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Verhaaltjes, het houdt nooit op- Jan Algera
Martin Leeuwis Publications2017Dutch208 pg.ISBN 978 94 90008 192Review written by: Rene VerjansUnfortunately only in Dutch until now!
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African MiGs Volume 1 and 2
Harpia Publishing L.L.C.2010English256 pg.978-0-9825539-8-5Review written by: Rene VerjansSpecial books they are these 2 volumes about a large group of countries in the continent Africa and then especially in –what the writers call- the ‘Sub-Sahara’. Not that I normally am so interested in the air forces of African counties, but I was simply curious about these air forces of which you seldom hear, because […]
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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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Lightning from the Cockpit- Flying the Supersonic Legend
Pen & Sword Books2013English192 pg.978 1 84415 355 8Review written by: Max HeldringThe Lightning was my favorite jetfighter controlling the skies in the sixties over England. Of course I have read more books about the Lightning but never so detailed in describing the history and characteristics of this legend. The first test flight took place in august 1954 and it was in service for more then 28 […]
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Phantom in the Cold War-RAF Wildenrath 1977 - 1992
Pen & Sword Books2017English271 pg.9781526704085Review written by: René VerjansSomewhere around my 14th birthday my dad told me that, approximately 40kms from our home in The Netherlands, there was a British Military airport on German soil, near the border; RAF Wildenrath. He better had not told me so! In about 3 years I have visited probably 40 times and that is where my love […]
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Fighters over the fleet- Naval Air Defence from Biplanes to the Cold War
Seaforth Publishing2016English460 pg.9781848324046Review written by: Rene VerjansYou have books and you have books! This is a BOOK! More than 450 pages with literally everything that concerns aviation at sea. This book from Norman Friedman tells concrete about the development of fighter planes and aircraft carriers from the English Royal Navy, the US Navy and the ‘Imperial Japanese Navy’ from the 20ies […]
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Airliner Down
John Etzil2017English352 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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The Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War
Pen & Sword Books2015English376 pg.9781473828193Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe introduction of this book about the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) fills seven lines and states that this book is based on original documents regarding the operations of the RNAS in WW I. They could have added ‘and an abundance of pictures that accompanied them). The book, with nicely designed hard cover, is primarily […]
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Soviet Cold War Weaponry: Aircraft, Warships and Missiles
Pen and Sword Books215English144 pg.9781473823617Review written by: Max HeldringThe cold war with Russia between the 1950s and 1980s has passed for many of us nearly unnoticed. Mainly in political and military circles it was a big issue and influenced the development of military weaponry substantially. This book describes what a formidable opponent Russia was. It gives the reader an overview of the armory that […]
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Flight Craft 11: English Electric Lightning
Pen & Sword Books2016English96 pg.9781473890558Review written by: Max HeldringIn the sixties the English Electric Lightning was taken into service by the RAF as interceptor as successor of the Hawker Hunter. This jet was his time far ahead. Who does not remember this flamboyant jet? The revolutionary model with two Avon jet engines placed on top of each other was the fastest operational jetfighter at […]