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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!
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Bombing Hitler’s Hometown- The Untold Story of the Last Mass Bomber Raid of WW II
Kensington Publishing Corp.2024English
463 pg.978 0 8065 4304 8Review written by: Max HeldringMike Croissant is telling in this book the stories of the bomber crews that were participating in one of the last big bomber raids on the Austrian city Linz shortly before the war ended.
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From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog: Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot
Air World2020English
296 pg.ASIN : B08NSJ4SKW/ ISBN: 978 1 52676 1248Review written by: Max HeldringSteve Ladd the author of this book describes his life and career in the USAF and retired as colonel and Director of Operations of the 81st Wing stationed in the UK.
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Operation Eldorado Canyon: The 1986 US Bombing Raid on Libya
Harpia Publishing Verlags GmbH2024English
256 pg.ISBN 987-1-95039-412-8Review written by: Rene VerjansIt was an ‘interesting time’ in the eighties of the last century with respect to terrorism. The Americans also were a regular target of terrorism and Libya was one of the countries that was actively and provably involved by the attacks. President Gaddafi was strongly anti-Israel and supported terroristic organisations. One was even afraid that Libya would become a nuclear power. For this review it goes too far to highlight the whole political situation and all the attacks. There were attacks at the end of 1985 at the airport of Vienna and Rome with lots of victims. Next to that Libya took over the Gulf of Sidra, north of Libya. That was not acknowledged internationally, especially not by the Americans – who only accepted the international acknowledged 12 miles – and therefor sent aircraft carriers to the Mediterranean Sea. Libya responded with ‘aggression’ towards the US ships, and this led to a confrontation on March 24th 1986: read: the US brought some Libyan ships down and destroyed some SAM-locations. Not much later – on the 5th of April – a bombing followed on a nightclub in Berlin by which 3 people did not survive and 229 got wounded, under which 79 Americans. On April 14th 1986 Ronald Reagan officially gave the order for an attack on Libya, which was executed in the night of April 15tht. In the deepest confidentiality the mission was prepared in the previous months by the aviation sections that would also be directly involved.
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FIAT (S.I.A.) R.2 (Pioneros de la Aviacion Boliviana 1920 - 1924)
Spanish
ISBN 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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Curtiss 18T Wasp (Pioneros de la aviación boliviana 1920-1924 nº 1)
2020Spanish
104 pg.ASIN : B087CCDF7VReview 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 Curtiss 18T Wasp (T for Triplane) is the first. This book covers the origin of this aircraft, its history in a general context, the Bolivian connection, a thorough technical description of the airframe and engine, 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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How’’d they do that? Grandparents answer questions about the Wright Brothers and Amelia Earhart
FriesenPress2023English
132 pg.ISBN-10 : 1039176259 ISBN-13 : 978-1039176256Review written by: Max HeldringThe title of this book tells it all. Special for kids who wants to learn more about the great adventures of the heroes that conquered the skies in the early years of the last century.
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And I lived to Tell the Tales: The life of a fighter Pilot
Check Six Books2022English
258 pg.978 1629 6723 80Review written by: Max HeldringAnother book written by Ed Cobleigh about his career in the US Air Force. His style remains the same informative, fascinating and sometimes humorous.