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

WO Bentley Rotary Aero Engines

by Tom Dine

The man that did Britain proud in motor racing with his eponymous cars also designed engines for tanks and airplanes and made significant contributions to the very early days of flight.

Boulton Paul Defiant

by Mark Ansell

What’s that behind the cockpit? And why are there things sticking out at the bottom? The Defiant is an interesting bit of kit with an undeservedly poor reputation.

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15

by Dariusz Karnas

Primarily intended as a reference for model builders this book shows you were every rivet is and the differences between versions. Some basic history is provided and dozens of color profiles demand attentive study.

Finnish Fighter Colours 1939–1945, Vol. 1

by Kari Stenman & Karolina Hołda

Finnish color schemes, yes. Finnish aircraft, no. This book is all about Western aircraft in the Finnish Air Force. They flew Russian ones too but they’ll be covered in Vol. 2.

Frontiers – A Colonial Dynasty

by Simon Best

New Zealand, that most remote of British colonies. From whalers to Rolls-Royces to two airmen of Maori descent lying buried together on a hilltop in England, this book covers four generations.

American Military Aircraft 1908–1919

by Robert B. Casari

Drumroll: One would think this is well-trodden ground—it is anything but. Casari has been wrestling with this subject for half a century and has now produced the most thorough single-volume compendium, covering all American military aircraft produced domestically or purchased overseas.

German Air Projects 1935–1945, Fighters

by Marek Ryś

Necessity is the mother of all invention but even without the pressures of WW II forcing people to color way outside the lines, the vastness of German inventiveness showcased here is simply amazing.

German Aircraft Instrument Panels, Vol. 1

by Dariusz Karnas

This first installment in a new series called “INSIDE” takes you, well, inside, in this case the cockpits of six German WW II aircraft.

Rolls-Royce and the Halifax

by Dave Birch

Bolt a good motor to a good (on paper) airframe and you have one competent aircraft, right? Only if everyone sings off the same sheet, which was not the case here and which is what this book explores.

Nieuport 11/16 Bébé vs Fokker Eindecker

by Jon Guttman

“The Babe” vs “The Scourge”—sounds like a wrestling match! The French in one corner, the Germans in the other. Both did well. More importantly they wrote a new chapter in aviation history.

The Story of the Boeing Company

by Bill Yenne

Timber! There’s a reason Bill Boeing started, and kept, his company in Seattle: spruce wood.

The focus of this book is more on the flying machines than the business itself, and even at that seems to gloss over the failures that are a normal part of progress.

Bomber Aircraft of 305 Squadron

by Lechosław Musiałkowski

Notice any strange markings on these familiar WW II aircraft? That’s because they’re in Polish service on RAF duty.

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