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The Royal Air Force in the cold war 1950-1970
Pen & Sword Books2014English192 pg.9781783831890When I reviewed my first aviation book, about 4 years ago, I obviously didn’t think that finally a 100…and more reviews would be written! But they are there and we will just keep continuing! Simply because amongst the aviation books there are a lot of interesting, fascinating and beautiful pearls, which show the firmament of […]
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THE DISASTROUS FALL AND TRIUMPHANT RISE of the FLEET AIR ARM from 1912 to 1945
Pen & Sword Books2014English256 pg.9781473821132Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe subtitle “Sea Eagles led by Penguins” already gives the suspicion that the writer, himself a fighterpilot from aircraft carriers in WO II, feels rancorous opposite to the by then naval aviation service direction (Flee Air Arm, FAA). Hence this book is written honestly ‘on the skin’, right from his hearth! After WO I the […]
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Glider pilots at Arnhem
Pen & Sword2014English298 pg.9781473822795Review written by: Joris GonggrijpIn a nutshell: on the 17th of September 1944, 11.500 men from the 1st Airborne Division, including the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade landed across the north bank at the Rijn by Arnhem to occupy ‘the bridge’. On the 25th of September, 2.500 men were taken back with boats to the south bank of the […]
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McDonnell F3H Demon- In detail & Scale
Detail & Scale Aviation Publications2014English452 pg.ASIN B00HSDKKYIReview written by: Max HeldringThis E-book about the F3H Demon published by Detail & Scale Aviation Publication contains an elaborate description of the history of the first, arrow-winged marine jet of the United States. It is part of more publications about the by the US marine engaged jets suitable for use from their aircraft carriers. As the title tells, […]
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Defending Britain's Skies 1940-1945
Pen & Sword2014English288 pg.9781783462070Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe tittle already reveals it, Despatches from the front, and here they are the four soldiers to whom was entrusted the defending of the British airspace, by the War Office. The most known, and I also think most appealing person of them is, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh C.T. Dowding, who lead the Fighter Command […]
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To The Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam
NAL Trade2007English416 pg.ISBN-10: 0451222180Review written by: Rinie HoogendoornThe ones who found Robert Mason’s ‘Chickenhawk’ interesting, shall surely appreciate Tom A. Johnson’s ‘To the limit’. Johnsons describes his mission as helicopter pilot to Vietnam in 1968, the year of the battles for Hue and Khe San. If you always wondered how it would be to land a difficult to navigate, fragile and overloaded […]
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The Final Hours- The Luftwaffe Plot against Göring
Potomac Books, Inc.2005English224 pg.ISBN-10: 1574888633Review written by: Rinie HoogendoornThe plot against Göring? Why haven’t we read anything about that before in the history books? Whoever buys this book because of the promising subtitle, shall be disappointed. There was no conspiracy. Only a lot of grumbling. That doesn’t alter the fact that this book, written by a fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe during the […]
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Hamfist down
2012English233 pg.978-0-9754362-2-6Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp‘This book is dedicated to American military veterans, past, present and future’; the first sentence is: ‘Getting shot down sucks.’ With that the tone of this Vietnam book has been set. Special Ops and Green Berets all over the place. And owh dear you if you say something nasty (Japanese journalist) about it! Interesting fact […]
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From Stearmans to Starfighters: A Pilot's Memoir Paperback
Tree of Life Memoirs2014English152 pg.0615982360Review written by: Max HeldringThis book describes the military and civil carrier of William H. Pickron Jr., as an aviator, written by his daughter Patricia West. When William Prickon’s health at the end of 2012 diminished, he decided, after endless pressure from his family, to put onto paper his carrier as jet pilot at USAF and later as private […]
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Pilots Notes for Seafire XV & XVII
Air data Publications1946English40 pg.-Still, very nice to have in your hands! Lately I was in the beautiful RAF museum in London where I bought this little book. It is a copy of the manual that the World War II pilots got by their instruction. It counts 40 pages and a few enclosures. Really everything is in it; from […]