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Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe- Volume 1 Jet Fighters 1939-1945- Dan Sharp
Tempest Books2020English336 pg.ISBN-13 : 978-1911658085 ISBN-10 : 1911658085Review written by: René VerjansIn the category surprisingly interesting and fun books, this one from Dan Sharp goes straight to number 1!
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AIRY SOMETHINGS The Extraordinary Life of the Aviation Pioneer
Independently published2019English242 pg.ISBN-10: 1701503832 ISBN-13: 978-1701503830Review written by: Joris GonggrijpAIRY 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 […]
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Flight from the Croft
Whittles Publishing2019English224 pg.ISBN-10: 184995397X ISBN-13: 978-1849953979Review written by: Max Heldring226th 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 […]
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Ernest K. Gann’s Flying Circus
Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.,1974English224 pg.ISBN-10: 0025424009 ISBN-13: 978-0025424005Review written by: Pedro Blas Gonzalez217th 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 […]
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To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book One
Write Associates LLC2018English788 pg.ASIN: B07B9N7XWJReview written by: Joris GonggrijpTo 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 […]
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To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book Two
Write Associates LLC; 1 edition2018English786 pg.ASIN: B07D6WG3VWReview written by: Max HeldringReview 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 […]
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The Flight: Charles Lindbergh’s Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing
William Morrow2017English336 pg.ISBN-10: 0062464396 ISBN-13: 978-0062464392Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezThe 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 […]
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Gerhard Fieseler. The man behind the Storch
Helion & Company2018English328 pg.ISBN-10: 1911512749 ISBN-13: 978-1911512745Review written by: Max HeldringReaders 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 […]
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EMB-312 Tucano - Brazil's turboprop success story
Harpia Publishing L.L.C.2018English256 pg.978-0-9973092-3-2This 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 […]
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RAF in Camera 1970s
Pen & Sword Books2018English390 pg.9781473897960Review written by: Rene VerjansGoodness me! 390 pages filled with really stunning pictures! Mostly colour but also a couple of black and white ones. I was already a bit of a fan of this expanding series and now completely. It was in 1971 that I was born and that was the time that within the RAF absolutely an enormous […]