A comprehensive, highly detailed, and highly illustrated history of Soviet-built fighters used during the Second World War including detailed descriptions of both operational and experimental fighters. It has photographs and colour profiles of all fighter aircraft. Drawings from period flight and technical manuals are also included.
This history of Soviet Strategic bombers after the Second World War deals with the development not just of service aircraft, but of experimental aircraft and projects that were never built as well. It will cover the service life of bombers, both active and retired, will be covered, and their use outside the Soviet Union will also be described.
This is the story of former PR pilot Flight Lieutenant James Elwyn Storey and his epic flight across the Atlantic Ocean in Spitfire PR XI LV-NMZ. Starting with his operations in North East Africa, he moves on to cover his daring PR sorties over occupied Europe and Met Flights over the North Sea. This work also covers the preparation for his ......
The first great British aero-engine manufacturer Sunbeam made a vital contribution to victory in the First World War. Fitted to the first aircraft to torpedo a ship, the only one to fly at Jutland, they saw service on 3 continents. Sunbeams powered the R.34 airship, the first to fly the Atlantic east to west, and land speed record-breaking cars.
The Evolution and Service Career of the Specialist Boeing C-135 Series w
U.S. military C-135 spy planes flying intelligence, airborne command, treaty compliance, nuclear monitoring, weather monitoring and other tasks. The aircraft, places, missions, people, operating worldwide sorties, close to opponents such as Russia and China. 60 years of operations, history, and personal stories of super spooks.
The Shackleton served for forty years with the RAF. This book contains a detailed technical description of the Avro Shackleton, its development, deployment and and its weaponry. Photographs and accurate colour profiles accompany the text.
Reuben Fleet, the Factories, and the Product - Volume 1
The first of a massive two-volume B-24 Liberator set is the ultimate look at the B-17's stablemate from the drawing board to its emergence as America's preeminent blue-collar bomber. This book and Volume 2 provides the definitive look at the Liberator, detailing and illustrating every facet for the air enthusiast, historian, and modeler.
Mosquito History of a Legend is a fascinating telling of the development of the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, a British twin- engined, light bomber introduced during WWII.
The innovative Fi 156 was the progenitor of today's STOL aircraft. Operated in large by the German Luftwaffe, it also saw service with more than 20 other air arms. Post-war, the Fi 156 continued in production in Czechoslovakia and France. Many were used in French Indochina. Today, the Fi 156 is a highly valued vintage aircraft.
