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A Pictorial History of Northwest Airlines

A Pictorial History of Northwest Airlines

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history of Northwest airlines from it's inception in 1926 to the early 1970's and the era of the DC-10
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Aircraft of The United States Military Air Transport Service

Aircraft of The United States Military Air Transport Service

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

A Time to Fly

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The biography of the pioneer airman, Sir Alan Cobham.
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Last of The Flying Clippers: The Boeing B-314 Story

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

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The story of the Boeing B-314 flying clipper ship, the world's largest commercial aeroplane of the 'thirties and 'forties
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The Soviet Air Force Since 1918

The Soviet Air Force Since 1918

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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.
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Pre 1918

Aviation Books | Military |  Pre 1918

World Aircraft Volume 1 Origins-World War One

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The World Aircraft series provides a comprehensive and well-documented history of early aviation. This first volume, Origins-World War One covers over 280 flying machines and aeroplanes; from the extraordinary drawings and ...
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Hunting With Richthofen

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The Bodenschatz Diaries: "Sixteen months of battle with JG Freiherr von Richthofen No.1" Translated by Jan Hayzlett, the book also contains the war journal of Geschwader No.1 from 24th June ...
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Zeppelins Over England

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The 'blitz' on London and other great cities is now a familiar and tragic episode of aerial warfare. Not so familiar, except to readers of an older generation, is the strange, ...
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They Fought for the Sky

Price: £15.00


In four short years, man developed to terrible perfection the ability to kill and destroy in the lonely battlefield of the sky. In 1913, flying machines were little more than toys ...
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Bristol F2b Fighter: King of Two Seaters

Price: £11.50


The tragic losses amongst RFC airmen during the early months of World War 1 caused an outcry by the public and in Parliament, and as a result the War Office gave ...
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Bloody April.......Black September

Price: £18.00


Even those people who know little of WWI's air war will have heard of Bloody April. After more than 18 months of deadly stalemate on the Western Front, by April 1917 ...
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Battlebags

Price: £16.50


Affectionately named 'battlebags' by their crews and 'pigs' by the local civilian inhabitants, Royal Naval Air Service airships were a familiar sight around Britain's shores during the First World War. At ...
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German War Birds

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"Vigilant" tells the dramatic tales of air combat as fought by the best German pilots of World War One. Manfred von Richthofen, Max Immelmann, Oswald Boelcke and other famous daredevil flyers ...
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The Canvas Falcons

Price: £12.00


World War I began as a glorious adventure. On the ground soldiers marched off jauntily, promising their loved ones they'd be home by Christmas. In the air, flimsy "flying crates" made ...
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An Airman's Outings

Price: £8.50


The Author's experiences of air fighting in France during the First World War. A paragraph from page 76: "When slightly behind the trenches a confused chatter from below told us ...
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Richthofen: Beyond the Legend of the  Red Baron

Price: £9.00


This book provides the first clear, fully documented view of Manfred von Richthofen - 'The Red Baron'. The most successful air-fighter of World War One, he shot down 80 enemy aircraft ...
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Bomber Pilot

Price: £10.00


Bomber Pilot 1916-18 is a unique and fascinating record of a pilot's life in the pioneer days of aerial warfare. It is based on the diary of Squadron Leader C. P. ...
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