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RAF in Camera – 100 Years on Display
Pen and Sword Books2022English
472 pg.ISBN: 9781526752185Review written by: Rene VerjansWhen you are talking about the best series of aviation books, then this one is absolutely in my top 3! Why? Just because I can..and must be! This book is 472 pages and contains, just as the other 3 books that were
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Short Finals: An Aviation Adventure. "It's Time To Fly"
Independently published2021English
186 pg.979-8713651503Review written by: Max HeldringAs the author said in his preview “strap yourself in the jump seat” and let Scot Gibson (the main person in this book ) fly you around the world. And that is what this book is all about. You fly with Scot during his active career as a pilot in so many different planes and different disciplines that it also a book for non aviators who are interested in the aviation world.
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Cuban Migs- The Defenders of Castro’s Air Force
Harpia Publishing Verlags GmbH2022English
144 pg.9781950394098Review written by: Rene Verjans(Nederlands) Yes! Here is another book of one of the most beautiful series that I collect! This time ‘Cuban Migs’ -and for the people that do not know the books of Harpia Publishing-; a great book that is part of a large series of books that, in the meantime, is published by them.
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England Is My Village and The World Owes Me a Living
HP Handheld Press1941English
62 pg.978-1-912766-66-6Review written by: Joris GonggrijpJohn Llewelyn Rhys gained his pilot’s licence in 1934 and joined the RAF as a Reservist in the following year. He already had some writing experience and demonstrated his talent for it. He kept on flying until his untimely death in 1940 aged 29. So not much writing of this short lived pilot survived. England […]
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The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field
Shiffer Publishing2022English
185 pg.Jerry KoszykReview written by: Joris GonggrijpJerry Koszyk is an amateur aviation researcher who by chance discovered that way back in 1917 the then fledgling Army Air Service had set up an airfield for aeronatical research and development.at Dayton, Ohio, called McCook Field, where commercial, civilian, aerobatic and military aviation merged. He also discovered that no book or other publication about […]
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The Flying Shadow
Handheld Press UK2022English
978 1 912766 659Review written by: Max HeldringThe best review that described this book is probably the introduction by Daniel Kilburn and Luke Seaber published in the first paragraph. They dig deep into the character of Robert Owen whose life as a pilot instructor is described in this novel. They explain to the reader what symbolisms and metaphors Rhys uses to show […]
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Langs hier, langs daar
Martin Leeuwis Publications2022Dutch
192 pg.978 94 90008 277Review written by: Rene VerjansUnfortenately only in Dutch
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FLIGHT- a visual tribute to military aviation in all its forms
Ridder Aero Media2022English
159 pg.ISBN 978-90-90-35771-3Review written by: Rene VerjansDirk 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
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Sky Raider
Sea Story Press USA Florida2022English
307 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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Flying Light Helicopters with the Royal Marines-Collective Tales From Marine Air 489
Pen and Sword Books2021English
304 pg.9781399002509Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThis book contains the most comprehensive description of helicopter –, or any other aircraft-, flying I was ever privilleged to review.