Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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When the Navy Took to the Air: The Experimental Seaplane Stations of the Royal Naval Air Service
Fonthill Media2017English
176 pg.ISBN-10: 1781555729 ISBN-13: 978-1781555729Review written by: Max HeldringThe subtitle of this book(let) doesn’t do justice to the content: each thinkable form of aviation activity done by the Royal Navy from 1909 is mentioned. Thus also the use of ‘land’- planes and with some success, airships. What comes across very strong to me is that the Navy management, especially in the early beginning, informed […]
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Alive
1974Dutch, Spanish
334 pg.90 290 2673 1Many people might still recall the events of 13 October 1972, when a Fairchild F-227 of the Uruguayan air force crashed in the Andes with 45 people on board. The plane was carrying the members of a Uruguayan amateur rugby team along with some of their family members and friends, and it was bound for […]
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Flashpoint Russia- Russia’ s Air Power: Capabilities and Structure
Harpia Publishing Verlags GmbH2019English
144 pg.978-0-9973092-7-0Review written by: Rene VerjansGreat book this ‘Flashpoint Russia’! In the past – the eighties- I looked aimlessly to pictures of the ‘modern hunters’ of that time. The pictures of the Russian jet-fighters were often black and white, sometimes in colour, but always granulated. This on the contrary to the pictures of the Western jet-fighters and other aviation planes. […]
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Flight: 100 Years of Aviation
DK Publishing2009English
B00J5SZF8A/ B014S40UQMReview written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezThe pilot slowly brings the aircraft to the beginning of the runway. I look around the cabin and notice many passengers asleep. They have been sleeping since shortly after boarding. In this regard, I am of one mind with the stoic philosopher, Marcus Aurelius, when the venerable ancient Greek thinker writes, “Thus to a man […]
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Autumn Journal 2015- RAF Memorial Flight Official Club
TRMG Ltd2015English
75 pg.It was about time, I thought, to subscribe to this special English Club! Not only was I interested in this ‘Official Club’ because of my love for piston engine sounds, but moreover is my membership a tribute to those who fought, fell and survived during the Second World War for the freedom we nowadays still […]
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US Navy PBY Catalina Units of The Atlantic War
Osprey Publishing2010English
96 pg.978-1-84176-910-3Review written by: Pedro Blas Gonzalez224th Review US Navy PBY Catalina Units of The Atlantic War The Consolidated Aircraft Corporation’s PBY Catalina is a perfect example of the demands that evolving technologies make on corporations, and the creative and engineering process. It is also an example of how quickly the twentieth century went from being the birth of aviation to […]
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Eagle in the Sky
Contento De Semrik (www.Semrik.com)2012English
406 pg.978-965-550-148-3Review written by: Max HeldringRan Ronen (1936) started his career in the IAF (Israeli Air Force) in the beginning of 1954. After his basic training on the Stearman and the Harvard he started his operational training on the Spitfire, which formed the backbone of the IAF together with the Mustang fighter. After that period he followed a conversion training […]
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Douglas Propliners: Skyleaders, DC-1 to DC-7
Haynes Publishing2012English
360 pg.ISBN-10: 0857331574 ISBN-13: 978-0857331571Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezReview Douglas Propliners: Skyleaders, DC-1 to DC-7- René J. Francillion The first airplane I ever flew on was a Douglas DC-6. My father, mother and older sister flew from communist Cuba on our way to freedom in Miami, Florida, USA on December 4, 1970. I was 6 years old. We were part of the Freedom […]
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Juliett Bravo Bravo
Zebra2016Dutch
176 pg.-Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.
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Love is in the air: hoe een vlucht mensen met elkaar verbindt
Renske Dragt2020Dutch/ Nederlands
246 pg.EAN 9789090332451Review written by: Rozemarijn van DeelenOnly in the Dutch Language!