Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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Call Signs- US Army Airplane Stories
BookBaby2019English
192 pg.ISBN-10: 1543981232 ISBN-13: 978-1543981230Review written by: Max HeldringThis charming in hard cover and pocket sized executed book called ‘Call Signs- US Army Airplane Stories’ contains stories about the flight experiences of US Army pilots, a group of pilots that do not have the glamorous image of the fighter and bomber pilots we mostly all read about. However it is a fascinating book […]
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From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog: Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot
Air World2020English
296 pg.ASIN : B08NSJ4SKW/ ISBN: 978 1 52676 1248Review written by: Max HeldringSteve Ladd the author of this book describes his life and career in the USAF and retired as colonel and Director of Operations of the 81st Wing stationed in the UK.
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Jachtvliegers in de koude oorlog - Flirten met de dood?
Martin Leeuwis Publications2010Dutch
304 pg.978 94 90008 04 8Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.
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Southern Thunder
Seaforth Publishing2019English
304 pg.9781526726636Review written by: Joris GonggrijpSorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.
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Shot Down- The true story of WW II pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
Sea Breeze Publishing, LLC2014English
978-0-9860760-0-8 ASIN: B00N4JLJ0OReview written by: Max HeldringWith this book about Howard Snyder, who during WW II was the pilot on a B-17 from the 8th American Air Force, was a card from the author Steve Snyder, son of Howard Snyder, with the words: ‘It’s our duty to remember never forget’. This book goes further than only the events around Howard Snyder […]
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The Couriers of Herodotus
SnarkyPilot Press2023English
225 pg.979 8 9878682 0 1/ ISBN-13 : 979-8987868218Review written by: Max HeldringThe first chapter of this wonderful book contained more or less the basic spar for the rest of the stories to follow. A dramatic event that set the title for this book.
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Broken dreams - The story of a unique Dakota told by the old lady herself
Narwal Publishers2014English
120 pg.978-90-817110-5-0There was no other way it could have ended, that Friday the 13th in August 2010! After all, it was a Friday and it was the 13th. On that particular day, a C-47 was transported from the Wings of Liberation Museum in Best to Valkenburg – a former military air base in the Netherlands. The […]
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Fear of landing: You fly like a woman
2011English
It becomes highly dangerous with all those women in the air! And in addition to that Sylvia Spruck Wrigleywrites she has achieved her license! Do we have to be happy with that?! I think yes! It is –also- because this female pilot can write very originally. Ms Spruck Wrigleycomes with a short ‘story’ in which […]
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Why planes crash 2001 - A critical view on plane crashes in the 21st century
Sylvia Spruck Wrigley2013English
150 pg.UUID 6F7525Co-9255-11 E2 – 9 E 96-0800200C9A66Review written by: Max HeldringThis e-book contains 11 stories of plane crashes, described in great detail, including the communication between the pilots and traffic control. These crashes have taken place during the course of 2001. With each description of the crash also a piece of text of the original investigation report is published and it contains a link to […]
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Why planes crash 2002- Case files 2002
Sylvia Wrigley2015English
161 pg.9781516344253Review written by: Max HeldringThis E-book is the follow-up to a previously published work by Sylvia Wrigley detailing both well-known and relatively unknown plane crashes during 2001. This book describes 11 accidents that occurred in 2002. Among these, the most tragic example of how badly things can go wrong, is the story of a collision between a Tupolev 154M […]