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  • Jachtvliegers vertellen hun verhaal

    Jachtvliegers vertellen hun verhaal
    Jachtvliegers vertellen hun verhaal
    Martin Leeuwis Publicaties
    2021
    Dutch
    X X X X X
    220 pg.
    9789490008239
    Review written by: Rene Verjans

    280th review Jachtvliegers vertellen hun verhaal – Gerrit Boxem   Sorry, only in Dutch!

  • Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe- Volume 1 Jet Fighters 1939-1945- Dan Sharp

    Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe- Volume 1 Jet Fighters 1939-1945- Dan Sharp
    Dan Sharp
    Tempest Books
    2020
    English
    X X X X X
    336 pg.
    ISBN-13 : 978-1911658085 ISBN-10 : 1911658085
    Review written by: René Verjans

    In the category surprisingly interesting and fun books, this one from Dan Sharp goes straight to number 1!

  • AIRY SOMETHINGS The Extraordinary Life of the Aviation Pioneer

    AIRY SOMETHINGS The Extraordinary Life of the Aviation Pioneer
    Terry Grace and Maggie Wilson
    Independently published
    2019
    English
    X X X X X
    242 pg.
    ISBN-10: 1701503832 ISBN-13: 978-1701503830
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    AIRY SOMETHINGS The Extraordinary Life of the Aviation Pioneer Horatio Barber- Terry Grace and Maggie Wilson Aviation Pioneer Horatio Barber Terry Grace discovered Horatio Barber as an early aviation pioneer whilst attending a guided walk around the Lark Hill aerodrome. His interest in the man was awakened and soon he discovered that Barber made a fortune […]

  • Flight from the Croft

    Flight from the Croft
    Bill Innes
    Whittles Publishing
    2019
    English
    X X X X X
    224 pg.
    ISBN-10: 184995397X ISBN-13: 978-1849953979
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    226th Review Flight from the Croft- Bill Innes In Dutch croft means small farm. Well the contents of this book do not cover the title however what the author wants to tell us: were ever you originated from there is no limit in what you can achieve. In this book he is telling us his […]

  • Ernest K. Gann’s Flying Circus

    Ernest K. Gann’s Flying Circus
    Ernest Kellogg Gann
    Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.,
    1974
    English
    X X X X X
    224 pg.
    ISBN-10: 0025424009 ISBN-13: 978-0025424005
    Review written by: Pedro Blas Gonzalez

    217th Review Ernest K. Gann’s Flying Circus- Ernest Kellogg Gann In 1935 Ernest K. Gann began barnstorming. Like so many other pilots in the early days of aviation, Gann’s passion for flying started with wood and canvass bi-planes. He would eventually become an airline pilot, flying many types of airplanes in different parts of the […]

  • To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book One

    To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book One
    C. David Gierke
    Write Associates LLC
    2018
    English
    X X X X X
    788 pg.
    ASIN: B07B9N7XWJ
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book One Gierke worked on this book for seven years, and his readers will be rewarded with minutious detail as a result ! It is one of the most thoroughly researched biographies I have ever read. There are three parallel storylines: the biography of […]

  • To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book Two

    To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book Two
    C. David Gierke
    Write Associates LLC; 1 edition
    2018
    English
    X X X X X
    786 pg.
    ASIN: B07D6WG3VW
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    Review To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book Two In book 2 we proceed with the process in which Herring as plaintiff against Curtiss seeking recognition for his many innovations that paved the way to the first motorised flight with a machine heavier then air. His construction company went bankrupt […]

  • The Flight: Charles Lindbergh’s Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing

    The Flight: Charles Lindbergh’s Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing
    Dan Hampton
    William Morrow
    2017
    English
    X X X X X
    336 pg.
    ISBN-10: 0062464396 ISBN-13: 978-0062464392
    Review written by: Pedro Blas Gonzalez

    The twentieth century opened with the courageous exploits of the visionary Wright brothers. This marked the beginning of aviation history, which is dotted with a vast number of aviators and explorers. Granted, explorers come in many forms. Along with Shackleton, Byrd, Hillary and the Apollo astronauts, Charles Lindbergh is one of the great explorers of […]

  • Gerhard Fieseler. The man behind the Storch

    Gerhard Fieseler. The man behind the Storch
    Nigel Holden
    Helion & Company
    2018
    English
    X X X X X
    328 pg.
    ISBN-10: 1911512749 ISBN-13: 978-1911512745
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    Readers that are familiar with the military aviation history know the Fieseler Storch. A famous STOL aircraft built during the second world war by Gerhard Fieseler for the German Luftwaffe with its specific silhouette and characteristics. But the name of the book ‘does not cover the load’ as we Dutch used to say. The book […]

  • EMB-312 Tucano - Brazil's turboprop success story

    EMB-312 Tucano - Brazil's turboprop success story
    João Paulo Zeitoun Moralez
    Harpia Publishing L.L.C.
    2018
    English
    X X X X X
    256 pg.
    978-0-9973092-3-2

    This book describing the success story of the EMB Tucano is a joy to read and a marvelous photo book showing the Tucano in all his executions and paintings that were used by the different air forces it served. The Tucano was developed as successor of the different basic and light jet trainers in use […]