29.99£21.34Fighter aircraft were developed by during World War I at an unprecedented rate, as nascent air forces sought to achieve and maintain air supremacy. German manufacturers innovated at top speed, while constantly scrutinizing the development of new enemy... -
R101: A Pictorial History by Nick Neve Walmsley 9780752456836
RRP: £14.99£11.55At 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... -
Northrop Flying Wings by Peter E. Davies
RRP: £13.99£11.04Half a century before the 'flying wing' B-2 stealth bomber entered service, John K. 'Jack' Northrop was already developing prototypes of a large 'flying wing' strategic bomber, which would have been the most radical bombers of their age. World War... -
Skygods: The Fall of Pan Am by Robert Gandt 9780615611839
RRP: £14.99£13.24Apologies 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)... -
The Story of the Airship by Hugh Allen 9781935700043
RRP: £14.00£9.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700043Author Hugh AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 254mm *... -
History of Air Warfare: From World War I to the Present Day by Malcolm Swanston
RRP: £19.99£14.65No single human invention has changed the nature of war more that the development of the aeroplane. The History of Air Warfare is a highly illustrated and accessible account of the development of aerial warfare, from the first skirmishes over the Western... -
The Art of NASA: The Illustrations That Sold the Missions, Expanded Collector's Edition Piers Bizony 9780760382578
RRP: £80.00£50.95In this expanded collector's edition of The Art of NASA, complete with a paper model Lunar Module and a poster, explore over 200 stunning artworks commissioned by NASA to sell its missions. Formed in 1958, NASA has long maintained a department of visual... -
Bell X-2 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: £12.99£9.09Even before the spectacular success of its X-1 rocket-powered aircraft in breaking the 'sound barrier', the adventurous Bell Aircraft Corporation was already pushing ahead with a parallel project to build a second aircraft capable of far higher speeds... -
Gloster Aircraft Company: Images of England by Derek N. James
RRP: £14.99£11.55Today it is difficult to imagine that the parishes of Hucclecote and Brockworth once were home to one of Britain's major manufacturers. Gloster Aircraft Company, with its forebears H.H.Martyn & Company and Gloucestershire Aircraft Company, produced some... -
North to the Orient by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 9780156671408
RRP: £16.99£12.00In 1931 Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh set off on a flight to the Orient by the Great Circle Route. The classic North to the Orient is the beautifully written account of the trip. AUTHOR: Anne Morrow Lindbergh, born Anne Spencer Morrow (June 22, 1906... -
Atlin's Anguish: Bush Pilot Theresa Bond and the Crash of Taku Air Flight 2653 by Brendan Lillis 9781894759755
RRP: £15.99£9.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894759755Author Brendan LillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Caitlin PressPublisher Caitlin PressWeight(grams) 356g -
Sir Alan Cobham: The Flying Legend Who Brought Aviation to the Masses by Colin Cruddas 9781526738400
RRP: £25.00£17.62Flying in the years between the two world wars was the preserve of the powerful and the wealthy, or so it was until Sir Alan Cobham's 'Flying Circus' began to tour Britain. A former pilot with the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War, Alan Cobham... -
Secret Wings of World War II: Nazi Technology and the Allied Arms Race by Lance Cole 9781526782021
£18.36There 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
£35.07In 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... -
F-104 Starfighter Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions by United States Air Force 9781935700470
£19.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700470Author United States Air ForceFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams)... -
Heathrow: 2000 Years of History by P. T. Sherwood
RRP: £20.00£15.04Philip Sherwood's fully revised and updated history of Heathrow tells the extraordinary story of the district from the distant past to the present day. He describes how, in the sixty or so years since the Second World War, the isolated hamlet of... -
The Longest Campaign: Britain'S Maritime Struggle in the Atlantic and Northwest Europe, 1939-1945 by Brian Walter 9781612008561
RRP: £25.00£20.71For 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... -
The Dawn of Aviation: The Pivotal Role of Sussex People and Places in the Development of Flight by Roy Brooks 9781526786340
RRP: £25.00£17.62Shoreham airport, founded in 1910, is the oldest airport in the UK and the oldest purpose-built commercial airport in the world. Yet aviation began in Sussex far earlier, with balloonists making landfall at Kingsfold near Horsham in 1785. These early... -
The Polish 'Few': Polish Airmen in the Battle of Britain by Peter Sikora 9781526714855
RRP: £30.00£21.95They came to fight for freedom and their country, they came to fight Germans. Men of the Polish Air Force, who had escaped first to France and then to Britain, to fly alongside the Royal Air Force just as Fighter Command faced its greatest challenge-the... -
B-52 Stratofortress: Boeing's Iconic Bomber from 1952 to the Present by ,David Doyle
RRP: £18.99£12.67One of America's most famous aircraft, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress continues to form the backbone of the US nuclear deterrent, and it has also become the nation's principle heavy tactical bomber. It has filled this role since the the early years of... -
Laika's Window: The Legacy of a Soviet Space Dog by Kurt Caswell
RRP: £14.99£9.88Laika began her life as a stray dog on the streets of Moscow and died in 1957 aboard the Soviet satellite Sputnik II. Initially the USSR reported that Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth, had survived in space for seven days, providing valuable... -
The Zeppelin Offensive: A German Perspective in Pictures and Postcards by David Marks 9781526737199
RRP: £14.99£10.95Fly, Zeppelin! Help us in the war. Fly to England, England shall be destroyed by fire. Zeppelin, fly!' Such was the hymn which the children sang; such the refrain which greeted the aged inventor, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, wherever he went. Why was... -
Day Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe 1939-42 by Neil Page
RRP: £19.99£14.28Military and aviation history enthusiasts have always been interested in the fighter pilots of Hitler's Luftwaffe. Some of their stories are extraordinary. Fighting from the Arctic Circle to the North African deserts, from the Caucasus in the East to... -
World War II US Gunships: YB-40 Flying Fortress and XB-41 Liberator Bomber Escorts by Dr William Wolf
RRP: £13.99£9.75The XB-40 and XB-41 were secret, little-known experimental modifications of the B-17F and B-24D, respectively, into heavily-armed bomber gunships sometimes referred to as "bomber escorters". They were developed during early World War II in response to... -
John Houbolt: The Unsung Hero of the Apollo Moon Landings by William F. Causey 9781612496573
RRP: £21.95£15.55In May 1961, President Kennedy announced that the United States would attempt to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth before the end of that decade. Yet NASA did not have a specific plan for how to accomplish that goal. Over the next... -
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: The Illustrated History of America's Legendary Mach 3 Spy Plane by James C. Goodall 9780764355042
RRP: £40.99£27.67The most complete book ever published on the SR-71 Blackbird, from initial design stage and testing through production, testing, and operations. The legendary SR-71 Blackbird spy plane was, and still is, the world's only operational Mach 3 aircraft, and... -
Restoration Force: Grass Roots Preservation of Civilian and Military Aircraft by Enthusiasts Worldwide by Gavin Hoffen
RRP: £15.00£11.34Walk 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,... -
Trains, Planes, Ships and Cars by James Hamilton-Paterson
RRP: £30.00£19.61A lavishly illustrated celebration of the golden age of aircraft, cars, ships and locomotives from 1900 to 1941 by the author of the bestselling Empire of the Clouds. This dazzling book describes the flourishing of transport and travel, and the... -
Lancia Delta HF 4WD & Integrale: 1987 to 1994 by Paul Baker 9781787115385
RRP: £14.99£10.95This guide tells you everything you need to know when considering a potential purchase of the car that evolved to become the powerful, technically complex and aggressive Lancia Delta Integrale EVO, a car that consistently won the Rally World Championship...