FIGHTER AIRCRAFT SINCE 1945 by Frank Schwede (Contribution by); Geoffrey Brookes (Contribution by)
45.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: Fact File Ser.
Sundowner of the Skies - Oscar Garden, The Forgotten Aviator by Mary Garden
33.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Reading Level: new
In the early morning of 16 October 1930, Oscar Garden taxied his tiny open-cockpit Gipsy Moth across London's Croydon aerodrome and, with a wave of his hand to the only person there to farewell him, took off. He had carpet slippers on his feet and a packet of sandwiches on his lap. His plan was to fly t ...Show more
71 Lessons from the Sky by Fletcher McKenzie
35.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: Lessons from the Sky Ser.
The Lancaster Bomber Pocket Manual : 1941-1945 by Martin Robson
24.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
The Avro Lancaster was the RAF's most famous and successful heavy bomber of the Second World War. Used predominantly at night, 'Lancs' dropped 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties in the period 1942-1945. Some of these missions were incredibly daring - notably the 'dambusters' raid of 617 squadron o ...Show more
Luftwaffe Special Weapons 1942-45 by Robert Forsyth; Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
75.00 NZD
Category: Military
As the course of World War II turned against the Third Reich after Stalingrad some of the most inventive and radical proposals, and designs, were put forward by armaments manufacturers, scientists and technicians, aircrew and even private individuals to the Reichsluftministerium (German Air Ministry) fo ...Show more
81 Lessons from the Sky - General Aviation by Fletcher McKenzie
35.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
SU-152/ISU-152 vs Tiger - Eastern Front 1943-45 by David Greentree
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Duel Ser.
This fully illustrated volume compares two of the most iconic AFV's: the SU-152/ISU-152 and the Tiger, used on the Eastern Front during World War II.On the Eastern Front in 1943, the Tiger-equipped heavy Panzer battalions gave German armoured divisions an unmatched capability that cost the Red Army dear ...Show more
British Airfields WWII by Stuart Hadaway
20.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Shire Library
An illustrated introduction to the military airfields of Britain and the essential roles they played in the Second World War. The Second World War airfields peppered around Britain are among the most visible and widespread reminders of this devastating conflict. Some are now almost forgotten or built o ...Show more
Tornado: In the Eye of the Storm by John Nichol
38.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
Former Tornado Navigator John Nichol tells the incredible story of the RAF Tornado force during the First Gulf War in 1991; the excitement and the danger, the fear and the losses. It is an extraordinary account of courage and fortitude. ‘We were doing about 620 miles-per-hour, 200 feet above t ...Show more
Concorde: The thrilling account of history's most extraordinary airliner by Mike Bannister
30.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
The definitive account of the rise and fall of the iconic Concorde plane from British Airways' former Chief Concorde Pilot 'A remarkable story' DAILY EXPRESS'A stonking good read' FLYER_________ What's it like to fly faster than a bullet?Could you really glimpse the edge of space?Why will we nev ...Show more
Spitfire: A Very British Love Story by John Nichol
27.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
THE SUNDAY TIMES NON FICTION BESTSELLER 'The best book you will ever read about Britain's greatest warplane.' Patrick Bishop, bestselling author of Fighter Boys. 'A rich and heartfelt tribute to this most iconic British machine. By focussing on the men (and women) who flew the Spitfire, John Nic ...Show more
Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Units by Mark Chambers; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Mark Postlethwaite (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
A fully illustrated guide to one of the finest dive-bombers produced during World War 2, the Yokosuka D4Y "Judy." In 1938, the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal, acting under the requirements issued by the Kaigun Koku Hombu for a Navy Experimental 13-Shi Carrier Borne specification for a dive-bomber ...Show more