Archive for Items Categorized 'Aviation', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

Restoring Museum Aircraft

by Robert C. Mikesh

Remember how you used to see non-original polished metal, even chrome, in the engine compartments of cars in serious concours d’elegance? Well, times have changed, and so have the philosophical approaches to automotive restoration.

RAF In Camera: 1950s

by Keith Wilson

Both in terms of aviation technology and politics, the 1950s were a fertile period because of the transition from propeller to jet and the global changes in the balance of power. This photo album documents both.

A Chronology of Aviation

by Jim Winchester

A handy and solid overview of civil and military flight but, inevitable in a book this small, limited in scope.

German Aircraft Instrument Panels, Vol. 2

by Dariusz Karnas

Close-up cockpit photos and detail drawings of the instruments of six German WW II aircraft—plus a full-size (!) drawing of a Bf 109 main panel. Bet you don’t have one of those yet!

The Red Baron

by Wayne Vansant

Do NOT avert your eyes! Can a graphic history book be worth reading/? This one is. And not just for kids.

Finnish Fighter Colours 1939–1945, Vol. 2

by Kari Stenman & Karolina Hołda

A mass of information you’ll not easily find elsewhere, especially if you’re a modeler looking for ideas and definitive exactitude. While Finland had to buy its aircraft from other nations, there’s one domestic product here (and it really deserved to be on the cover!).

Aircraft of World War I, 1914–1918

by Jack Herris &
 Bob Pearson

Illustrated with detailed artwork of aircraft and markings this little book packs a punch belying its size. Anyone new to this fascinating subject will find it a competent guide.

Fall of the Flying Dragon: South Vietnamese Air Force 1973–75

by Albert Grandolini

After the US started to pull out in 1973, how did the numerically superior local forces they left in charge manage to lose the war? Drawing on new material this excellent book offers new—and very different—answers.

Vânator – Romanian Hunter

by Radu Brînzan

“The Most Famous Fighter You Never Heard Of.” Historians, modelers, aviation folk: Now you can explore this elegant machine in what the subtitle rightly calls “Ultimate Detail.”

Fouga Magister

by Tine Soetaert

This 1950s French aircraft was the world’s first tandem jet trainer produced in substantial numbers and this book shows you all its bits, from nose gear shimmy to boundary layer splitter plate. In other words, advanced stuff.

The Belgian Air Service in the First World War

by Walter M. Pieters

This outstanding book chronicles why and how little Belgium became such a big factor in a war in which it found itself involved from the first day to the last.

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 30

by Bruno Schmäling & Winfried Bock

This first book of a new series shows a different—and better—approach to working from primary sources and focuses on the human story behind early military aviation.

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