Books A-Z

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  • De Havilland Enterprises: A History

    De Havilland Enterprises: A History
    Graham Simons
    Pen & Sword Books
    2017
    English
    X X X X X
    2017 pg.
    9781473861381
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    Captain Geoffrey de Havilland  (1882 – 1965) has established on 25 September 1920 the company which is now bearing his name, with financial support from his friends. The life story of – later Sir Geoffrey – shows remarkable resemblance with that of his contemporary Anthony Fokker. Both looking for a profession just after the turn of […]

  • The Learjet Diaries

    The Learjet Diaries
    Greg Madonna
    Middle River Press
    2020
    English
    X X X X X
    394 pg.
    ISBN-10 : 1946886157 ISBN-13 : 978-1946886156
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    This story is about a Learjet pilot flying charters out of South Florida mainly to countries in South America.

  • Newgate's Knocker: An Aviation Thriller

    Newgate's Knocker: An Aviation Thriller
    Greg W. Peterson
    Private
    2020
    English
    X X X X X
    397 pg.
    ASIN: B0864QFJKV
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    Newgate’s Knocker: An Aviation Thriller – Greg W. Peterson ‘Newgate’s Knocker: An Aviation Thriller’ is the name of this new book!  The subtitle Death Pulse provides a clue to the plot of this first book of  Greg Peterson. It is a story about a planned terrorist attack on the USA, with more than superficial likeness […]

  • A Passion for Flying-50 years in the cockpit

    A Passion for Flying-50 years in the cockpit
    Group Captain Tom Eeles
    Pen and sword Books
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    147 pg.
    9781473845640
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    8.000 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 […]

  • Out of the blue

    Out of the blue
    Halldale Media Group
    2011
    English
    X X X X X
    246 pg.

    There are 100,000 books called ‘Out of the Blue’, but I felt drawn to this particular one and I absolutely had to have it. For 3 reasons: first of all the deep blue cover of the book reminded me of my beloved 2001 midnight blue Saab 93; secondly in honour of my youthful past during […]

  • The Sky My Kingdom - Memoirs of the Famous German World War II Test Pilot

    The Sky My Kingdom - Memoirs of the Famous German World War II Test Pilot
    Hanna Reitsch
    Casemate Books
    2011
    English
    X X X X X X
    272 pg.
    978-1-932033-97-7

    It was the memorable book ‘They went into the air as angels with homesickness – nostalgia.’ From Jan Jacobs Mulder in which I read for the first time about Hanna Reitsch (see my previous book discussions). Next in another book and thus I had to know more about this woman. Who was Hanna? Hanna was […]

  • Onze vliegers in mei 1940

    Onze vliegers in mei 1940
    Hans Vos
    Dutch
    X X X X X

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

  • SISTERS IN ARMS: British & American Women Pilots During World War II

    SISTERS IN ARMS: British & American Women Pilots During World War II
    Helena Schrader
    Pen and sword books
    2006
    English
    X X X X X
    240 pg.
    9781844153886
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    The photo on the cover shows a very neat lady who is laughing at the photographer whilst hanging out of the left cockpit window (so, the ‘pilot in command’). That ‘in command’ flying seems a ‘piece of cake’ with that relaxed look of hers, but this book makes clear that this, especially for the American […]

  • Cuban Migs- The Defenders of Castro’s Air Force

    Cuban Migs- The Defenders of Castro’s Air Force
    Hélio Higuchi, Paulo Roberto Bastos Junior
    Harpia Publishing Verlags GmbH
    2022
    English
    X X X X X
    144 pg.
    9781950394098
    Review written by: Rene Verjans

    (Nederlands) Yes! Here is another book of one of the most beautiful series that I collect! This time ‘Cuban Migs’ -and for the people that do not know the books of Harpia Publishing-; a great book that is part of a large series of books that, in the meantime, is published by them.

  • Het Luchtmacht Boek

    Het Luchtmacht Boek
    Henk Kauffman, Erwin van Loo, Rolf de Winter
    Uitgeverij WBOOKS
    2014
    Dutch
    X X X X X
    384 pg.
    9789066304628

    Een compactere geschiedenis van onze luchtmacht dan deze bestaat er niet, geloof ik. Dit boek, dat nog kleiner is dan een A5, is toch echt wel heel erg leuk; 384 pagina’s dik met zo’n 360 mooie foto’s die je nog niet eerder gezien hebt. Dit boek laat het de gehele KLu- geschiedenis zien met al […]