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Trains, Planes, Ships and Cars by James Hamilton-Paterson
RRP: $63.00$41.18A 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: $31.48$23.00This 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... -
Marked for Death by James Hamilton-Paterson 9781784970390 [USED COPY]
RRP: $42.00$5.57A compelling and fascinating account of aerial combat in World War I, revealing the terrible risks run by the men who fought and died in the world's first air war. Little more than ten years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into... -
Born to Fly: From Hangar Floor to Chief Pilot by Bob Williams 9781914489372
RRP: $35.68$26.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914489372Author Bob WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint SunRise Publishing LtdPublisher SunRise Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 700gDimensions(mm)... -
Scratch One Flattop: The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea by Robert C. Stern
RRP: $73.50$64.55By the beginning of May 1942, five months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the US Navy was ready to challenge the Japanese moves in the South Pacific. When the Japanese sent troops to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Americans sent the carriers... -
Bristol 1910-59 by Key Publishing
RRP: $33.58$25.79While not the first aircraft manufacturer in Britain, Bristol had the distinct advantage of being created by a well-established businessman, rather than an enthusiastic aviator, by the name of Sir George White. Bristol grew rapidly, from a few hangars at... -
A Passion for Speed: The Daring Life of Mildred, The Honourable Mrs Victor Bruce by Paul Smiddy 9780750983662
RRP: $31.48$24.26The Honourable Mrs Victor Bruce: record-breaking racing motorist; speedboat racer; pioneering aviator and businesswoman - remarkable achievements for a woman of the 1920s and '30s. Mildred Bruce enjoyed a privileged background that allowed her to search... -
Transforming the Skies: Pilots, Planes and Politics in British Aviation 1919-1940 by Peter Reese 9780750984102
RRP: $41.98$31.54Following the Armistice of 1918, the British Air Industry and the newly founded RAF held a low place in national priorities. The RAF was rapidly run down, with the infant airlines being given the least possible help, and this neglect continued during the... -
Falling Upwards: Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts by Richard Holmes
RRP: $18.88$12.64NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF... -
Bell 47/H-13 Sioux Helicopter: Military and Civilian Use, 1946 to the Present by Wayne Mutza 9780764353765
RRP: $39.88$26.61Famously pictured in the opening credits of the popular television series M.A.S.H., Bell's Model 47 helicopter was the first helicopter certified for civilian use in March 1946 and went on to serve a wide variety of military and civilian applications... -
Spitfire's Forgotten Designer: The Career of Supermarine's Joe Smith by Mike Roussel 9780752487595 [USED COPY]
RRP: $41.98$9.30The Supermarine Spitfire was a classic design, well known for its efforts in defending British shores during the Second World War. However, while Reginald Mitchell is rightly celebrated for his original design of the Spitfire, the role of Joe Smith in... -
Soviet-Era Airliners: The Final Three Decades by Chris Buckley
RRP: $33.58$14.93When the Soviet Union fell in December 1991, there were close to 3,500 assorted Soviet-built airliners that could be deemed operational - more than there had ever been before. The vast majority of these Antonovs, Ilyushins, Tupolevs, and Yaks flew for... -
Spitfire to Reaper: The Changing Face of Aerial Warfare - 1940-Present Day Anthony Tucker-Jones 9780750987806
RRP: $42.00$13.46Can air power alone win a war?That has been the question since the Second World War. Air attacks failed miserably in Vietnam: Operation Linebacker had little effect, while bombing Hanoi just increased hatred for America - yet air strikes in both Iraq and... -
Heathrow Airport: The First 25 Years by Charles Woodley 9780752453002
RRP: $27.28$20.20Today, Heathrow is a major transportation crossroads, with thousands of flights each year conveying millions of passengers to all parts of the globe, but its position as London's premier airport only came about through prime agricultural land being... -
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk: The Famous Flying Tigers Fighter by David Doyle 9780764354328
RRP: $39.88$26.61The Curtiss P-40 had a production run of 13,738 aircraft, making it the third most produced US fighter of WWII. Famous as the "shark-mouthed" aircraft of the legendary American Volunteer Group-"Flying Tigers"-the P-40 was first flown in 1938, and was... -
Handley Page - The First 40 Years by Handley Page Limited 9781781550076
RRP: $27.28$20.20Handley Page began manufacturing aeroplanes in a small factory in Barking, Essex in 1909. Handley Page Limited was founded by Frederick Handley Page (later Sir Frederick) as the United Kingdom's first publicly traded aircraft manufacturing company. Sir... -
The Wright Brothers Story by Mike Roussel 9780750970471
RRP: $20.98$15.86The creative and technological genius of the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, led to the first powered and controlled flight. Born in Ohio, USA, the brothers' fascination with flight began at an early age. Their first powered aeroplane, 'The Wright... -
Testing to the Limits: British Test Pilots Since 1910 by Ken Ellis 9780859791847
$60.46Apologies 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 -
Royal Air Force Pilot's Notes for Mosquito Marks FII and NFXII by Royal Air Force 9781937684815
RRP: $16.80$15.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937684815Author Royal Air ForceFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Heathrow: 2000 Years of History by P. T. Sherwood
RRP: $42.00$31.58Philip 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... -
Hawker Siddeley Aviation and Dynamics 1960-77 by Stephen Skinner
$63.11Hawker Siddeley's history can be traced back to 1912 and the formation of the Sopwith Aviation Company by Tom Sopwith which metamorphosed into Hawker Aircraft after World War One. In 1934-35, Gloster, Avro, Armstrong Siddeley, Armstrong Whitworth and... -
Britain's Imperial Air Routes 1918-1939 by Robin Higham 9781781553701
RRP: $52.50$39.77This remarkable book pictures the growth of British civil air transport from its inception in 1910 through to the formation of Imperial Airways in 1934 and then the beginnings of British Overseas Airways Corporation. The author shows the impetus given to... -
Phantom in Focus: A Navigator's Eye on Britain's Cold War Warrior by David Gledhill 9781781550489
RRP: $52.50$41.03Have you ever wondered what it was like to fly the Phantom? This is not a potted history of an aeroplane, nor is it Hollywood glamour as captured in Top Gun. This is the story of life on the frontline during the Cold War told in the words of a navigator... -
Airbus A300/310: A Legends of Flight Illustrated History by Wolfgang Borgmann
RRP: $58.78$39.10By producing the A300-the first twin-jet, wide-body airliner in the world-the European Airbus consortium succeeded in joining the league of leading aircraft makers. The path was both rocky and exciting. Filled with detailed text, including historical,... -
Consolidated B24 Vol.2: The B24G to B24M Liberators in World War II by David Doyle
RRP: $39.88$26.61The B-24 Liberator remains to this day the world's most produced heavy bomber and multi-engine aircraft, and the most-produced military aircraft in US history, with almost 19,000 examples leaving the assembly lines of five plants. Through a broad range... -
Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation: A Contribution Towards a System of Aviation by Gustav Lilienthal 9780938716587
RRP: $41.90$33.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780938716587Author Gustav LilienthalFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Markowski International PublishersPublisher Markowski International... -
Flight Craft 21: Douglas DC-3: The Airliner that Revolutionised Air Transport by Robert Jackson 9781526759986
RRP: $35.68$25.79Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Blue Angels: The US Navy's Flight Demonstration Team, 1946 to the Present by Ken Neubeck 9780764356582
RRP: $48.28$32.87A thorough photographic history of the US Navy Blue Angels flying-demonstration team. Since 1946, the world-famous US Navy Blue Angels flying-demonstration team has performed in airshows in the United States and around the world. This book details... -
MIracle on the Hudson by Bill Prochnau
RRP: $39.90$23.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345520456Author The Survivors of Flight 1549Format PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Bloody Paralyser: The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War by Rob Langham 9781781550809
RRP: $42.00$31.58In 1915, the biggest plane yet seen in Britain took flight, a twin-engine monster with a 100-foot wingspan. Handley Page bombers attacked German cities, disrupting the enemy's industry and crippling its war effort. The men that flew in the 'Bloody... -
Trident: A History by Frank Dr. McKim 9780752444024
RRP: $42.00$31.58Trident was the world's first tri-jet and the first civilian aircraft certified to be able to land automatically in Cat B conditions, in a fog. Notoriously, in 1972, 118 people were killed when a BEA Trident airliner ploughed into waste ground only a few... -
Fearsome Fight for Flight by Nick Arnold 9781407110271 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.58$3.74Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Fearsome Fight for Flight by Nick Arnold 9781407110271
RRP: $8.38$6.11Science with the squishy bits left in! The Fearsome Fight for Flight will send you sky-high! Are you in a flap to discover: * who put a parachute on a puppy? * why scientists fire dead birds from cannon? * what happened... -
Chasing the Demon: A Secret History of the Quest for the Sound Barrier, and the Band of American Aces Who Conquered It by Dan Hampton
RRP: $23.08$16.32NATIONAL BESTSELLER * At the end of World War II, a band of aces gathered in the Mojave Desert on a Top Secret quest to break the sound barrier-nicknamed "The Demon" by pilots. The true story of what happened in those skies has never been told. Speed. In... -
Qantas and the Empire Flying Boat by David Crotty
RRP: $37.78$27.20Qantas Short Empire flying boats navigated a tumultuous period for commercial aviation. They flew part of the Imperial Airways route, introducing a new level of luxury. However, war brought them onto the front line. With over 160 photos, this book... -
Olympic Airways: A History by Graham M. Simons 9781473883536
$70.69Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific by Jason Ryan 9780912777252
RRP: $50.30$38.56Today, a trip to Hawaii is a simple six-hour flight from the West Coast, but almost a century ago, it was a nerve-wracking and twenty-six-hour journey across 2,400 miles of the open Pacific. Race to Hawaii chronicles the thrilling first flights during... -
I Could Never be So Lucky Again: Autobiography of James H. "jimmy" Doolittle by Jimmy Doolittle
RRP: $58.78$39.10The complete autobiography of an American hero, Jimmy Doolittle. Pilot, scholar, daredevil, general . . . James "Jimmy" Doolittle was one of America's greatest heroes. In a life filled with adventure and achievement, Doolittle did it all. As a stunt... -
Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes since the End of World War II by Peter Forrester 9780752465791 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$13.13One evening as he made his way to a local church social in the village hall during the 1950s, a loud crack shook the ground and the night sky turned to an orange glow, lighting the way for him. Shrugging his shoulders, the author made his way through the... -
Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes since the End of World War II by Peter Forrester 9780752465791
RRP: $27.28$20.20One evening as he made his way to a local church social in the village hall during the 1950s, a loud crack shook the ground and the night sky turned to an orange glow, lighting the way for him. Shrugging his shoulders, the author made his way through the...