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Disaster on Mount Slesse: The Story of Western Canada's Worst Air Crash by Betty O'Keefe 9781894759212
RRP: £13.99£8.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894759212Author Betty O'KeefeFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Caitlin PressPublisher Caitlin PressWeight(grams) 256g -
Schneider Trophy Seaplanes and Flying Boats: Victors, Vanquished and Visions by Ralph Pegram 9781781551790
RRP: £40.00£38.76The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy, or prize or cup) was a prize competition for seaplanes. Announced by Jacques Schneider, a financier, balloonist and aircraft enthusiast, in 1911, it offered a prize of... -
Croydon Airport: The Peaceful Years by Mike Hooks 9780752427584
RRP: £20.00£15.04Croydon Airport, opened as a Royal Flying Corps aerodrome in 1916, had a short but important history before closing in 1959 after being replaced by Heathrow as London's main airport. One of Europe's most important airports in the inter-war period,... -
Malta Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of Ten Weeks of War, April-?June 1942 by Denis Barnham 9781526766748
RRP: £14.99£10.95109s! Two, head-on views diving from my left, blinking with light. Curling blue tracers strand about me as I turn towards them. A third got my sight on him for an instant before he went under my nose. My helmets too big for me. Turn pressure pulls it... -
Creating American Airways: The Converging Histories of American Airlines and US Airways by Ted Reed 9780786477838
RRP: £21.99£17.97The 2013 merger of American Airlines and US Airways marked a major step in the consolidation of the U.S. airline industry. A young management team that began plotting mergers a decade earlier designed a brilliant strategy to seize an industry prize... -
The Big Jump: Lindbergh and the Great Atlantic Air Race by Richard Bak 9780471477525
£22.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471477525Author Richard BakFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 614g -
The Flight of the Century: Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of American Aviation by Thomas Kessner 9780195320190
RRP: £23.49£17.87In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment,... -
Famous First Flights: Sixteen Dramatic Adventures by Lowell Thomas, Jr. 9781510711068
RRP: £12.99£12.23Within this classic volume are the tales, tribulations, and ultimate triumphs behind some of the most spectacular and breathtaking aerodynamic feats of early twentieth century aviation. Recounted firsthand from the annals of history, Famous First Flights... -
A History of Airships by John Richards 9780752445366
RRP: £16.99£12.94This detailed history examines the development of the airship, from the pre-First World War dirigibles up to date. Covering the airship in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the US, author John Richards has delved into every aspect of the airship. The... -
Little Book of Spitfire by Phillip Raby 9781782812586
RRP: £7.99£5.39Apologies 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 -
The 25 Most Influential Aircraft of All Time by Walter Boyne
RRP: £30.00£22.98The 25 Most Influential Aircraft of All Time conveys the fascinating progression of flying technology from flimsy wood-and-fabric biplanes to thunderous supersonic wonders. Aviation's most historically relevant and arguably most influential aircraft -... -
Expanding the Envelope: Flight Research at NACA and NASA by Michael H. Gorn
RRP: £80.95£49.54Expanding the Envelope is the first book to explore the full panorama of flight research history, from the earliest attempts by such nineteenth century practitioners as England's Sir George Cayley, who tested his kites and gliders by subjecting them to... -
Fokker Fodder: The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c by Paul R. Hare 9781781550656
RRP: £18.99£14.32Designed as the benchmark against which competitors in the 1912 Military Aeroplane Competition were judged, the B.E.2 outperformed them all and was put into production becoming the most numerous single type in Royal Flying Corps service. The B.E.2c, a... -
Phantom in Focus: A Navigator's Eye on Britain's Cold War Warrior by David Gledhill 9781781554210
RRP: £18.99£14.72Key Selling Points: Have 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... -
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: £10.99£7.77NATIONAL 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... -
I Could Never be So Lucky Again: Autobiography of James H. "jimmy" Doolittle by Jimmy Doolittle
RRP: £27.99£18.62The 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... -
A-4 Skyhawk Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions by United States Air Force 9781935327752
RRP: £38.00£15.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935327752Author United States Air ForceFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint CKE PublicationsPublisher CKE PublicationsWeight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm)... -
Testing to the Limits: British Test Pilots Since 1910 by Ken Ellis 9780859791847
£28.62Apologies 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 -
Blue Angels: The US Navy's Flight Demonstration Team, 1946 to the Present by Ken Neubeck 9780764356582
RRP: £22.99£15.65A 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... -
America's Local Service Airlines by David H Stringer 9780980109214
RRP: £32.95£29.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980109214Author David H StringerFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Apt CollectiblesPublisher Apt CollectiblesWeight(grams) 404g -
F6F Hellcat: Grumman's Ace Maker in World War II by David Doyle 9780764356711
RRP: £18.99£12.67The Grumman F6F Hellcat formed the backbone of America's carrier-based fighter force as the Allies pressed the war toward Japan. Powered by a massive and reliable Pratt & Whitney radial engine, the Hellcat racked up an incredible 19:1 kill ratio against... -
Heinkel He 111: Luftwaffe Medium Bomber in World War II by Ron Mackay
RRP: £18.99£12.27Masquerading as a civilian airliner during the mid-1930s, the Heinkel He 111 medium-range bomber saw its first combat in 1936 with Germany's Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War. The initial stages of World War II confirmed the design's prominent... -
The Quest for Speed: Air Racing and the Influence of the Schneider Trophy Contests 1913-31 by Mike Roussel 9780750967914
RRP: £20.00£15.44When the Wright brothers finally took to the air in the Wright Flyer in 1903, it was the realisation of one of humanity's oldest dreams. From there on in, the sky really was the limit, and the early twentieth century was a time of pioneering technical... -
West with the Night (Warbler Classics) by Beryl Markham 9781954525344
RRP: £12.95£8.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954525344Author Beryl MarkhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Warbler ClassicsPublisher Warbler ClassicsWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Airliner Models: Marketing Air Travel and Tracing Airliner Evolution Through Vintage Miniatures by Anthony J. Lawler
RRP: £50.00£42.31For most of the past century, beautiful models of airliners have been made to promote their airlines' services in travel agents and their own shops. The models also illustrate the evolution of airliner design over these decades: the wood and fabric... -
Bell AH-1 Cobra: From Vietnam to the Present by Alexander Ludeke 9780764354519
RRP: £31.99£21.00The Bell AH-1 was the first helicopter designed and built exclusively for combat. First flown in 1965, the AH-1, with its characteristic streamlined silhouette and stub wings, quickly became an indispensable asset and feared opponent. Development... -
At the Edge of Space: The X-15 Flight Program by Milton O. Thompson
RRP: £29.00£18.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588340788Author Milton O. ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g -
Concorde Conspiracy: The Battle for American Skies 1962-77 by Graham Simons 9780752463650
RRP: £20.00£15.44An innovation in aviation development, Concorde was the subject of political rivalry, deceit and treachery from its very inception. After their failure to be the first nation to develop a jet airliner for transatlantic flight or to send spacecraft into... -
Fighters Over the Aegean: Hurricanes Over Crete, Spitfires Over Kos, Beaufighters Over the Aegean by Brian Cull 9781781556320
RRP: £18.99£14.32Following the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, at which the Americans refused to back Britain's plan to invade the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean, to be followed by an invasion of the Greek mainland, a weakened British attempt was made with... -
Airfields and Landing Grounds of Wales: South by Ivor Jones 9780752442730
RRP: £18.99£14.32The first in a three-volume series chronicling the location, history and fate of the many landing grounds, airfields and airports of Wales, this book focuses on the south. Starting at the English border at Chepstow and finishing in Llandovery, Ivor Jones... -
In Their Own Words: Forgotten Women Pilots of Early Aviation by Fred Erisman 9781557539786
RRP: £38.95£23.96Amelia Earhart's prominence in American aviation during the 1930s obscures a crucial point: she was but one of a closely knit community of women pilots. Although the women were well known in the profession and widely publicized in the press at the time,... -
P47 Thunderbolt: Republic's Mighty "Jug" in World War II by David Doyle 9780764356735
RRP: £18.99£12.67Among the iconic aircraft of World War II, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt not only was physically the biggest single-engine fighter, it also had an enormous impact on history. In terms of its combat effectiveness, P-47 fliers destroyed 7,067 hostile... -
Aufklarer: v. 1: Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft and Units 1935-1941 by David Wadman
RRP: £16.99£12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857802689Author David WadmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Midland PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The B-25 in the Backyard: My Father's Historic Airplane Sanctuary Wally Soplata 9781476680668
RRP: £28.99£24.05Only in America could Walter A. Soplata, the son of penniless Czech immigrants, accomplish so much single-handedly saving historic aircraft from World War II and other periods. After a childhood spent building model airplanes while dreaming about having... -
Airwork: A History by Keith McCloskey 9780752479729
RRP: £17.99£14.04Airwork Ltd/Airwork Services, now owned by VT group plc, has a long and distinguished history. It played an important role in defence support services to the RAF, Fleet Air Arm and overseas air forces, as well as in the development of civil aviation... -
The Story of Travel Air Makers of Biplanes and Monoplanes by Travel Air Manufacturing Co 9781937684174
RRP: £8.00£5.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937684174Author Travel Air Manufacturing CoFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams)... -
Air Power at Sea, 1945-1989 by John Winton 9781800555976
RRP: £9.99£8.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800555976Author John WintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 245g -
North American SNJ / T-6 Texan Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions by United States Navy 9781935700449
RRP: £14.00£8.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700449Author United States NavyFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Periscope Film, LLCPublisher Periscope Film, LLCWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm)... -
Aviation Engineering: Navigating Through the Golden Years! by Marijan Jozic 9781468605389
RRP: £42.95£32.66In Aviation Engineering: Navigating Through the Golden Years, Marijan candidly shares his journey through the world of avionics. Covering the 40-year period between 1980 and 2020, he discusses his experiences, observations, challenges faced, obstacles... -
Boeing 737: The World's Jetliner by Daniel Dornseif 9780764353253
RRP: £54.99£36.21First launched in 1965, the Boeing 737, by many measures, is the most successful and long-standing jetliner in the history of aviation. This volume provides an in-depth look into the story of this extremely significant jetliner and the environment that...