Aviation category: 3881 books
by Norman Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
• What is sewn into a pilot’s uniform when they receive their wings?
• In what year did the first female jet pilot join the RAF?
• Why were former Lightning pilots called WIWOLS?
For the answers to all these questions and more, take off into this fascinating miscellany...
Battle of Britain
Airfields of 11 Group
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2005
The Royal Air Force's 11 Group played a leading role in the Battle of Britain. It included the airfields at Tangmere, Westhampnett, Kenley, Croydon, Biggin Hill, West Malling, Horchurch, Hawkinge, Gravesend, Manston, Rochford, North Weald, Martlesham Heath, Stapleford Tawney, Debden and Northolt....
by David Marks
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Drawing on a unique collection of postcards and other period memorabilia, David Marks tells the story of the Zeppelin raids during the First World War. While the German Kaiser and his military advisers hoped that the Zeppelins would strike terror into the hearts of the British people, the book reveals...
Stirlings in Action With the Airborne Forces
Air Support to Special Forces and the SAS During WW11
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
This is the history of two RAF squadrons who shared many tasks during WWII. Although there was a healthy rivalry between personnel serving on 190 and 620 Squadrons, there was also a deep sense of camaraderie that forged bonds between them.
by Martin W Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2016
This new volume from Martin Bowman examines the closing years of the Second World War, as the tide turned against the German and Axis forces. It includes riveting first-hand accounts from German fighter pilots caught up in some of the most dramatic night time conflicts of the latter war years.
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by Thomas Wild, Michael Kroes
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
The most comprehensive, current guide to aircraft powerplants Fully revised to cover the latest industry advances, Aircraft Powerplants, Eighth Edition, prepares you for certification as an FAA powerplant technician in accordance with the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR). This authoritative text...
The Royal Air Force: An Encyclopedia of the Inter-War Years
The Trenchard Years 1918 - 1929
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2005
The inter-war years between 1918 and 1939 saw the newly created Royal Air Force fighting for its very existence politically, being dispatched to the remotest corners of the British Empire and its Protectorates in various policing roles and then finally engaged in a headlong rush to modernize in the...
The Men Who Breached the Dams
617 Squadron ‘The Dambusters’
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
First published to acclaim in 1982, this was author Alan Cooper's first publication before he went on to become a prolific writer of aviation history. As we approach the 70th Anniversary of the Dam Buster Raids, this re-print will make a timely addition to the library of any enthusiast wishing to...
Fighter Pilots in World War II
True Stories of Frontline Air Combat
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2004
This is the story of Allied fighter pilots and the part they played in all the principal operational theatres of World War II. It also tells of life on the wartime airfield and how ground crew kept the aircraft ready for action either in the bitter cold of a Scottish winter or the sweltering heat...
Vulcan Boys
From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the Iconic Delta V Bomber
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2015
An in-depth look at these Cold War–era bombers, in the words of those who flew them—includes photos.
The Vulcan, the second of the three V bombers built to guard the United Kingdom during the Cold War, has become an aviation icon like the Spitfire, its delta shape as instantly recognizable...
by David Gibbings
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Fairey’s Rotodyne (a British compound autogyro intended for commercial and military applications) was considered to be one of the iconic projects of the 1950 and 1960s and a bright future was planned for the aircraft. Widely believed to be a revolutionary design, it was cheap, fast, and capable...
Ultra-Large Aircraft, 1940-1970
The Development of Guppy and Expanded Fuselage Transports
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018
In 1962, a unique transport aircraft was built from the parts of 27 Boeing B-377 airliners to provide NASA a means of transporting rocket boosters. With an interior the size of a gymnasium, “The Pregnant Guppy” was the first of six enormous cargo planes built by Aero Spacelines and two built by Union...
by Edgar C. Middleton
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
The idea of this little book is to give as clear and graphic a description of modern aviation as circumstances will permit; of the new, heroic race of men to which Flying has given birth; of the conditions under, and the elements in, which their work is carried out, and the difficulties and dangers...
The Boulton Paul Balliol
The Last Merlin-Powered Aircraft
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2017
The Boulton Paul Balliol was the last British aircraft powered by the iconic Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. Also, the Balliol was the last piston-powered advanced trainer in both the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm, and yet it began life as the world’s first turbo-trainer. Conceived in the last...