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De Havilland Enterprises: A History
Pen & Sword Books2017English2017 pg.9781473861381Review written by: Joris GonggrijpCaptain Geoffrey de Havilland (1882 – 1965) has established on 25 September 1920 the company which is now bearing his name, with financial support from his friends. The life story of – later Sir Geoffrey – shows remarkable resemblance with that of his contemporary Anthony Fokker. Both looking for a profession just after the turn of […]
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The AVRO Type 698 VULCAN: Design and Development
Pen & Sword Books2017English487 pg.978 1 47388 667 4Review written by: Max HeldringMany books are written about the history of the big 3 V-Bombers of the RAF namely the Handley Page Victor, Vickers Valiant and the Avro Vulcan. But the most iconic of the three is the Avro Vulcan because of its appearance and flight characteristics. 95 Planes were built in different executions and served with the […]
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The B-58 Blunder: How the U.S. Abandoned its Best Strategic Bomber
George Holt Jr.2015English140 pg.ISBN-10: 0692478817 ISBN-13: 978-0692478813Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezI first saw a picture of the Convair B-58 Hustler in C.B. Colby’s 1966 book Jets of the World: New Fighters, Bombers and Transports. I discovered the book in the library of Buena Vista Elementary school. The year was 1972 and I was in the second grade. As best as I recall, the library had […]
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VC10: Icon of the Skies
Pen and Sword Books2017English224 pg.9781473875326Review written by: Max HeldringWith the VC-10 in the main role this book describes with thorough arguments the downfall of the British aircraft industry. The story started in the post war years when BOAC was ruling the skies specifically in the British colonies in Africa. BOAC was looking for the ultimate jetliner that could handle the difficult British and European […]
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Orville Wright: How We Invented the Airplane
Dover Publications Inc.1988English96 pg.ISBN10 0486256626 ISBN13 9780486256627Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezHuffman Prairie is an isolated, quiet place eight miles outside of Dayton, Ohio. The field takes its name from a banker named Torrance Huffman who owned the cow pasture at the time the Wright brothers flew the Wright Flyer III, the aircraft that proved that controlled flight was possible. The field is vast. Wilbur and […]
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Flight: 100 Years of Aviation
DK Publishing2009EnglishB00J5SZF8A/ B014S40UQMReview written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezThe pilot slowly brings the aircraft to the beginning of the runway. I look around the cabin and notice many passengers asleep. They have been sleeping since shortly after boarding. In this regard, I am of one mind with the stoic philosopher, Marcus Aurelius, when the venerable ancient Greek thinker writes, “Thus to a man […]
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Twin Cessna The Cessna 300 and 400 series of Light Twins
Schiffer Publishing Ltd2017English127 pg.9780764352263Review written by: Rene VerjansIn the past when I was young…30 years ago..or so.. the air was still congested with planes. At least in the Netherlands! Anyway, that is my experience. If it weren’t jets, then it was a Boeing E3A Centry and if it wasn’t a Boeing, than you would hear the unmistakable sound of a 2 engine […]
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Douglas DC-9/MD-80 - At the Gate No. 1
Squadron/Signal Publications2007English80 pg.ISBN-10: 089747516X ISBN-13: 978-0897475167Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezWith the passage of time, the reliable Douglas DC-9 has proven to be a venerable aircraft. In a milieu when machines are readily discarded, often on the fickle whim of passing fads, the DC-9 is still flying. Douglas DC-9/MD-80 is a very good visual portrayal of the different series of the Douglas DC-9. The book […]
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The Boeing 787: Dreamliner
Schiffer Publishing Ltd2014English152 pg.ISBN-10: 0764346377 ISBN-13: 978-0764346378Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezBesides flying, being around airplanes, and airplane watching and identification, nothing gives aviation enthusiasts greater pleasure than reading about airplanes and aviation history. Aviation enthusiasts are engaged historians of flight and the technology that has made flight possible. In many ways, the history of aviation is as intellectual as it is visual. From the beginning […]
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Higher: 100 Years of Boeing
Chronicle Books, San Francisco2015English192 pg.9781452140537Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezThe Boeing Company is synonymous with twentieth century American technology and industry. From its humble start in a boathouse in Seattle, the Boeing Company has been a world leader in aviation history and the development of rockets and satellites. William Boeing, a lumberman, started the company in 1916. The young Boeing combined his robust love of […]