Pen Sword Aviation imprint: 311 books
London's Airports
Useful Information on Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted and City
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2011
This book is for the passengers and aviation buffs who use London’s main airports. It includes a brief history, plans and photographs for each of the five airports, together with directions and information about gates, security, passport control, shopping, restaurants, car parks and other transport...
Boeing 707 Group
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
The Boeing 707 family - that includes the forerunner Model 367-80, the KC-135 series of military transports and the slightly smaller Model 720 - was the pioneer of the sweptback wing, incorporating podded engines borrowed from the B-47 military bomber. It was the aircraft that many regard as the design...
Hurricane Squadron Ace
The Story of Battle of Britain Ace, Air Commodore Peter Brothers, CBE, DSO, DFC and Bar
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Air Commodore Peter Malam 'Pete' Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC, and Bar (1917-2008) was one of the most heroic and highly praised pilots of the Second World War. Decorated extensively, he secured a total of 16 'kills' over the course of the conflict, with 10 of these occurring during the Battle of Britain....
Cold War Jet Combat
Air-to-Air Jet Fighter Operations 1950-1972
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2016
Recounted here are nine of the earliest wars involving jet aircraft. From the Korean War and beyond, it comprises a wealth of gripping insight. Many of the jet-to-jet dogfights that spanned these jet-powered wars are enlivened to thrilling effect, including those engaged in during the two Indo-Pak...
Military Low-Flying in the UK
The Men Who Fly and the Skill of the Photograhers that Capture Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
The UK has some of the most dramatic landscapes for NATO pilots to exercise the increasingly important military art of high-speed low flying. It also offers splendid opportunities for photography of close-up dramatic shots taken from the hillsides and mountains of Wales, Scotland and other steep terrain...
by Adrian Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2006
The Hawker Hurricane, together with the Spitfire, is the most famous aircraft of the Second World War. Many pilots including Douglas Bader thought it was superior to the Spit but together they saved Britain from Nazi invasion and possible defeat.
Adrian Stewart has produced a gloriously atmospheric...
Bomber Bases of World War II, 3rd Air Division 8th Air Force USAF 1942-45
Flying Fortress and Liberator Squadrons in Norfolk and Suffolk
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
The 3rd Air Division: Elveden Hall was the Headquarters of this division of the 8th US Army Air Force. Broadly speaking it flew B17 Flying Fortresses out of Suffolk, but included some bases in Norfolk. Some units had short periods flying B24 Liberators.
The famous ‘Bloody Hundredth’, based...
by Yefim Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Features;
* Profiles of iconic types such as the Mil MI-24 'Hind', the Mil-28 and the Kamov Ka-52 'Alligator'.
* Summary of design histories and careers
* Colour reference for paint schemes
* Critical review of available kits
* Over 180 colour and black and white illustrations, including...
By the Skin of my Teeth
The Memoirs of an RAF Mustang Pilot in World War II and of Flying Sabres with USAF in Korea
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2006
This is a memoir of flying with the Royal Air Force in war and peace during a career in military and civil aviation covering a half century. The text is filled with personal experiences, reminiscences and impressions and is written in four parts. Part One covers the years leading to the author's graduation...
Mosquito
The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2011
During the history of aviation there have been very few aircraft that have achieved immediate success when entering front-line service. The de Havilland Mosquito was one such aircraft. It was not designed to an RAF requirement, but was the result of an initiative of the designers and builders to utilize...
The Spitfire
An Icon of the Skies
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
The magnificent Vickers Supermarine Spitfire, together with its able partner the Hawker Hurricane, saved Britain from Nazi invasion in the summer of 1940 and irrevocably changed the course of the Second World War. This new book from Philip Kaplan celebrates one of history's most important weapons...
The Men Who Gave us Wings
Britain and the Aeroplane 1796-1914
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Why did the British, then the leading nation in science and technology, fall far behind in the race to develop the aeroplane before the First World War? Despite their initial advantage, they were overtaken by the Wright brothers in America, by the French and the Germans. Peter Reese, in this highly...
Big Wings
The Largest Aeroplanes Ever Built
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2005
In the history of aviation there have been many attempts to produce aircraft of extraordinary proportions to expand the limits of technology and create new performance standards. With few exceptions, the early attempts did not become the successes envisaged until post-World War II when such aircraft...
Bomber Command Reflections of War
Armageddon: September 27th 1944 - May 1945
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
This is the fifth release in a series that provides a comprehensive insight into all aspects of RAF Bomber Command in World War Two. It begins in late September 1944 when the Allied Bomber Offensive was at its height, and takes us through to the end of the conflict. The crews' personal narrative puts...