Archive for Author 'Sabu Advani', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Nimrod’s Genesis: RAF Maritime Patrol Projects and Weapons Since 1945
by Chris Gibson
The jet-powered Nimrod submarine hunter that was the right answer during the Cold War found itself increasingly too much of a plane for the low-and-slow patrol jobs—and now it’s out of a job, retired from active service, but missed.
Alfa Romeo Berlina
by Patrick Dasse
In terms of size, creature comforts, and road manners this four-door saloon has an utterly European character. Americans never did quite get it. From prototype to plain vanilla production cars to Specials, this book uses period photos to tell its story.
Formula Helmet 1969–1999
by Bruno Bayol
A very different way to look at motorsports history. Helmets are about more than crash protection or being a billboard for sponsors. Plus, this is a spectacularly well-made and -designed book.
Legendary: The Porsche 919 Hybrid Project
by Heike Hientzsch
In 2011 Porsche returned to the World Endurance Championship and vowed to win Le Mans. They did. More than once. This is the story.
Crash! From Senna To Earnhardt
by Jonathan Ingram
Did auto racing’s first head and neck restraint save an entire sport? The short answer is no. The long answer is—this book. In the week after Earnhardt’s crash, HANS Performance Products took more orders for its device than in the previous 10 years.
500 On (The Indy) 500
by Rick Shaffer
A neat little book to pick up every now and then, both to start and to win arguments! Looks at the entire Indy history up to 2020.
Flying Wings & Radical Things
by Tony Chong
You may think you know what all came out of Northrop Grumman over the years. You don’t; even if you worked there . . . This book will add a whole new list of names to drop at your next party.
Timeless Mahindra
by Adil Jal Darukhanawala
Expand your Jeep knowledge by seeing not only what it did in India but what it does, far expanding the scope of its US brother.
The Dynamics of the Race Car
by Danny Nowlan
Theories, concepts, and equations explore the underpinnings of car handling and speed. The book also teaches how to analyze setup data and driver performance.
British Secret Projects: Jet Fighters Since 1950
by Tony Buttler
Lots of aircraft went into production—but so, so, so many more remained at the thought or test stage. This book looks at the jet fighter side of it, and it is the one whose original version launched a whole series of books—with no end in sight.
Alfa Romeo Aerospider
by Georg Gebhard
From Europe to Australia, since around 2010 there’s not a concours of note where this one-off Alfa has not been on display, making up for the decades it languished in obscurity. This book doesn’t answer all the questions but it’s all there is.
Balloonomania Belles: Daredevil Divas Who First Took to the Sky
by Sharon Wright
“Balloon influenza.” (Gesundheit) Women parachuting out of balloons, dangling from ropes beneath it or sitting on a trapeze, calmly reading a (car!) magazine while sailing through a rainstorm? Prepare to be surprised.
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