Written in English

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  • Tornado above the Tigris- Memoirs of a fast jet pilot

    Tornado above the Tigris- Memoirs of a fast jet pilot
    Michael Napier
    Pen and Sword Books
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    288 pg.
    9781473834132
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    Michael Napier began his carrier at the RAF in 1978 and left 13 years later as Flight Commander. The greatest part of his flying carrier he spent, after his training, as pilot off a Tornado, the tactical bomber in the ‘80ies from the British, Italian and German air force. He describes his experiences in the air […]

  • Autumn Journal 2015- RAF Memorial Flight Official Club

    Autumn Journal 2015- RAF Memorial Flight Official Club
    RAF Memorial Flight Official Club
    TRMG Ltd
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    75 pg.

    It was about time, I thought, to subscribe to this special English Club! Not only was I interested in this ‘Official Club’ because of my love for piston engine sounds, but moreover is my membership a tribute to those who fought, fell and survived during the Second World War for the freedom we nowadays still […]

  • SISTERS IN ARMS: British & American Women Pilots During World War II

    SISTERS IN ARMS: British & American Women Pilots During World War II
    Helena Schrader
    Pen and sword books
    2006
    English
    X X X X X
    240 pg.
    9781844153886
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    The photo on the cover shows a very neat lady who is laughing at the photographer whilst hanging out of the left cockpit window (so, the ‘pilot in command’). That ‘in command’ flying seems a ‘piece of cake’ with that relaxed look of hers, but this book makes clear that this, especially for the American […]

  • Dogfight: The Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf109

    Dogfight: The Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf109
    David Owen
    Pen and Sword Books
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    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 […]

  • A Passion for Flying-50 years in the cockpit

    A Passion for Flying-50 years in the cockpit
    Group Captain Tom Eeles
    Pen and sword Books
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    147 pg.
    9781473845640
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    8.000 Hours of RAF flying has Tom Eeles logged as a pilot when is pensioned at an age of 55 years. In this book he describes his RAF career  that started in 1962 and ended in 1997 after which he kept flying as a reserve officer and instructor with the Cambridge University flying school. In […]

  • Why planes crash 2002- Case files 2002

    Why planes crash 2002- Case files 2002
    Sylvia Wrigley
    Sylvia Wrigley
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    161 pg.
    9781516344253
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    This 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 […]

  • Review Voices in Flight: RAF Escapers and Evaders in WWII

    Review Voices in Flight: RAF Escapers and Evaders in WWII
    Martin W. Bowman
    Pen and Sword Books
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    236 pg.
    9781783831753
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    A hearty meal and a cup of coffee prior to take-off and a few hours later you find yourself stranded in enemy territory. For some an experience as shocking as this brings to light extraordinary inventiveness and perseverance in finding their way back home, as demonstrated in this book’s “travelogues”. Although the title of this […]

  • Flying the Knife Edge - Papua New Guinea Bush Flying

    Flying the Knife Edge - Papua New Guinea Bush Flying
    Matt McLauchlin
    Matt McLaughlin
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    978-988-14036-5-0
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    This book describes the flying adventures of Matt McLauchlin in Papoea New Guinea (PNG) in a very realistic way. It starts with his short career in the New-Zealand Air Force, where he was washed out during his pilot training. On his search for a job in the commercial aviation he ends up in Papoea New […]

  • Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy

    Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy
    Michael Green
    Pen and Sword Books
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    208 pg.
    9781783376100

    I already own several of these “Images of War” books and what is nice about the series as a whole is the format; slightly smaller than A4, aromatic paper, and easily digestible information in bite-sized chunks. This book – as the name implies – concerns aircraft carriers. It details in four chapters the development of […]

  • RAF in Camera 1950s and -1960s (2 books)

    RAF in Camera 1950s and -1960s (2 books)
    Keith Wilson
    Pen and Sword Books
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    300 pg.
    RAF 50s: 9781473827950 / RAF60s: 9781473837768

    Two books of each around 300 pages full with my favourite pictures! Splendid books…without exaggeration. When you see the front pages with the formation of  Hunters and Lightnings, than you are straight back in those years in which an enormous variety of planes flew within the RAF. The Second World War had only just come […]