Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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Above the Labyrinth
Michael H. Yeager2014English157 pg.Review written by: Max HeldringThis 26 chapter counting book describes the experiences of a young aviator, who wants to make his carrier in the large aviation. His father owns a charter company and FBO for planes which makes that because of this he could already obtain his aviation license in a cheap way. After having gained his license he […]
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Fly Over Down Under- Australian Adventures by Single-Engine Airplane
Wheatmark2015English230 pg.ISBN-10: 1627873015 ISBN-13: 978-1627873017Review written by: Max Heldring206th Review Fly Over Down Under- Australian Adventures by Single-Engine Airplane- Michelee Morgan Cabot Michelee Cabot made a dairy of her 4 weekly roundtrip along the whole coast of Australia together with her husband Hal flying a Cessna 172. They started the trip with 4 single engine GA planes supervised by a very experienced pilot […]
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Bombing Hitler’s Hometown- The Untold Story of the Last Mass Bomber Raid of WW II
Kensington Publishing Corp.2024English463 pg.978 0 8065 4304 8Review written by: Max HeldringMike Croissant is telling in this book the stories of the bomber crews that were participating in one of the last big bomber raids on the Austrian city Linz shortly before the war ended.
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Battleground Europe Airfields & Airmen Somme
Pen & Sword Books Ltd2001English160 pg.0 85052 864After reading some books related to the Falklands War about missions of the Vulcan and Harrier, I ended up via a number of books on war at Verdun and the Somme in the first world war, with this book about old aircraft flying at the Somme. Very old aircraft are not my favourite, but I […]
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Glider pilots at Arnhem
Pen & Sword2014English298 pg.9781473822795Review written by: Joris GonggrijpIn 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 […]
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Aces of the Reich
Pen & Sword Books2013English240 pg.9781848327221Review written by: Max HeldringTake the book in your hands, which, by the way, is provided with a beautiful cover and then, with the book in your mind, go back to the 30’s, were it all began with the development of the German Luftwaffe. Because of the treaty of Versailles the Germans were after WO I tied with hands […]
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COBRA! THE Attack helicopter
Pen & Sword Books2014English248 pg.9781781593387Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe book tells about the genesis of the first attack helicopter. This was born out of necessity. Vietnam became soon too dangerous for unprotected helicopters of the Air Cavalry. What becomes apparent in this book, is that from the early beginning of WO II and the by everyone known M.A.S.H. helicopter for transport of the […]
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Imperial Outpost in the Gulf
2012English238 pg.After having reviewed ‘History in the Arab Skies’ by Gerald Butt, quite by chance I came across this little gem of a book about Sharjah airfield, close to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Its author, Nicholas Stanley-Price, was the cultural heritage advisor to the Sharjah Museums Department in the UAE from 2007 to […]
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Gerhard Fieseler. The man behind the Storch
Helion & Company2018English328 pg.ISBN-10: 1911512749 ISBN-13: 978-1911512745Review written by: Max HeldringReaders that are familiar with the military aviation history know the Fieseler Storch. A famous STOL aircraft built during the second world war by Gerhard Fieseler for the German Luftwaffe with its specific silhouette and characteristics. But the name of the book ‘does not cover the load’ as we Dutch used to say. The book […]
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Zemke's Wolfpack- A Photographic Odyssey of the 56th Fighter Group During the Second World War
Fighting High Publishing2015English208 pg.ISBN-10: 0992620783 ISBN-13: 978-0992620783Review written by: René VerjansZemke’s Wolfpack…Talking about splendid books! This is one! Compilated with lots of love by the 2 authors… The book starts with a short but powerful description with regards to them to whom this book is contributed; the people that were part of the 56th ‘Fighter group’ (FG). Beautiful and short but intense! The 56th FG […]