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Airline Terrorism- A History with Case Studies
McFarland & Company Inc2024English
448 pg.9781476690841/ 978 1 4766 5228 3Review written by: Max HeldringTerrorism is a word that we read regularly in the newspaper these days, but air terrorism was there since aviation started. Since 1968, when an El Al flight was taken over by terrorists, hijacking was a regular returning occurrence and the most spectacular ones are described in detail in this book.
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His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine
Scribner Books2023English
320 pg.ISBN-10 : 086154708X ISBN-13 : 978-0861547081Review written by: Max HeldringIt is really one of the most fascinating and interesting books I have read about airships that explains and proves documented why airships and in particular Britain’s R101 were dangerous and doomed as a global air transport system. The backgrounds of the persons involved in the realisation of R 101 and their motives take an important of the book. Samuel Gwynne is certainly a very good story teller!
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Best Food Forward
Frontline Books2017English
223 pg.978 1 47389 762 5Review written by: Max HeldringFrom the stories of WW2 during the Battle of Britain the name of Douglas Bader is very well known as the ace without legs. He lost his legs in a prewar flight accident and with a lot of perseverance he became a famous fighter pilot. But there is another fighter pilot who flew without legs […]
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Coming down in the drink
Pen and Sword books2017English
190 pg.9781473891531Review written by: Max HeldringMany books have been written about the second WW and especially bomber command. In this particular book we follow the training and posting at an active squadron of Bomber Command during the war of air gunner/wireless operator John Brennan. At first he was posted as crew member on a Wellington twin engine bomber in the Middle […]
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Airliner Down
John Etzil2017English
352 pg.ASIN: B06XQ4QS5W/ISBN-10: 1521016828 ISBN-13/ 978-1521016824Review written by: Max HeldringNearly all the books I read about aviation are nonfiction. They are about history (mostly second world war), autobiographies or personal flying stories. This (e-)book is a fiction story about the crash of an airliner and the events that lead to that crash. Whether the author is a pilot himself I don’t know but the technical aspects […]
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Aviation secrets
Smashwords ebooks2016English
9781370901081Review written by: Max HeldringThis e-book that I bought for $ 0,99 ( a bargain) contains 168 pages with facts about commercial aviation. It shows only one drawing explaining how gravity and lift makes a plane fly. On each page there is a short story or an event experienced by a crew member and there are also simple technical […]
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A Fighter Command Station at War
Pen and Sword Books2015English
214 pg.9781473844681Nice book this is! It immediately draws the attention through her handy size with a Spitfire, in colour, on the front page. The book is a picture report of the RAF Westhampnett from the time of the Battle of Britain (from the 10th of July 1940 and which endured about 3,5 months) and later with […]
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Why planes crash 2002- Case files 2002
Sylvia Wrigley2015English
161 pg.9781516344253Review written by: Max HeldringThis 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 […]
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Review Voices in Flight: RAF Escapers and Evaders in WWII
Pen and Sword Books2015English
236 pg.9781783831753Review written by: Joris GonggrijpA 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 […]
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Flying the Knife Edge - Papua New Guinea Bush Flying
Matt McLaughlin2015English
978-988-14036-5-0Review written by: Max HeldringThis 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 […]