Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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Average A Training Diary
EDD Industries2015English
190 pg.978-0-9932785-0-1Review written by: Max HeldringAfter an intensive pilot training of 3 years in the RAF the author is stationed as a fighter pilot in an operational squadron. About this training period and the first year with the 54th squadron of the RAF as a fighter pilot on the Sepecat Jaguar the author wrote a diary with the most important […]
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Hawker VC The first RFC ACE
2013English
247 pg.Review written by: Joris GonggrijpSorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.
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Spitfire on my tail - a view from the other side
Independent BooksEnglish
9781872836003It is again the second world war, which yields a very good book. This time it’s a book by a German Messerschmitt 109-pilot who was shot down on October 27, 1940 by a Spitfire over the south east of the United Kingdom. The Battle of Britain was in full swing and not long after that […]
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Say Again and no More
Martin Leeuwis Publications1982English
200 pg.9789080037519I already had almost the entire series om my bookshelf, but it turns out I didn’t have this book yet! 200 pages of airplane humor from 1982 and 1989. Yes, you read that right; 1982 and 1989! This book – which is now a combination of the books Say Again from 1982 and Say no […]
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Lock on No1 F-104/ No2 F-16
Verlinden PublicationsEnglish
90 70932 01 6/90 70932 03 2Jesus, that was long ago! These booklets were issued in 1983 and 1984. Already almost 30 years old, but still so beautiful that I had to write about them. The books are not too thick and actually written for fanatic modellers. The books contain lots of photos of all the details of the F-104 Starfighter […]
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Thud Pilot, A pilot’s account of early F-105 combat in Vietnam
Fonthill Media Limited2018English
160 pg.9781781556504Review written by: Max HeldringThud Pilot! The author Victor Vizcarra flew his F-105 Thunderchief during the early days of the Vietnam war when air combat started to become more intensive. The F-105 Thunderchief (Thud) was a fighter bomber and was the most important bomber of the USAF in the first years of the war with North Vietnam. Its primary role […]
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A Soul in the Wires: The Barnstormer's Dream
2016English
240 pg.978-94-92-26-9-10-2Review written by: Max HeldringThis e-book tells the story of the flying life of Jonathan Pryce during the final battles of WW1 and the following years. The book starts on the front line where Jonathan is stationed as a fighter pilot, is shot down, and survives his injuries. The last days of air battle are grueling and traumatic and keep […]
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Review A Soul in the Wires Book 2: The Hollywood Years
Amazon Digital Services LLC2016English
267 pg.978-94-92-269112Review written by: Max HeldringJonathan Price, a traumatized World War I pilot returns from the horror in France and tries to start a life at his parent’s ranch in Nebraska. Restless and looking for ‘more’ in life, together with his young wife Peggy he picks up the dream of aviation barnstormers. They fly all over the Mid-West of the […]
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F9F Panther Units of the Korean War
Osprey Publishing2014English
96 pg.978-17800-350Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezReview F9F Panther Units of the Korean War- Warren Thompson The end of World War II saw the defeat of German national socialism and the propping up of international communism, which spread from the Soviet Union. Even though international communism had been a reality since the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks created a […]
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Inside the sky: A Mediation on Flight / Tussen de wolken
2003Dutch, English
215 pg.0679429832Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.