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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.

Spitfire V vs C.202 Folgore: Malta 1942

by Donald Nijboer

The air battles over Malta rank as the most intense aerial engagements of WW II. The stakes were high for each side and their most capable fighters were sent to put things right.

Messerschmitt Me 262 A Schwalbe

by Robert Peczkowski

This is a rather specialized book about one of several variants of this German WWII aircraft, famous for being the world’s first jet—and infamous for being too little too late

Great Aviation Collections of Britain

by Ken Ellis

Britain is at the forefront of the worldwide aviation heritage movement and this book introduces some its foremost collections and explains what makes their key holdings important and how they were acquired.

An Account of Partnership
 – Industry, Government and the Aero Engine

by M.C. Neale, editor

Bulman played a crucial role in getting Britain’s embryonic WWII aircraft development off the ground. Intrigue and politicking, groundbreaking ideas, all the big names in the aero industry of the day make an appearance.

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