Aircraft and aviation

The pilot's son delivers ';a fascinating read and an invaluable insight in to the workings of pre- and wartime test flying under the Third Reich' (Military Aircraft Monthly).

During the Summer of 1940, Hitlers Germany appeared unstoppable.

“Stuffed with great images .

From the New York Times-bestselling author, an analysis of how flight has shaped warfare, politics, diplomacy, technology, and mass culture.

If one aircraft was to represent the First World War, it could be the distinctive red Fokker Triplane of Manfred von Richthofen.

IN THESE PAGES, the reader will meet one of America's foremost seafaring men and explorers.

A high-flying tour of British aviation history-and the sites where trials and triumphs took place.

The Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbook is the official U.

“A first-rate review of the history of the world's first commercial jetliner, its early difficulties and their rectification” (Firetrench).

Most people asked to name one British Second World War airplane would say the Spitfire.

This unique book covers the author, Clay Blair Jr.

This is a guide to the existing WWII aircraft to be found in aviation museums throughout the world.

Described in graphic & amusing detail, making a living from the sea.

Look at all these cool vehicles parading on the pages of this ebook.

Have you ever boarded a plane?

Originally published in 1956, this book is a memoir by Danish explorer Peter Freuchen, a close friend and travel companion of Arctic legend Knud Rasmussen, and ended up living in Greenland for fifteen years, 800 miles from the North Pole-adopting the native ways of life, marrying an Inuit woman, and having two children along the way.

The updated 11th edition of the Aeronautical Chart Users Guide by the FAA is a great reference for novice pilots and professionals alike.

The aviation historian and author of Memphis Belle presents an authoritative analysis of the groundbreaking, post-WWI series of military aircraft.

“A comprehensive look at the 272-plane F-82 fleet .

Have you ever boarded a plane?

The story of the Supermarine Spitfire has been told across many years and the debate about it is enduring, yet the Spitfire remains a true icon.

In the timeline relevant to Billie H.

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The author of Boeing 707 Group: A History delivers “a stunning study in early French aviation design with a plethora of aircraft” (IPMS/USA).

More than 80 years ago, Caroline Mytinger, a portrait artist, and her childhood friend Margaret Warner set out by freighter from San Francisco with little more than $400 in their pocket and a tin of paints to their name.

The English Electric Lightning was the only single-seat supersonic interceptor fighter designed and manufactured in the UK.

What a monstrous book this is!

The book covers the technical history of the late production P-47 Thunderbolts, with the “bubbletop” canopy.

Read about the science behind trains, monster trucks and airplanes.

First published in 1939, this is the gripping account of a voyage in a small sloop from Nova Scotia to the northern coast of Labrador.

In response to so many questions to us from family and friends asking about our various recent trips to the UK, we thought it a good idea to put some of our thoughts down on paper in the hope it would prove useful to a wider range of hopeful tourists.

The 1947 Roswell incident was not a weather balloon but the result of not one or two but three UFO crashes!