Aviation history

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  • The Royal Air Force in the cold war 1950-1970

    The Royal Air Force in the cold war 1950-1970
    Ian Proctor
    Pen & Sword Books
    2014
    English
    X X X X X
    192 pg.
    9781783831890

    When I reviewed my first aviation book, about 4 years ago, I obviously didn’t think that finally a 100…and more reviews would be written! But they are there and we will just keep continuing! Simply because amongst the aviation books there are a lot of interesting, fascinating and beautiful pearls, which show the firmament of […]

  • THE DISASTROUS FALL AND TRIUMPHANT RISE of the FLEET AIR ARM from 1912 to 1945

    THE DISASTROUS FALL AND TRIUMPHANT RISE of the FLEET AIR ARM from 1912 to 1945
    Henry "Hank" Adlam
    Pen & Sword Books
    2014
    English
    X X X X X
    256 pg.
    9781473821132
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    The subtitle “Sea Eagles led by Penguins” already gives the suspicion that the writer, himself a fighterpilot from aircraft carriers in WO II, feels rancorous opposite to the by then naval aviation service direction (Flee Air Arm, FAA). Hence this book is written honestly ‘on the skin’, right from his hearth! After WO I the […]

  • Glider pilots at Arnhem

    Glider pilots at Arnhem
    Mike Peters & Luuk Buist
    Pen & Sword
    2014
    English
    X X X X X
    298 pg.
    9781473822795
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    In a nutshell: on the 17th of September 1944, 11.500 men from the 1st Airborne Division, including the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade landed across the north bank at the Rijn by Arnhem to occupy ‘the bridge’. On the 25th of September, 2.500 men were taken back with boats to the south bank of the […]

  • Anthony Fokker- een vervlogen leven

    Anthony Fokker- een vervlogen leven
    Marc Dierikx
    Uitgeverij Boom
    2014
    Dutch
    X X X X X
    416 pg.
    ISBN 9789089532848

    96th Review- Anthony Fokker- een vervlogen leven door Marc Dierikx Boek Fokker … Only in the Dutch Language!

  • Defending Britain's Skies 1940-1945

    Defending Britain's Skies 1940-1945
    John Grehan, Martin Mace
    Pen & Sword
    2014
    English
    X X X X X
    288 pg.
    9781783462070
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    The 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 […]

  • BOEING 747, A History Delivering The Dream

    BOEING 747, A History Delivering The Dream
    Martin W. Bowman
    Pen & Sword
    2014
    English
    X X X X X
    248 pg.
    9781783030392
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    A book about one type of airplane? At first I was afraid for an endless list of facts. But the development and course of life of this iconic plane however read like a novel: red ears from time to time, a lot of astonishment and sometimes straight emotion! After the Boeing 707 and dreaming about […]

  • The Final Hours- The Luftwaffe Plot against Göring

    The Final Hours- The Luftwaffe Plot against Göring
    Johannes Steinhoff
    Potomac Books, Inc.
    2005
    English
    X X X X X
    224 pg.
    ISBN-10: 1574888633
    Review written by: Rinie Hoogendoorn

    The plot against Göring? Why haven’t we read anything about that before in the history books? Whoever buys this book because of the promising subtitle, shall be disappointed. There was no conspiracy. Only a lot of grumbling. That doesn’t alter the fact that this book, written by a fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe during the […]

  • From Stearmans to Starfighters: A Pilot's Memoir Paperback

    From Stearmans to Starfighters: A Pilot's Memoir Paperback
    William H Pickron Jr (Author), Patricia D West
    Tree of Life Memoirs
    2014
    English
    X X X X X
    152 pg.
    0615982360
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    This book describes the military and civil carrier of William H. Pickron Jr., as an aviator, written by his daughter Patricia West. When William Prickon’s health at the end of 2012 diminished, he decided, after endless pressure from his family, to put onto paper his carrier as jet pilot at USAF and later as private […]

  • Pilots Notes for Seafire XV & XVII

    Pilots Notes for Seafire XV & XVII
    Air data Publications
    Air data Publications
    1946
    English
    X X X X X
    40 pg.
    -

    Still, very nice to have in your hands! Lately I was in the beautiful RAF museum in London where I bought this little book. It is a copy of the manual that the World War II pilots got by their instruction. It counts 40 pages and a few enclosures. Really everything is in it; from […]

  • Soviet Spyplanes of the Cold War

    Soviet Spyplanes of the Cold War
    Yefim Gordon
    Pen & Sword Books
    2013
    English
    X X X X X
    96 pg.
    ISBN-10: 1781592853
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    This large book gave me for the first time insight information about the Soviet’s involvement in and around Israel during the period of just after the 6-day war (initiative Israel) and the Yom Kippur war (initiative Egypt and Syria). Surprisingly detailed the operational dedication of the MIG-25R (reconnaissance) under real war circumstances is explained, even […]