Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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Airliner Down
John Etzil2017English
352 pg.ASIN: B06XQ4QS5W/ISBN-10: 1521016828 ISBN-13/ 978-1521016824Review written by: Max HeldringNearly all the books I read about aviation are nonfiction. They are about history (mostly second world war), autobiographies or personal flying stories. This (e-)book is a fiction story about the crash of an airliner and the events that lead to that crash. Whether the author is a pilot himself I don’t know but the technical aspects […]
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Defending Britain's Skies 1940-1945
Pen & Sword2014English
288 pg.9781783462070Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe tittle already reveals it, Despatches from the front, and here they are the four soldiers to whom was entrusted the defending of the British airspace, by the War Office. The most known, and I also think most appealing person of them is, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh C.T. Dowding, who lead the Fighter Command […]
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Aerotoxic Syndrome - Aviation’s Darkest Secret
Pilot Press UK214English
229 pg.978-0-9929508-0-4Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp“Till this day, the only thing filtering this toxic soup out of the cabin are the lungs of the passengers and crew”. This quote sets the tone for this book. A good listener only needs half a word: bleed air for the pressure cabin. With the introduction of the jet engine in the civilian aviation […]
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The Flying Shadow
Handheld Press UK2022English
978 1 912766 659Review written by: Max HeldringThe best review that described this book is probably the introduction by Daniel Kilburn and Luke Seaber published in the first paragraph. They dig deep into the character of Robert Owen whose life as a pilot instructor is described in this novel. They explain to the reader what symbolisms and metaphors Rhys uses to show […]
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England Is My Village and The World Owes Me a Living
HP Handheld Press1941English
62 pg.978-1-912766-66-6Review written by: Joris GonggrijpJohn Llewelyn Rhys gained his pilot’s licence in 1934 and joined the RAF as a Reservist in the following year. He already had some writing experience and demonstrated his talent for it. He kept on flying until his untimely death in 1940 aged 29. So not much writing of this short lived pilot survived. England […]
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Tornado down
Penguin Books Ltd1992English
281 pg.978-0-140-27081-5It’s been more than 20 years since Operation Desert Storm took place in Kuwait and Iraq under the leadership of General Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. Iraq invaded the sovereign state of Kuwait and I remember that in the morning of the first air attacks I watched TV and saw Tornadoes take off as part of much […]
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Piloot van goed en kwaad
Bezige Bij2012Dutch
207 pg.978 90 234 7442 5Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.
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How’’d they do that? Grandparents answer questions about the Wright Brothers and Amelia Earhart
FriesenPress2023English
132 pg.ISBN-10 : 1039176259 ISBN-13 : 978-1039176256Review written by: Max HeldringThe title of this book tells it all. Special for kids who wants to learn more about the great adventures of the heroes that conquered the skies in the early years of the last century.
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How Airliners Fly: A Passenger’s Guide
Airlife2018English
128 pg.978-1-78500-485-8Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezHow Airliners Fly: A Passengers Guide is a book written by a retired airline pilot who flew the Boeing 737, 757 and 767 for over 36 years. In addition, he was an instructor on these types of airplanes. Mr. Julien Evans has also published over eight books. How Airliners Fly is a superb example of […]
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RAF in Camera 1970s
Pen & Sword Books2018English
390 pg.9781473897960Review written by: Rene VerjansGoodness me! 390 pages filled with really stunning pictures! Mostly colour but also a couple of black and white ones. I was already a bit of a fan of this expanding series and now completely. It was in 1971 that I was born and that was the time that within the RAF absolutely an enormous […]