Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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The PILOT Factor : A Fresh Book Into CRM
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2014English
92 pg.ISBN 1497374618Review written by: Max Heldring“It’s possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill”- Wilbur Wright. That statement sets the tone for this little book. CRM (Crew Resource Management) is then outlined from multiple point of views. This is a book about cockpit CRM. Next to the ‘theory’ luckily also a lot of examples are used in […]
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Jetliner Cabins, Evolution & Innovation
2014English
B00L13WAGWReview written by: Max HeldringThe title of this splendid e-book, written by Jennifer Coutts Clay, doesn’t quite cover the load, because the content contains much more than just information about the decoration of the modern jetliners. This book describes the development of the airplane interior since the introduction of the first generation commercial jetliners. Not only the upholstery of […]
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World War II From Above: An Aerial View of the Global Conflict
Zenit Press/ Omniboek The Netherlands2014English/ Dutch
2018 pg.0760345732/ Dutch Version: 9401905959Review written by: Rene VerjansJeremy Harwood has made a surveyable book about the Second World War in the air. The book is divided into five chapters that tell about the initiation of the war, the Blitzkrieg, the years after that and the end of the war. Within these chapters Harwood zooms in on the most important events that took […]
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Ik kan Vliegen
http://www.aerialmediacom.nl2016Dutch
143 pg.978-94-026-0151-0Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.
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Check Six! A Thunderbolt Pilot's War Across the Pacific
Casemate Publishers2015English
352 pg.9781612002996Review written by: Max HeldringReview on Check Six! James Curran flew the P-47 Thunderbolt also nicknamed the Jug in the Pacific theatre. In 293 pages he documented his personal experiences as pilot of this famous and feared fighter bomber that played an important role in the air war over the Pacific. There was no heroic and luxury existence for […]
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A hundred feet over hell
Motorbooks InternationalEnglish
272 pg.978-0760336335The Vietnam war, which was in many ways an exceptional war – for the US, that is – ended some 40 years ago, but really good books about it continue to be published. The famous Chickenhawk by ex-UH-1 pilot Robert Mason came out in 1984. Karl Marlantes published his ‘Matterhorn’ in 2010, but we will […]
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Operation Eldorado Canyon: The 1986 US Bombing Raid on Libya
Harpia Publishing Verlags GmbH2024English
256 pg.ISBN 987-1-95039-412-8Review written by: Rene VerjansIt was an ‘interesting time’ in the eighties of the last century with respect to terrorism. The Americans also were a regular target of terrorism and Libya was one of the countries that was actively and provably involved by the attacks. President Gaddafi was strongly anti-Israel and supported terroristic organisations. One was even afraid that Libya would become a nuclear power. For this review it goes too far to highlight the whole political situation and all the attacks. There were attacks at the end of 1985 at the airport of Vienna and Rome with lots of victims. Next to that Libya took over the Gulf of Sidra, north of Libya. That was not acknowledged internationally, especially not by the Americans – who only accepted the international acknowledged 12 miles – and therefor sent aircraft carriers to the Mediterranean Sea. Libya responded with ‘aggression’ towards the US ships, and this led to a confrontation on March 24th 1986: read: the US brought some Libyan ships down and destroyed some SAM-locations. Not much later – on the 5th of April – a bombing followed on a nightclub in Berlin by which 3 people did not survive and 229 got wounded, under which 79 Americans. On April 14th 1986 Ronald Reagan officially gave the order for an attack on Libya, which was executed in the night of April 15tht. In the deepest confidentiality the mission was prepared in the previous months by the aviation sections that would also be directly involved.
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EMB-312 Tucano - Brazil's turboprop success story
Harpia Publishing L.L.C.2018English
256 pg.978-0-9973092-3-2This book describing the success story of the EMB Tucano is a joy to read and a marvelous photo book showing the Tucano in all his executions and paintings that were used by the different air forces it served. The Tucano was developed as successor of the different basic and light jet trainers in use […]
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Douglas DC-9/MD-80 - At the Gate No. 1
Squadron/Signal Publications2007English
80 pg.ISBN-10: 089747516X ISBN-13: 978-0897475167Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezWith the passage of time, the reliable Douglas DC-9 has proven to be a venerable aircraft. In a milieu when machines are readily discarded, often on the fickle whim of passing fads, the DC-9 is still flying. Douglas DC-9/MD-80 is a very good visual portrayal of the different series of the Douglas DC-9. The book […]
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Modern USMC Air Power, Aircraft and units of the Flying ‘Leathernecks’
Harpia Publishing2020English
256 pg.ISBN-10 : 1950394026 ISBN-13 : 978-1950394029Review written by: René VerjansThe books of Harpia Publishing had caught my eye before; strong through its logical built up and great because of the good finish and razor-sharp beautiful pictures.