Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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B-52 Stratofortress: The Complete History of the World’s Longest Serving and Best Known Bomber
Zenith Press2012English192 pg.ISBN-10: 0760343020 ISBN-13: 978-0760343029B-52 Stratofortress: The Complete History of the World’s Longest Serving and Best Known Bomber The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber has been in service longer than any other military airplane. The B-52 was introduced in 1952, and began service in 1955. It is still a crucial part of the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command […]
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The Great leader and the fighter pilot
Viking (Uitgeverij Balans for the Dutch version)2015English, Dutch and many more304 pg.978-0670016570 (USA)Recently my eye fell on this book with a fighter jet on the cover and then I want to read it! Of all the aviation books that I read, this one is a bit odd but tasty, because it doesn’t only cover special aviation history, but also separately tells about the history of North Korea. […]
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To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book Two
Write Associates LLC; 1 edition2018English786 pg.ASIN: B07D6WG3VWReview written by: Max HeldringReview To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book Two In book 2 we proceed with the process in which Herring as plaintiff against Curtiss seeking recognition for his many innovations that paved the way to the first motorised flight with a machine heavier then air. His construction company went bankrupt […]
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To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book One
Write Associates LLC2018English788 pg.ASIN: B07B9N7XWJReview written by: Joris GonggrijpTo Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book One Gierke worked on this book for seven years, and his readers will be rewarded with minutious detail as a result ! It is one of the most thoroughly researched biographies I have ever read. There are three parallel storylines: the biography of […]
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My Heart at Zero Gravity: A Girl, A Plane and Their Story
Cartabianca Publishing2018English212 pg.ASIN: B07G9VK2KJReview written by: Max HeldringThe story in this book starts when Carolina is checked out on a Piaggio P-180, a business jet we al know from its special design with 2 push props and the canard wings in front of the cockpit. After that Carolina tells her personal story and adventures during her time serving as a co-pilot flying […]
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Oblique Views: Aerial Photography and Southwest Archaeology
Museum of New Mexico Press2015English124 pg.ISBN-10: 9780890136072 ISBN-13: 978-0890136072Review written by: Pedro Blas Gonzalez214th Review Oblique Views: Aerial Photography and Southwest Archaeology- Charles A. Lindbergh (Photographer), Heisey Adriel (Photographer), Adriel Heisey (Photographer) Aerial photography is commonplace today. While drones (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV) may be the latest embodiment of this form of photography, aerial photography dates to the nineteenth century. The most common and practical form of aerial photography […]
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Looking down on the moon
DogEar Publishing2014English238 pg.978-1-4575-2642-8Review written by: Jorig GonggrijpLooking down on the moon!… The main character of this book, Jack Roberts, is a somewhat cripple pilot who initially pilots for the East African Mission and later is recruited as a hireling-pilot. He uses a walking-stick that also is deployed as a very effective striking- and stabbing weapon. His handicap doesn’t restrict him in his […]
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Michael & Stefan Strasser
2012English159 pg.978-1-4675-2065-2Some books that I come across do deserve the originality price. This is one of them! The book contains a huge collection of comic drawings that stand on themselves or which form together with other pictures a short story. The stories take place on a nice little airport, the hangars, the platforms or in the […]
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The Boeing 787: Dreamliner
Schiffer Publishing Ltd2014English152 pg.ISBN-10: 0764346377 ISBN-13: 978-0764346378Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezBesides flying, being around airplanes, and airplane watching and identification, nothing gives aviation enthusiasts greater pleasure than reading about airplanes and aviation history. Aviation enthusiasts are engaged historians of flight and the technology that has made flight possible. In many ways, the history of aviation is as intellectual as it is visual. From the beginning […]
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Best Food Forward
Frontline Books2017English223 pg.978 1 47389 762 5Review written by: Max HeldringFrom the stories of WW2 during the Battle of Britain the name of Douglas Bader is very well known as the ace without legs. He lost his legs in a prewar flight accident and with a lot of perseverance he became a famous fighter pilot. But there is another fighter pilot who flew without legs […]