Book Reviews

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  • Van Pioniers tot professionals

    Van Pioniers tot professionals
    Corstiaan Prince & Gijs Dragt
    2012
    Dutch
    X X X X X
    111 pg.

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

  • I want to fly!

    I want to fly!
    Gary Clark
    2012
    English
    X X X X X
    160 pg.

    I trust there is nobody who – like Ding Duck – has had 5,000 flying lessons and still cannot fly! This endearing book is about a sweet little duck who, despite all the necessary materials being available to him: a tower, a flight instructor, a beautiful runway, and despite his very best efforts, he just cannot […]

  • Imperial Outpost in the Gulf

    Imperial Outpost in the Gulf
    Nicholas Stanley-Price
    2012
    English
    X X X X X
    238 pg.

    After having reviewed ‘History in the Arab Skies’ by Gerald Butt, quite by chance I came across this little gem of a book about Sharjah airfield, close to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Its author, Nicholas Stanley-Price, was the cultural heritage advisor to the Sharjah Museums Department in the UAE from 2007 to […]

  • The spectacle of flight

    The spectacle of flight
    Robert Wohl
    2005
    English
    X X X X X
    323 pg.
    0-300-10692-0

    Never thought I would write 50 reviews about aviation books, but here it really is: my 50th review! And to think that, as a child, I hated books. I didn’t even read the bubbles in comic strips. I am humbly grateful to all those writers of beautiful books who gradually won me round! I carefully […]

  • Heroes and landmarks of British aviation

    Heroes and landmarks of British aviation
    Richard Edwards & Peter J. Edwards
    2012
    English
    X X X X X
    257 pg.
    978-1-84884-645-6

    My interest in British aviation dates from a good 25 years ago when, as a boy I was regularly to be found, practically glued to the perimeter fence of RAF Wildenrath in Germany, jotting down airplane numbers. I’ve fished out the notebook I used at the time. Thumbing through it I see among the entries […]

  • Contrails

    Contrails
    Robert Anderson
    2012
    English
    X X X X X
    336 pg.
    978-1479298839

    Contrails by Robert Anderson is the first piece of aviation fiction I have ever reviewed. It is an entertaining and funny novel which drew me in from the start. I found I couldn’t put down because I was so curious as to how the principal character, Sam Claymore, would end up. Sam is a pilot […]

  • Luchtmeisjes

    Luchtmeisjes
    Ingrid Van Der Chijs
    2012
    Dutch
    X X X X X
    295 pg.
    978 90 388 9434 8

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

  • 100 jaar vliegen voorbij

    100 jaar vliegen voorbij
    Arie de Bruin
    Kosmos Uitgevers
    2008
    Dutch
    X X X X X X
    430 pg.

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

  • Piloot van goed en kwaad

    Piloot van goed en kwaad
    Joost Conijn
    Bezige Bij
    2012
    Dutch
    X X X X X X
    207 pg.
    978 90 234 7442 5

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

  • Nog een verhaaltje dan...

    Nog een verhaaltje dan...
    Jan Algera
    2012
    Dutch
    X X X X X
    221 pg.
    978-94-90008-10-9

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.