Aviation Books


A Pictorial History of Northwest Airlines

A Pictorial History of Northwest Airlines

£9.00








history of Northwest airlines from it's inception in 1926 to the early 1970's and the era of the DC-10
full details...

Aircraft of The United States Military Air Transport Service

Aircraft of The United States Military Air Transport Service

£10.00








A general history of MATS with in depth coverage of aircraft types used. 300 b&w and 77 colour photos
full details...

A Time to Fly

A Time to Fly

£8.00








The biography of the pioneer airman, Sir Alan Cobham.
full details...

Last of The Flying Clippers: The Boeing B-314 Story

Last of The Flying Clippers: The Boeing B-314 Story

£35.00








The story of the Boeing B-314 flying clipper ship, the world's largest commercial aeroplane of the 'thirties and 'forties
full details...

The Soviet Air Force Since 1918

The Soviet Air Force Since 1918

£10.00








A study of the development of the Soviet Air Force from the end of the First World War to the height of the cold war, some sixty years later.
full details...


Jet Aircraft

Aviation Books | Military | Post WW2 |  Jet Aircraft

Phantom: A Legend in its Own Time

Price: £12.00


No one could describe the Phantom as an attractive aeroplane, with its sharply dihedralled outer wings, crate-like engine intakes, drooping nose and a tailplane that seems to have been put on ...
Full Details.....
Before Centuries

Price: £14.50


The tensions of the Cold War may never have simmered so ominously as they did in the immediate aftermath of World War II, when the Iron Curtain was beginning its descent. ...
Full Details.....
BAe/McDonnell Douglas Harrier

Price: £20.00


Te concept of vertical take off and landing —VTOL — had appealed to designers from the very earliest days of flying. The helicopter had gone some way to realizing this dream ...
Full Details.....
B-52 Stratofortress

Price: £16.00


An icon of the Cold War, Boeing's mighty B-52 is without a doubt the most famous jet bomber ever built, having now served for almost 40 years. The last in the ...
Full Details.....
English Electric/BAE Lightning

Price: £12.00


Bryan Philpot has completed a masterly account of the Lightning, an aircraft that, as conceived, designed and built, represented the peak of British importance as an independent producer of combat interceptors. ...
Full Details.....
Hornet

Price: £11.00


From its inception, the navy's F/A-18 Hornet was one of the most controversial weapons systems ever built. It also revolutionized airplane design in important ways. In this fascinating account, Orr Kelly ...
Full Details.....
English Electric Lightning

Price: £20.00


Tearly 1950s were a boom time for British aviation. The lessons of six years of war had been learned and much of the research into jet engines, radar and aerodynamics had ...
Full Details.....
DeHavilland Vampire, Venom, and Sea Vixen

Price: £13.50


Design of the Vampire began in 1941, its twin boom layout chosen to minimise the length of the jet tailpipe, and hence the power losses from the primitive jet engines then ...
Full Details.....
McDonnell Douglas F15 Eagle

Price: £7.50


James P. Stevenson has researched the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle over a four-year period, making four trips to McDonnell Aircraft Co. in St. Louis, one trip to the F-15 SPO at ...
Full Details.....
General Dynamics F16

Price: £7.50


Design and development history of the General dynamics F-16. A modern day lightweight fighter, the original concept produced aeroplanes such as the Spitfire, Messershmitt 109 and Focke-Wulf 190. The ...
Full Details.....
Harrier

Price: £10.00


The history of the Harrier - the world's first successful jet V/STOL aircraft - is as remarkable as the aeroplane itself. Perhaps most remarkable of all, as this book clearly shows, ...
Full Details.....
USAF Phantoms Tactics Training and Weapons

Price: £11.50


No modern jet fighter has had such a lasting effect on the air forces of the West than the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom. Combat proven in Vietnam, its production has spanned ...
Full Details.....
V-Bombers

Price: £15.00


Vulcan. Victor and Valiant - three of the most distinctive and impressive aircraft ever to have been produced in Great Britain. Immensely capable. each of these bombers was designed with one ...
Full Details.....

Aviation Books | Military | Post WW2 |  Jet Aircraft

 

Main Subject Categories





Aircraft Profiles