Archive for Author 'Sabu Advani', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

Soviet and Russian Testbed Aircraft

by Yefim Gordon & Dmitriy Komissarov

From military and civilian aircraft to rocket components and technologies, this book presents key types and programs since the 1930s along with information on the flight test centers.

The Derby Built Bentleys

by Bernard L. King

2518 of these sturdy, popular models were produced; 1777 are known to survive. This book covers all of them!

Cunningham C-4RK

by P. Bodensteiner, photos by P. Harholdt

An American car campaigned by an American team with American drivers, showing the Europeans what’s what. It would come to pass, but not with this car.

Jacqueline Cochran:  Biography of a Pioneer Aviator 

by Rhonda Smith-Daugherty

Beautiful and testy, Cochran held more aviation records for speed, altitude and distance than anyone. Despite worldwide fame in her day and being a relentless self-promoter, her name today is overshadowed by another’s.

Experimental & Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters

by Dennis R. Jenkins & Tony R. Landis

From 500 mph at the end of WW II to exceeding the sound barrier only two years later. Someone was busy . . . and technology advanced rapidly. 50-odd examples of the jet age are shown here.

Gold Medal for SpeedReaders

July 18, 2012. We are pleased to announce that in our first year of submitting the website for consideration, a jury of our peers has awarded SpeedReaders a Gold medal at the 21st International Automotive Media Conference. For those not familiar with it, the IAMC “is a program to recognize and encourage excellence in all […]

Making Cars at Crewe

by Peter Ollerhead

Crewe was the home of Rolls-Royce until they moved to Goodwood. This book looks at how they are built and who does it.

Building the P-51 Mustang

by Michael O’Leary

So, how did they do it? Build the legendary Mustang, that is. This book lets you look over their shoulders and tells you at the same time a lot about the aircraft itself.

My 1001 Cars, The Reference Edition

by Gabriel Voisin

This French pioneer aviator and airplane/car maker colored outside the lines and rose to be a captain of industry, rubbing shoulders with tycoons and beautiful women—and died in poverty and obscurity.

X-Plane Crashes

by Peter W. Merlin and Tony Moore

This book is less about experimental planes than the process of and reasons behind looking for their crash sites. You too could find yourself a cool bookend in the desert—if you knew what you’re doing.

Frank Lockhart, American Speed King

by Sarah Morgan-Wu, James O’Keefe

Had he lived longer, who knows what heights he might have reached. His racing career lasted only five short years but showed such promise that the authors re-affirm Lockhart as “the greatest racing driver of his day.”