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Arizona Warbird Survivors 2002
A Handbook on Where to Find Them
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2002
During the twentieth century, civil and military aviation has played a prominent role in the history and development of Arizona. Commercial operators have exploited the advantages offered by aircraft to overcome its unique challenges of geography and climate. By virtue of Arizonas dry climate and...
California Warbird Survivors 2002
A Handbook on Where to Find Them
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2002
During the twentieth century, civil and military aviation has played a prominent role in the history and development of California. Commercial operators have exploited the advantages offered by aircraft to overcome its unique challenges of geography and climate. By virtue of Californias comparative...
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...
The Fight in the Clouds
The Extraordinary Combat Experience of P-51 Mustang Pilots During World War II
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
This is as close as you’ll get to a World War II–era P-51 Mustang without flying one yourself.
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang first started appearing in real numbers in 1943, at the climax of the Allied campaign in World War II. Able to fly long ranges, it was the perfect escort,...
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 Neal Schier
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Ever since man has taken to the air, flight has exerted a strong, almost irresistible, appeal to follow a life of flying--not only to allow it to be a hobby, but to make it one's avocation. Many who have followed this call have written of this journey and how they pursued the various forms of flying...
British Flying Legends
Guy Gibson Legend of the Dam Busters; John Moffat Legend of the Bismarck; RJ Mitchell Legend of the Spitfire
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
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Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters John Moffat: Legend of the Bismarck RJ Mitchell: Legend of the Spitfire
This edition of 'British Flying Legends' by Richard Edwards is published by rabbit & snail and combines three chapters, each focusing...
by Steve A. Larsen
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2008
Beginning from its earliest days as an empty parcel of pasture that became a major hub airport for transcontinental air travel to its present use as the busiest refueling operation in the U.S. Air Force, the slice of land known as McConnell Air Force Base is inextricably connected to aviation to nearly...
by Ronald M. Williamson, Emily Savoca
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Naval Air Station Jacksonville was commissioned on October 15, 1940, and has trained tens of thousands of naval aviators throughout its long history. Located along the banks of the St. Johns River, the site and the weather conditions make the base a premier aviation facility. Initially conducting primary...
by Steve K. Bertrand
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Paine Field was named in honor of hometown hero Topliff Olin Paine, an Army Air Corps pilot during World War I. Located 6 miles south of Everett and 20 miles north of Seattle, Paine Field� known as Snohomish County Airport�got its start as a WPA project in the 1930s. Situated on 1,000 acres, this...
by Mel Brown
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2001
In March 1910, Lt. Benjamin Foulois was ordered to Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas, with a used Wright Brothers aeroplane and a small contingent of enlisted men. His mission was to teach himself how to operate this primitive flying machine and begin demonstrating the practical uses it might...
Flying Fury Five Years In The Royal Flying Corps
Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2009
The day-to-day insights of a brilliantly daring World War I ace that only ends with his death at the age of 23 . . .James McCudden was an outstanding British fighter ace of World War I, whose daring exploits earned him a tremendous reputation and, ultimately, an untimely end. Here, in this unique...
by Laurence La Tourette Driggs
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
“ Those venerable old campaigners, infantry, cavalry, and artillery, have held for centuries the highest pinnacles of achievement in warfare. The three arms have stood united, exclusive, unchallenged, and unafraid. To-day enters a fourth arm whose coming prostrates these old soldiers and whose future dazzles the imagination of the world …” (1919 - Laurence La Tourette Driggs)
The First Jet Pilot
The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
On 27 August 1939, Flugkapitan Erich Warsitz became the first man to fly a jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178 and in June of the same year he flew the first liquid-fuel rocket aircraft, the Heinkel He 176. His legendary flying skills enabled him to assist the pioneering German aircraft and engine design...