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• From Sapper to Spitfire Spy

  
  David Greville-Heygate, Sally-Anne Greville-Heygate

  Pen and Sword Books

  2015

  English

  

  294 pg.

  9781473843882
  Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

  The name of the author does already gives the suspicion that this again would be a sort of ‘daddy adoration book’. And yes, indeed it is, and she doesn’t hide it! Dad was not much of a talker, but he has precisely documented how it went with him during WW II (diary, journal, letters to […]

• The lost Squadron / Het verdwenen squadron

  
  David Hayes

  1994

  English, Dutch

  

  244 pg.

  0747518262

  I was tipped to read this this book and I got no regrets! This book by David Hayes from 1994 is an easily readable and fascinating story, combined with many beautiful color and black / white photographs. It tells the story of a search for eight missing WW2-aircraft in Greenland. The story begins on July […]

• The Wright Brothers

  
  David McCullough

  Simon & Schuster; Book Club Edition edition

  2015

  English

  

  336 pg.

  ISBN-10: 1476728747 ISBN-13: 978-1476728742
  Review written by: Pedro Blas Gonzalez

                  Since the invention of electrical power, during the Second Industrial Revolution – the period from 1870 to the start of World War I – no invention has had a greater impact on travel and commerce as the airplane.  In 2016 U.S.-serving airlines flew over 928 domestic and international passengers. It is estimated that the […]

• Dogfight: The Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf109

  
  David Owen

  Pen and Sword Books

  2015

  English

  

  370 pg.

  9781473828063
  Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

  The title of this book suggests that it is primarily written for pilots. But if you buy the book for that, than you get it wrong. This book is the most elaborate ‘air war history book’ that I have ever laid my hands on. It starts off in the after days of WO I and […]

• The AVRO Type 698 VULCAN: Design and Development

  
  David W. Fildes

  Pen & Sword Books

  2017

  English

  

  487 pg.

  978 1 47388 667 4
  Review written by: Max Heldring

  Many books are written about the history of the big 3 V-Bombers of the RAF  namely the Handley Page Victor, Vickers Valiant and the Avro Vulcan. But the most iconic of the three is the Avro Vulcan because of its appearance and flight characteristics. 95 Planes were built in different executions and served with the […]

• Higher than an eagle, A Wings of Mercy Novel

  
  Dennis Kitainik

  Merrimack Media

  2014

  English

  

  194 pg.

  978-1-939166-40-1 (paperback) , isbn: 978-1-939166-41-8 (ebook)
  Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

  Assistance under extreme circumstances in artic Quebec. A polar bear, pilot, military surgeon, navigator and two weather men form the ‘crew’ of this, above all, funny aviation story….a true aviation novel! Shortly summarized it comes down to this: a polar bear mauls one of the weather men severely, his colleague manages to get him to […]

• Happy End

  
  Dietmar Eckell

  2013

  English

  

  96 pg.

  This book had a most special cause! The writer of the book crashed a couple of years ago with a para motor (a parachute in combination with a hair-dryer) somewhere in the Mojave dessert. He had to save himself and in the end it led to an involuntarily hospital visit. He searched the internet on […]

• Jet Web CONNECTIONS in the Development History of Turbojet Engines 1920 – 1950

  
  Dietrich ECKARDT

  Springer

  2023

  English

  

  738 pg.

  ISBN 978-3-658-38530-9 ISBN 978-3-658-38531-6 (eBook)
  Review written by: Alexander Beeck

  Eckardt’s ‘Jet Web’ offers a comprehensive exploration of the development history of turbojet engines from the 1920s to the late 1950s. It primarily focuses on the intricate relationships and collaborations between the United Kingdom (& USA), Germany, and Switzerland in this fascinating journey. While the narrative repeats in parts the well-known ‘Whittle vs. Von Ohain Saga’,  it mainly sheds new light on unexpected connections and especially, the significant influence of axial compressor technology from the Swiss-German company Brown Boveri & Cie.

  The author, a gas turbine engineer, spent a decade meticulously researching and compiling this remarkable account, resulting in a weighty volume with some 250 informative b/w photographs, technical schemes and detailed drawings. This document provides an overview of the book’s content, emphasizing its unique contributions and the target audience it aims to engage.

• Spitfire-manual 1940

  
  Dilip Sarkar

  Amberley Publishing

  2010

  English

  

  288 pg.

  978-1-84868-436-2

  What is the most famous aircraft in aviation history? Many people will say ‘the Spitfire’. And who would not want to fly himself in a Spitfire?!… start for this moment with this Spitfire manual from Dilip Sarkar! Dilip Sarkar has been a Spitfire fanatic for many years and the energy which thus arose is converted […]

• FLIGHT- a visual tribute to military aviation in all its forms

  
  Dirk Jan de Ridder

  Ridder Aero Media

  2022

  English

  

  159 pg.

  ISBN 978-90-90-35771-3
  Review written by: Rene Verjans

  Dirk Jan de Ridder is addicted to aviation photography and that delivered him beautiful pictures. Since he was 7, when he visited an aviation show at Gilze Rijen for the first time, he is ‘sold’ to aviation and more specific and foremost, military aviation. Throughout the years he makes trips to 23 different countries all over the world, which supplied him with pictures of planes and helicopters from 71 countries! Dirk Jan now decided to unite the most beautiful
  ones in a book.