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Dust Clouds
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Originally appearing as a series of magazine articles, the valuable research into air operations, over the old-style Middle East of World War II, here appears in book form. It deals...
Air Disaster: v.1
This text examines the harsh lessons of air tragedies, detailing some of the operational experiences which, for all their grim consequences, helped to evolve a global mass-transport system to a...
Aiming High: The little Australian built to fly the world
Growing up in country Australia, and after years of below-average school results, Jon Johanson was told by career advisers that he would achieve little. But Jon has gone on to...
Whitney Straight: Racing Driver, War Hero, Industrialist - The
The full story of one of the twentieth century's greatest mavericks. Whitney Straight made his own way in life. Born in New York with a silver spoon in his mouth,...
R101: The Airship Disaster, 1930
The R.101, larger than any other airship in the world, was built at Cardington, near Bedford, in 1930. Seven hours into her maiden voyage to India, in increasingly threatening weather,...
Fac - Reshaping Australia's Aviation Landscape
The book titled Fac - Reshaping Australia's Aviation Landscape by the author Unknown. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
A History of United States Coastguard Aviation
The book titled A History of United States Coastguard Aviation by the author Arthur Pearcy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Bernt Balchen: Polar Aviator
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Glines provides a full and compelling portrait of a Norwegian American pilot overshadowed in his lifetime by Admiral Richard Byrd but whose expertise and vision continue to guide trans-Artic a...
Qantas by George!
The book titled Qantas by George! by the author Paul Byrnes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
German Fighter Ace Erich Hartmann: The Life Story of the World's
Here is the life story of the most successful fighter pilot of all time, with 352 air combat victories - who spent ten and a half years behind Soviet barbed...
Sukhoi Su-27
$15.00 AUD
The book titled Sukhoi Su-27 by the author Hans Halberstadt. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
American Spy Planes
$12.00 AUD
The book titled American Spy Planes by the author Mike Spick. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
China's Wings
From the acclaimed author of Enduring Patagonia comes a dazzling tale of aerial adventure set against the roiling backdrop of war in Asia. The incredible real-life saga of the flying...
Jean Batten: The Garbo of the Skies
The book titled Jean Batten: The Garbo of the Skies by the author Ian Mackersey. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Jetpack Dreams: One Man's Up and Down (but Mostly Down) Search for the
Jetpack Dreams chronicles the colorful pop history and science of that most amazing and mysterious of machines: the jetpack. Fueled by a fascination and lifelong obsession with the power of...
Airlife's General Aviation
This is a comprehensive reference to every type and manufacturer of business and light aircraft constructed in the Western World since World War II. This book identifies: every manufacturer of...
Spreading My Wings: One of Britain's Top Women Pilots Tells Her
Tells the extraordinary story of septuagenarian Diana Barnato Walker. Born to great wealth, she chose to step beyond the chaperoned world of privilege, becoming a wartime pilot in the Air...
Percival Aircraft
$25.00 AUD
The book titled Percival Aircraft by the author Norman Ellison. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Flight of The Mew Gull: Record-breaking flying in the 1930s
Alex Henshaw had the luck to grow up in the '20s and '30s during the golden age of flying. The Blue Riband of flying in the British Isles between the...
Flying on Film: A Century of Aviation in the Movies, 1912 - 2012
Expanded, revised edition! Airplanes and motion pictures were born within a year of one another. In 100 years they have both risen from uncertain infancy through growing adolescence to robust...
Climbing Turns: A Pilot's Story in War and Peace
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The book titled Climbing Turns: A Pilot's Story in War and Peace by the author Patrick Foss. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
Heavenly Days: The Recollections of a Contented Airman
The autobiography of the man who became PA to Arthur Harris, led the Bostons of 88 Squadron and became equerry to King George VI.
Stars of the Sky, Legends All: Illustrated Histories of Women Aviation
With the full force of culture and convention ranged against them, women have nonetheless been taking to the air almost from the first. And because of all the obstacles they...
A History of Airships
This detailed history examines the development of the airship, from the pre-First World War dirigibles up to date. Covering the airship in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the US,...
To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight
A history of the first-flight race documents the efforts of such Wright brothers' competitors as the Smithsonian's Samuel Pierpont Langley, Glenn Curtiss, and Alexander Graham Bell.
Typhoon Pilot
This is not only the story of one man's war, but of an aircraft - the Typhoon, or "Tiffy" as it was affectionately known - which the author describes as...
Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World
In 1945, Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the...
Early Years Aviation
'Aviation' chronicles the first years of man-powered flight in photographs, from the end of the last century to the era of the great zeppelins."
Handbook of Great Aircraft of WWII
The book titled Handbook of Great Aircraft of WWII by the author Dr. Alfred Price. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Antique and Classic Wings
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A sequel to "Antiques and Classic Airplanes", this book attempts to capture the charm of private and sport flying across five decades from "stick and string" pre-World War I aeroplanes...
Fighter Aircraft
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The book titled Fighter Aircraft by the author Francis Crosby. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin: The Glider Pilots of World War II
The first major history of the American glider pilots, the forgotten heroes of World War II, by a New York Times bestselling author. A story of no guns, no engines...
The Lost Pilots: The Spectacular Rise and Scandalous Fall of
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Corey Mead's The Lost Pilots is the saga of two star crossed pilots who soar to the greatest heights of fame, tailspin into scandal and crime, and go the ultimate...
Mosquito: The Wooden Wonder
The book titled Mosquito: The Wooden Wonder by the author Edward Bishop. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Combat Missions from the Cockpit
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The book titled Combat Missions from the Cockpit by the author Ken Delve. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Guinness Book of Helicopter Facts and Feats
The book titled The Guinness Book of Helicopter Facts and Feats by the author Mark Lloyd. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Riding the Skies: Classic Posters from the Golden Age of Flying
The book titled Riding the Skies: Classic Posters from the Golden Age of Flying by the author Jan Morris. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...
The Paladins: Social History of the R.A.F. Up to World War II
$12.00 AUD
In this account of the origins and development of the RAF, the author offers evidence of its organization, strategy and preparedness for the Battle of Britain. Drawing on the facts...
Empire of the Clouds: The Golden Era of Britain's Aircraft
In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the...
The Wright Brothers: The Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World
The conquest of the air at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on 17 December 1903 was one of the supreme achievements of the 20th century. Two unknown American bicycle mechanics, Wilbur...
Spitfire Log
A tribute to the famous aeroplane from men who flew or admired them including Johnie Johnson, Cecil Beaton, Douglas Bader and Richard Dimbleby. The story of its creation is described...
How to Fly and Fight in the Spitfire
The ultimate "hands on" guide to the Supermarine Spitfire, the famous fighter plane from the Battle of Britain. At the Controls takes you on a typical interceptor mission. Spectacular artwork...
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
A detailed portrait of American fighter pilot John Boyd examines his distinguished military career during the Korean War and his postwar efforts as a military theorist who took on the...
Hurricane: The Plane that Won the War
Britain's first-ever wartime fighter plane, the Hawker Hurricane, shot down more enemy planes than any other fighter. It was the true aviation hero of the Battle of Britain. Often eclipsed...