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

A Higher Call

by Adam Makos with Larry Alexander

German flak cripples an American bomber. Separated from the herd, it manages to stay aloft. It’s only a matter of time until a German fighter shows up. And then he does. You’ll be surprised what happens next.

Imperial Russian Air Force 1898–1917

Gennady F. Petrov

Hundreds of fabulous photos of things not often seen. Inexpensive. Чего Вы ждете? Пойдите получают это!

Early US Jet Fighters: Proposals, Projects and Prototypes

by Tony Buttler

Not every new idea can work. Even though these aircraft didn’t make the cut, the lessons learned here were necessary stepping stones.

The Birth of the Royal Air Force


by Ian Philpott


Which branch of the military operates stuff that flies? Not always and not everywhere is it the air force. This book fields micro and macro analysis to explain how the oldest independent air force in the world came into being. And what the other services had to say about that.

The Bombing of Rolls-Royce at Derby 
in Two World Wars—With Diversions

by Kirk, Felix & Bartnik

Industrial sites are a prime bombing target, so much so that the British set up “shadow” factories to fool the enemy. But the actual R-R works took their share of hits, and here’s their story.

Fast Jets, The History of Reheat Development at Derby


by Cyril Elliott, with contributions from John Goodwin

Afterburners are a slick piece of technology. The Rolls-Royce company played a crucial role in pioneering and finessing such work.

Lockheed A-12, The CIA’s Blackbird and Other Variants

by Paul F. Crickmore

You may not know and you may not care but without the A-12’s intelligence-gathering successes the world would have blown up long ago. No kidding. Read why and how here!

Rolls-Royce Motors: The Crewe Years

by Malcolm Bobbitt

Hard to imagine but a mere 64 pages manage to convey one of the best condensed versions of what was this fabled marque’s home for most of its now 110-year history.

Hungarian Fighter Colours 1930–1945

by Dénes Bernád and György Punka

Written specifically with the modeler in mind as sort of an authenticity guide in regards to paint and markings, these excellent books actually do quite a bit more by fleshing out one of the lesser-known chapters of WWII military aviation with extensively researched micro detail.

Fabulous Flying Boats

by Leslie Dawson

Nice overview of flying boats with lots of details on what an actual flight was really like.

Britain’s Greatest Aircraft

by Robert Jackson

Radar, jet engine, ejector seat, VTOL—these are just some of the technologies that carry a “Made in the UK” label. The book describes the design, development, and operational highlights of 22 significant examples of British fixed-wing aircraft.

Breguet 27, Potez 39, Mureaux 115/117

by José Fernandez

These three French light aircraft of the 1930s borrowed construction techniques from the car industry. Many previously unpublished photos add layers of detail, especially about their service with foreign air forces.

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