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Pilots Notes for Seafire XV & XVII
Air data Publications1946English
40 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 […]
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The Hawker Hurricane: World War II from Primary Sources
Pen & Sword Digital2014English
5060247620961This DVD I recently encountered somewhere on the internet and because I became interested in aircraft from the time of WO II through trips in Tiger Moths, I bought this one. The DVD shows the history of the ‘Hawker Hurricane’ which was designed by Sydney Camm and from 1937 flown through countless countries, but mainly […]
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COBRA! THE Attack helicopter
Pen & Sword Books2014English
248 pg.9781781593387Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe book tells about the genesis of the first attack helicopter. This was born out of necessity. Vietnam became soon too dangerous for unprotected helicopters of the Air Cavalry. What becomes apparent in this book, is that from the early beginning of WO II and the by everyone known M.A.S.H. helicopter for transport of the […]
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Soviet Spyplanes of the Cold War
Pen & Sword Books2013English
96 pg.ISBN-10: 1781592853Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThis large book gave me for the first time insight information about the Soviet’s involvement in and around Israel during the period of just after the 6-day war (initiative Israel) and the Yom Kippur war (initiative Egypt and Syria). Surprisingly detailed the operational dedication of the MIG-25R (reconnaissance) under real war circumstances is explained, even […]
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Het Luchtmacht Boek
Uitgeverij WBOOKS2014Dutch
384 pg.9789066304628Een compactere geschiedenis van onze luchtmacht dan deze bestaat er niet, geloof ik. Dit boek, dat nog kleiner is dan een A5, is toch echt wel heel erg leuk; 384 pagina’s dik met zo’n 360 mooie foto’s die je nog niet eerder gezien hebt. Dit boek laat het de gehele KLu- geschiedenis zien met al […]
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Above the Labyrinth
Michael H. Yeager2014English
157 pg.Review written by: Max HeldringThis 26 chapter counting book describes the experiences of a young aviator, who wants to make his carrier in the large aviation. His father owns a charter company and FBO for planes which makes that because of this he could already obtain his aviation license in a cheap way. After having gained his license he […]
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Trailblazer in Flight- Britain's First Female Jet Airline Captain
Pen & Sword Books2013English
192 pg.1783462671Review written by: Max HeldringThis English book tells in 186 pages the story of Yvonne Pope Sintes, who became in England the first woman captain on a commercial passenger airplane. In that time – we are talking about the 50’s- it was very unusual to employ a woman in a function in the by men dominated aviation. The bigger […]
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Eenige wakkere jongens - Nederlandse oorlogsvliegers in de Britse luchtstrijdkrachten 1940-1945
Boom2013Dutch
500 pg.9789461059260Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.
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Aces of the Reich
Pen & Sword Books2013English
240 pg.9781848327221Review written by: Max HeldringTake the book in your hands, which, by the way, is provided with a beautiful cover and then, with the book in your mind, go back to the 30’s, were it all began with the development of the German Luftwaffe. Because of the treaty of Versailles the Germans were after WO I tied with hands […]
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Legacy of the Lancasters
Pen & Sword Books2013English
256 pg.978 1 78303 007 1Review written by: Nico MulderThe delicious cover of the book – the front sight of a hit Lancaster above one of the German dams, with the engine on fire – did smile to me, but i did let the book lie for a while. I thought it was another one of those impermeable books with the developments of the […]