Air World imprint: 4 books
Airlines at War
British Civil Aviation 1939–1944
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
The brave efforts of the pilots and crew of the RAF during the Second World War are well-known but there was another body of aviators that played a significant role in the conflict – the men and women of the civilian airlines.
The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was formed shortly...
The Berlin Airlift
The World's Largest Ever Air Supply Operation
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
The fate of the free world hung in the balance. Stalin’s Soviet Union sought to drive the Western democracies from Germany to continue the communist advance across Europe. The first step in Stalin’s scheme was to bring Berlin under Soviet control. Berlin was situated deep inside the Soviet-occupied...
From Jacks to Joysticks
An Aviation Life: Engineer to Commercial Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Trenchard Brat. Flying Spanner. Left Hand Seat. Nicknames abound in aviation. But not many get to be called them all, especially when they’ve started life with an aversion to school and a stammer thrown in. Mick Patrick started his aviation career as an RAF Apprentice and finished it as an Air Ambulance...
First Through The Clouds
The Autobiography of a Box-Kite Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
The early years of aviation were marked by flimsy, unreliable machines and daring adventurous young men. One of the pioneer aviators leading the way in Britain was F. Warren Merriam who, following Louis Blériot’s first flight across the Channel in 1809, joined the Bristol and Colonial Aeroplane...