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Red Bandit: The MiG-29 in Combat
Magnum Books2025English
173 pg.ISBN-13 : 979-8991798129Review written by: Max HeldringIn discussions about Russian Air Force fighters the most known fighter is the Mig-29 Fulcrum. This plane played a critical role in numerous conflicts all over the world. Entering service in the mid-1980’s its sleek, original design and outstanding performance made it one of the most successful Russian made fighters. Besides Russia many other countries have imported this multi-role fighter or were donated to Russia dedicated countries.
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Kaleva Down
Independently published2025English
398 pg.ISBN-13 : 979-8273233058Review written by: Max HeldringA fiction thriller based on the shootdown of a Finnish airliner named Kaleva by 2 Russian fighters on Friday, June 14th, 1940 during a short flight from Estonia to Finland. The reason behind this tragic event forms the red line throughout the book.
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Main Force to Mosquito Master Bomber: The Story of Wing Commander Eric Benjamin DFC & Bar
Fighting High Ltd2024English
192 pg.ISBN-10 : 1838068740 ISBN-13 : 978-1838068745Review written by: Max HeldringA very personal story of live and death of wing commander Benjamin, one of the heroes of the air in World War 2.
Many books were written about the heroic pilots of the RAF in WW2 containing exciting stories about their fighting adventures. This book is no exception. Starting with his career flying Fairy Battles and after that upgrading to the Avro Lancaster the stories were told and written down by his daughter Jeannie.
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JETLINER CABINS: Evolution & Innovation
Jennifer Coutts Clay2024English
ISBN-13 : 979-8218332037Review written by: Max HeldringThis publication is also already the fourth edition a sign that that the former publications were a success. Indeed this e-book is of the same high quality again revealing very profound information about all kind of airline lay-outs, colour designs, applied materials, maintenance of the cabins including the toilets, pantries etc.
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Never Fly A Broken Plane
FTA Publishing2024English
116 pg.979-8991073707Review written by: Max HeldringThe author is the daughter of Major Edward Greer a retired fighter pilot. The result is a book filled with short stories of her father’s career in the USAF. She calls him Pop and doesn’t try to hide her admiration for her wonderful father who’s stories does not match with the title of the book […]
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Air Navigation: Fundamentals, Systems, and Flight Trajectory Management
Springer2024English
814 pg.978 3 031 52994 8Review written by: Max HeldringThe title says it all. Every facet of navigation is explained in this book. Simple souls will say start up, taxi out, take off and fly direct to your destination. Well you should read this book first.
The author lifts you up to academical levels not only with explaining the function of every instrument on board your plane that needs you to fly safe and economical possible to every given airport but includes safe flight planning, atmospheric physics , procedures, human interface, aerodynamics, air traffic services etc. etc.
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This way up
BLKDOG Publishing2024English
354 pg.ASIN : B0DLBV9GBNReview written by: Joris GonggrijpThis is the tale of a rotomouse, as miss Jennings likes to call herself. She starts in life as a shy introvert girl, a “mouse”. That is until she discovers that aviation is what she needs in life to awaken her slumbering love-instinct . A flight in Concord C-BOAC is the start of a never […]
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Airline Terrorism- A History with Case Studies
McFarland & Company Inc2024English
448 pg.9781476690841/ 978 1 4766 5228 3Review written by: Max HeldringTerrorism is a word that we read regularly in the newspaper these days, but air terrorism was there since aviation started. Since 1968, when an El Al flight was taken over by terrorists, hijacking was a regular returning occurrence and the most spectacular ones are described in detail in this book.
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Het Logboek van Willem Raap- De vrije vliegenier
Martin Leeuwis Publications2024Dutch
128 pg.978 94 90008 284Review written by: Max HeldringBooktext and Review only in Dutch
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Dutch Boys
Martin Leeuwis Publications2024English
208 pg.ISBN 97894 90008 314Review written by: Rene VerjansYes, finally an English edition! It had to happen sometime! After previous publications by publisher Leeuwis Productions with Air Force pilot stories in Dutch, now finally a book in English. It contains almost 150 short stories by 62 Dutch Air Force pilots. And people, just to be clear, I really don’t have any shares in this publisher, but I have been a fan of this book format for years; just to the point, all kinds of stories about experiences with older and newer aircraft, sometimes serious or with drama or accidents, and so on and so on!