Pen Sword Aviation imprint: 311 books
Cobra! The Attack Helicopter
Fifty Years of Sharks Teeth and Fangs
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
The history of the Cobra helicopter is a long and varied one, characterised by extensive deployment in some of the most dynamic theatres of war. Designed in 1965, we are fast approaching the 50th Anniversary of the craft's inception into the world of combat flight, so it seems timely that we should...
The Red Baron
A History in Pictures
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Keen First World War aviation enthusiasts will be familiar with Norman Franks’ previous books covering the life of Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, so why this new one? Well Manfred, the iconic Red Baron, has constantly remained at the forefront of First World War studies and, in commemorating...
by Michael Belafi Belafi, Cordula Werschkun
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
This new publication from Michael Belafi offers some truly intriguing content. Photographs of the mighty Zeppelin at all stages of development feature in a publication that aims to chart the entire course of the airship's history.
Named after the German Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin, an early...
Veteran Lancs
A Photographic Record of the 35 RAF Lancasters that Each Completed One Hundred Sorties
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Aviation historians will know that the Avro Lancaster bomber is the most famous aircraft to have fought with RAF Bomber Command during World War Two. They will know too that, of the 7,366 that were built, over 3,400 were lost on operations and a further 200 plus were destroyed and written-off in crashes....
Covert Radar and Signals Interception
The Secret Career of Eric Ackermann
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Of German stock dating back to 1530 in Saxony, Eric George Ackermann GM was born on the Isle of Wight in 1919 and became a leading figure in the world of signals and electronic intelligence. As a Junior Scientific Officer at the Telecommunication Research Establishment, Boscombe Down, with an honorary...
Steam in the Air
The Application of Steam Power in Aviation during the 19th and 20th Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006
Scientific investigation into manned flight began early in the 19th Century at a time when steam power was the only transportable propulsion generator available to the many pioneer flying-machine designers of the day. This unique history of the attempts, failures and successes to master the art of...
by Martin W Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
The Wellington Bomber was omnipresent during the Second World War, employed in a variety of contexts in the fight against the Axis powers. The pilots who flew this aircraft did so with an immense amount of pride, and there is perhaps no-one better placed to tell the story of this incredible aircraft...
by Martin Derry, Neil Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
The Hawker Hunter is one of Britain’s classic postwar jet aircraft. Initially introduced in 1954 as a swept-wing, transonic, single-seat day interceptor, it rapidly succeeded the first-generation jet fighters in RAF service such as the Gloster Meteor (see Flight Craft 13) and the de Havilland Venom....
by Martin Derry, Neil Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
The Gloster F.9/40 was Britain’s first jet fighter and as the Meteor F.I became the first jet-powered aircraft of any description to enter service with the Allies in World War II. Several early Meteors were dispatched to Europe in the hope that 1945 might witness the first ever jet-on-jet combats...
by Neil Robinson, Martin Derry
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The Junkers Ju 87 ‘Stuka’ (a contraction of the German word Sturzkampfflugzeug, ie dive bomber) was arguably the Luftwaffe’s most recognizable airplane, with its inverted gull wings and fixed spatted undercarriage.
Designed by Hermann Pohlmann as a dedicated dive bomber and ground-attack...
by Martin W Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
The early 1950s were a boom time for British aviation. The lessons of six years of war had been learned and much of the research into jet engines, radar and aerodynamics had begun to reach fruition. In Britain, jet engine technology led the world while wartime developments into swept-wing design in...
Bill Lancaster: The Final Verdict
The Life and Death of an Aviation Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Captain William Lancaster was the subject of public attention and controversy during his life as a record-breaking flyer, because of his love affair with Jessie ‘Chubbie’ Miller (dubbed “the Australian Aviatrix”) and as the defendant in one of the most sensational murder trials of the twentieth...
Secret Duties of a Signals Interceptor
Working with Bletchley Park, the SDS and the OSS
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
The Second World War upended many lives, disrupting patterns and routines and bringing an array of terrifying new dangers with it. For Jenny Nater, the war brought great sadness but also opportunity. Like many women left behind on the home front during the war, she found herself in an unforeseen scenario...
Flying the Buccaneer
Britains Cold War Warrior
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Originally conceived as a carrier-born maritime attack aircraft, the Blackburn design included many original features such as Boundary Layer Control, a system which blew hot air over the flying surfaces to increase lift when landing.