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A Passion for Flying-50 years in the cockpit
Pen and sword Books2015English147 pg.9781473845640Review written by: Max Heldring8.000 Hours of RAF flying has Tom Eeles logged as a pilot when is pensioned at an age of 55 years. In this book he describes his RAF career that started in 1962 and ended in 1997 after which he kept flying as a reserve officer and instructor with the Cambridge University flying school. In […]
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Why planes crash 2002- Case files 2002
Sylvia Wrigley2015English161 pg.9781516344253Review written by: Max HeldringThis E-book is the follow-up to a previously published work by Sylvia Wrigley detailing both well-known and relatively unknown plane crashes during 2001. This book describes 11 accidents that occurred in 2002. Among these, the most tragic example of how badly things can go wrong, is the story of a collision between a Tupolev 154M […]
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Review Voices in Flight: RAF Escapers and Evaders in WWII
Pen and Sword Books2015English236 pg.9781783831753Review written by: Joris GonggrijpA hearty meal and a cup of coffee prior to take-off and a few hours later you find yourself stranded in enemy territory. For some an experience as shocking as this brings to light extraordinary inventiveness and perseverance in finding their way back home, as demonstrated in this book’s “travelogues”. Although the title of this […]
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Flying the Knife Edge - Papua New Guinea Bush Flying
Matt McLaughlin2015English978-988-14036-5-0Review written by: Max HeldringThis book describes the flying adventures of Matt McLauchlin in Papoea New Guinea (PNG) in a very realistic way. It starts with his short career in the New-Zealand Air Force, where he was washed out during his pilot training. On his search for a job in the commercial aviation he ends up in Papoea New […]
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Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy
Pen and Sword Books2015English208 pg.9781783376100I already own several of these “Images of War” books and what is nice about the series as a whole is the format; slightly smaller than A4, aromatic paper, and easily digestible information in bite-sized chunks. This book – as the name implies – concerns aircraft carriers. It details in four chapters the development of […]
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RAF in Camera 1950s and -1960s (2 books)
Pen and Sword Books2015English300 pg.RAF 50s: 9781473827950 / RAF60s: 9781473837768Two books of each around 300 pages full with my favourite pictures! Splendid books…without exaggeration. When you see the front pages with the formation of Hunters and Lightnings, than you are straight back in those years in which an enormous variety of planes flew within the RAF. The Second World War had only just come […]
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Men of the Battle of Britain
Frontline Books2015English584 pg.9781473847675Men of the Battle of Britain!…This book is actually the most special one on my book shelve. It is the third edition of a book that was published in 1989 for the first time. The book is a kind of bible of ‘The Few’ that flew in the Battle of Britain. Around 3.000 people that […]
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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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Polar Winds
Dundurn2014English224 pg.1459723791It gives a special feeling when you are reading on the 38th degree of latitude with 35 degrees a book about aviation in the Canadian region above the 60st degree of latitude with temperatures in winter of 40 degrees Celsius below zero, a difference of 75 degrees Celsius! At least the book provides cooling with […]
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Shot Down- The true story of WW II pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
Sea Breeze Publishing, LLC2014English978-0-9860760-0-8 ASIN: B00N4JLJ0OReview written by: Max HeldringWith this book about Howard Snyder, who during WW II was the pilot on a B-17 from the 8th American Air Force, was a card from the author Steve Snyder, son of Howard Snyder, with the words: ‘It’s our duty to remember never forget’. This book goes further than only the events around Howard Snyder […]