Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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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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AIRY SOMETHINGS The Extraordinary Life of the Aviation Pioneer
Independently published2019English242 pg.ISBN-10: 1701503832 ISBN-13: 978-1701503830Review written by: Joris GonggrijpAIRY SOMETHINGS The Extraordinary Life of the Aviation Pioneer Horatio Barber- Terry Grace and Maggie Wilson Aviation Pioneer Horatio Barber Terry Grace discovered Horatio Barber as an early aviation pioneer whilst attending a guided walk around the Lark Hill aerodrome. His interest in the man was awakened and soon he discovered that Barber made a fortune […]
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Luchtvaartkunst- werk en leven van Thijs Postma
HYG2021Dutch, English386 pg.9789083024523Review written by: Rene Verjans(Nederlands) ‘Deze’ wilde ik graag hebben voor op mijn boekenplank. Geen e-book, maar een echt boek. Zeg maar gewoon dik 2 kilo boek schoon aan de haak deze keer!
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Carrier Aviation in the 21st Century, Aircraft carriers and their units in detail
Harpia Publishing2017English256 pg.978-0-9973092-2-5Review written by: René Verjans‘Carrier Aviation in the 21st Century’! Great brand new book this is! The 256 pages of this voluptuous book has 9 chapters with descriptions of countries that have one or more aircraft-carriers (Brazil, China, France, India, Italy, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States). And let we just make things simple!: most countries actually […]
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Sky Raider
Sea Story Press USA Florida2022English307 pg.B09VZJFNZ7Review written by: Max HeldringReading this book I am not really sure whether this review should belong in AviationBookReviews because the title does not cover the load entirely. Duke Thomas, the main character in this book, is an “ace” during the First World War and servicing the USAAF with a big passion namely the archaeology of the Middle East […]
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To The Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam
NAL Trade2007English416 pg.ISBN-10: 0451222180Review written by: Rinie HoogendoornThe ones who found Robert Mason’s ‘Chickenhawk’ interesting, shall surely appreciate Tom A. Johnson’s ‘To the limit’. Johnsons describes his mission as helicopter pilot to Vietnam in 1968, the year of the battles for Hue and Khe San. If you always wondered how it would be to land a difficult to navigate, fragile and overloaded […]
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Middle East @ War- Series
Helion & company2018English74 pg.9781912390373Review written by: René VerjansReview Middle East @ War- Series – Tom Cooper 4 great books I have of Tom Cooper – published by Helion & Company – and I thought that I would just combine ‘that’ to 1 review. Here it is! I have the numbers 11, 12, 14 and 15. They tell about ‘´Hot skies over Yemen’ […]
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1973: THE FIRST NUCLEAR WAR. CRUCIAL AIR BATTLES OF THE OCTOBER 1973 ARAB-ISRAELI WAR
Helion & Company2019English80 pg.9781911628712Review written by: Rene VerjansTHE FIRST NUCLEAR WAR. In 1973 I was 2 years old and that is exactly the reason why I didn’t know about this ‘war’. And then it is very nice that this book of Helion & Company crosses my path to change that! It is a book from the ‘Middle East & War-series’ of which […]
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AFRICA@WAR 33: SHOWDOWN IN WESTERN SAHARA VOLUME 1. AIR WARFARE OVER THE LAST AFRICAN COLONY, 1945-1975
Helion and Company2018English72 pg.9781912390359Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe title of this book(let) doesn’t cover the content: in a very clarifying manner the geopolitical developments in the western part of the Sahara are stated, from the pre-historical time! At the end of the 15th century begins ‘our’’ Western interference with this area. Ending in the colonisation by Spain and France from 1830 onwards. […]
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African MiGs Volume 1 and 2
Harpia Publishing L.L.C.2010English256 pg.978-0-9825539-8-5Review written by: Rene VerjansSpecial books they are these 2 volumes about a large group of countries in the continent Africa and then especially in –what the writers call- the ‘Sub-Sahara’. Not that I normally am so interested in the air forces of African counties, but I was simply curious about these air forces of which you seldom hear, because […]