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North Atlantic Cat

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North Atlantic Cat continues Don McVicar's account of ferrying aircraft from North America during World War II for R.A.F. Ferry Command. It chronologically follows the author's first book 'Ferry Command' which ...
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A Change of Wings

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In A Change of Wings Don McVicar chronicles the winding-down at the end of World War II of the R.A.F.'s transatlantic ferrying operations - graphically described in the author's two previous ...
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Mosquito Racer

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At the end of World War Two, Don McVicar set up World Wide Aviation in Montreal and successfully entered the fiercely competitive business of ferrying both new and patched-up aircraft around ...
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Heaven Next Stop

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First published in 1953, Heaven Next Stop is the vivid personal story of a German fighter pilot set in the latter years of the Second World War. Gunther Bloemertz was one ...
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I Flew For The Fuhrer

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Heinz Knoke was one of the bravest and most skilful German Fighter Pilots of World War II. His autobiography, based on the diaries he kept throughout the war, reveals the idealism ...
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From Bouncing Bombs to Concorde

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From 1945 to 1975, George Edwards was the dominant figure in British civil and military aviation. His name is synonymous with the Vickers Viscount, the world's first turboprop airliner which bridged ...
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Delta Papa A Life of Flying

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Why should a pilot choose to launch a glider in a thunderstorm? How were the aerial sequences filmed for The Blue Max or Those Magnificent Men ... ? Can one fly ...
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Reach For The Sky

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This is the story of a man who has become a legend in his lifetime, of Douglas Bader who was discharged from the R.A.F. after losing both legs in an air ...
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Onward To Malta

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In Onward to Malta Tom Neil describes his time as a fighter pilot with 249 Squadron after the Battle of Britain. Having acquitted themselves splendidly during the Battle of Britain and ...
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Down in The Drink

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To crash or be shot down into the sea is a terrible experience. To escape to tell the tale is a rare and remarkable achievement. This is precisely what qualified air ...
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