History

This book is the first deconstruction of the Wright brothers myth. They were not -- as we have all come to believe--two halves of the same apple. Each had a distinctive role in creating the first "flying machine." How could two misanthropic brothers...

Apologies 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

Masquerading 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...

For the first time, this book traces the complete history of the world's first jet airliner, and how this aircraft was developed from the civil airliner the Comet into a succession of military aircraft named Nimrod, which has been the RAF's primary...

Cardiff Airport began life as wartime satellite airfield RAF Rhoose, officially opening on 7 April 1942, and has grown to become one of the UK's major civil airports. Home of Cambrian Airways and used by a varied mix of international airlines, the...

The 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...

109s! 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...

Croydon 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,...

At the end of the First World War, it was realised that aviation was no longer for the select few but that technology had advanced so much that passengers could be carried long distances relatively economically. As soon as civil aviation was allowed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743255363Author James TobinFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 133mm...

The 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...

The 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...

Apologies 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

In 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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062845702Author Dan HamptonFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Within 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...

This 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...

Apologies 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 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 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...

Designed 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...

Key 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...

Other books have charted the VC10 in airline life, but this book blends that story with a well-researched tale of corporate and political power play. It asks: just what lay behind the sales failure of the VC10? Politics played an important part of...

Apologies 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)...

Among 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...

Apologies 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

The 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...

Apologies 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 *...

For 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...

When 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...

An 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...

Apologies 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

Following 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...

Amelia 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,...

Airwork 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...

First 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...

The 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...

Apologies 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

Only 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...

Apologies 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)...