Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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FIAT (S.I.A.) R.2 (Pioneros de la Aviacion Boliviana 1920 - 1924)
SpanishISBN 978-9917-0-3372-1Review written by: Joris GonggrijpMr. Subauste Perez did in depth research on the roots of Bolivian aviation. Virtually every aspect is covered by this series of books of which the story of the FIAT (S.I.A) R.2 is the third. This book covers the origin of these aircraft, their history in a general context, the Bolivian connection, a thorough technical description of their airframes and engines, and as a background the socio-political situation of contemporary Bolivia. It also puts Bolivia in the general history of the surrounding South American countries.
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Modern South Korean Air Power- The Republic of Korea Air Force Today
Harpia Publishing Verlags GmbH2021English256 pg.978-1-950394-07-4Review written by: Rene Verjans290th Review Modern South Korean Air Power- The Republic of Korea Air Force Today- Robin Polderman A perfect book for on the shelves of the MOD’s of North Korea, Japan, China and Russia! 256 pages full with good information about the air power of South Korea. In the meantime I do know this series of […]
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The Handley Page Victor - Tales from a Crew Chief - 40 Years of Life with the Victor
Pen And Sword Books2019English128 pg.9781526732576Review written by: Joris GonggrijpRoger Brooks’ involvement with the Victor started in 1966, three years after Cary Powers in his high flying U2 spyplane was downed by a Sovjet rocket. That resulted in “sudden death” for high flying bombers. The Victor was then converted to a tanker for in-flight refuelling. He writes on this aircraft in his book ‘The […]
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Cessna 172 - A pocket history
2010English978 1 4456 0086 4The best-selling GA aircraft in the world; the Cessna 172! That’s where this book is about. What strikes you first, is that it is a small book (about 17 x 12 cm). The book is 128 pages thick and a ‘must have’ for every Cessna pilot and owner. From start to finish the book is […]
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Classic light aircraft
Shiffer Publishing ltd2015English415 pg.978-0-7643-4896-9Review written by: Rene VerjansYou must really love small aircraft an awful lot to be able to produce a book like this! More than 800 aircraft are listed in this bible of more than 400 pages thick! It is something like a Janes Defense…but then different. Not all ‘light aircraft’ are enlisted in this book, else it would be twice […]
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Twin Cessna The Cessna 300 and 400 series of Light Twins
Schiffer Publishing Ltd2017English127 pg.9780764352263Review written by: Rene VerjansIn the past when I was young…30 years ago..or so.. the air was still congested with planes. At least in the Netherlands! Anyway, that is my experience. If it weren’t jets, then it was a Boeing E3A Centry and if it wasn’t a Boeing, than you would hear the unmistakable sound of a 2 engine […]
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Vulcan 607
Transworld Publishers Ltd2007English464 pg.978-0552152297It was last year when I walked at Schiphol Airport on a early morning looking for a newspaper. If you can only buy the Dutch Telegraph that is not really a choice I thought. At that moment my eye fell on an English book with a picture of a Vulcan-aircraft on the front ; Җulcan […]
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Modern Taiwanese Air Power | The Republic of China Air Force Today
Harpia Publishing2021English96 pg.978-1-950394-03-6Review written by: René VerjansReview Bookreview: Modern Taiwanese Air Power, The Republic of China Air Force Today- Roy Choo, Peter Ho Again, a great edition out of the Harpia Publishing series, this time about the Taiwanese Aviation. When you look at the map, then Taiwan is a small dot next to extremely huge China, which considers Taiwan for years […]
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Guilty by association / De vliegende Hollander
2008English272 pg.0982668732I was walking into a bookstore (enslaved as I am) looking one or more interesting books. I bought two! In this book review I will discuss one of them, ‘The Flying Dutchman’ by Rudi Dekkers. This book was published in Dutch in 2008. In the English language, he published in 2011 the book ‘Guilty by […]
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Higher: 100 Years of Boeing
Chronicle Books, San Francisco2015English192 pg.9781452140537Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezThe Boeing Company is synonymous with twentieth century American technology and industry. From its humble start in a boathouse in Seattle, the Boeing Company has been a world leader in aviation history and the development of rockets and satellites. William Boeing, a lumberman, started the company in 1916. The young Boeing combined his robust love of […]