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Wings of War

Wings of War

£17.50








181 rare colour photographs from the personal collections of U. S. pilots and groundcrew
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Over The Battlefronts

Over The Battlefronts

£10.50








Stories of air combat over the trenches of the first World War
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Methuen Handbook of Colour

Methuen Handbook of Colour

£280.00








Definitive reference on colour standards. The first part is a handbook of identification, harmony, contrast and the colour system. Part two is the colour dictionary which covers colour names, diagrams, British Standard colours etc. Includes the loosely inserted colour finder in rear pocket. This very scarce and highly sought after copy is in exceptional condition and would appear un-read
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Only Seconds to Live

Only Seconds to Live

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An in depth look at the mechanics and recovery techniques of stall and spin as they evolved alongside aircraft development
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Britain's Shield

Britain's Shield

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The development of Britain's radar defence and the part it played in the defeat of the Luftwaffe
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Company Histories

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Pioneers of the Skies

Price: £22.50


Short Brothers of Belfast is a name that resounds down the long history of British Aviation. It is as old as the Wright brothers themselves, for the three Short brothers, Horace, ...
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Airco: The Aircraft Manufacturing Company

Price: £14.00


Although the name of the Aircraft Manufacturing Company, often shortened to Airco, is not the best known of World War One aircraft builders, its products were impossible to ignore. The D.H.2 ...
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Forty Years On

Price: £25.00


Company publication issued to mark the first forty years of the Handley Page aeroplane company Published by Handley Page ltd. 17th June 1949 96pp profusely illustrated. 28x22 ...
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British Aircraft Manufacturers Since 1908

Price: £11.50


With historic names such as Hawker, de Havilland, Supermarine, Avro, Handley Page and Vickers at its core, the British aviation industry has a long history that stretches right back ...
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Curtiss The Hammondsport Era 1907-1915

Price: £15.00


Glenn Hammond Curtiss (1878-1930) was the dominant personality in the pioneer era of American aviation. To the Wrights goes the honor of the first powered airplane flight in 1903, but the ...
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OKB MiG

Price: £18.00


Following the formal birth of their design bureau during 1939, the Mikoyan and Gurevich design team ascended with extraordinary rapidity into the ranks of the aerospace elite. This meteoric rise was ...
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The History of German Aviation: Willy Messerschmitt, Pioneer of Aviation Design

Price: £40.00


Professor Willy Messerschmitt (1898-1978) was indisputably one of the most significant of Germany's aeronautical designer engineers, and the aviation world is indebted to him for a wide variety of forward-looking developments ...
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Bristol Aerospace Since 1910

Price: £11.00


The year 1985 marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first flight on 30 July 1910 of a Bristol designed and Bristol built aeroplane — Bristol Biplane ("boxkite") No. 7 at Larkhill ...
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Good Company

Price: £14.00


by A. R. Adams Published by British Aircraft Corporation Ltd. 1976 1st edition. 220pp illustrated, index. 14x22 very good, including d/j. The story of the guided weapons division of British Aircraft ...
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Leader of the Skies

Price: £20.00


by Michael Donne Published by Muller 1981 1st edition. 157pp profusely illustrated, some colour, index, bibliography. 28x22 landscape near fine, including d/j. Well illustrated history of Rolls Royce with obvious ...
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