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Mayday Mayday Mayday-A Pilot’s memoirs
Independently published2020English166 pg.ASIN : B08JF17MB5Review written by: Rene Verjans283rd Review Mayday Mayday Mayday-A Pilot’s memoirs- Brian Clapp Brian Clapp has noted 23.000 flying hours in his journals. 3000 of those hours are RAF flights and, in that time, he flew 8 years in – oh yes- Shackleton’s. After that he transferred to the Nimrod, followed up by a civil career at various airline […]
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The Learjet Diaries
Middle River Press2020English394 pg.ISBN-10 : 1946886157 ISBN-13 : 978-1946886156Review written by: Max HeldringThis story is about a Learjet pilot flying charters out of South Florida mainly to countries in South America.
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The F-4 Phantom: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War)
Pen & Sword Aviation; Illustrated Edition2018English144 pg.ISBN-13 : 978-1526705761 ISBN-10 : 1526705761Review written by: Rene VerjansThis book describes in 4 chapters who the most important users of the Phantoms were. Firstly, the US Navy and US MC; secondly the USAF; thirdly, the Royal Air Force and fourthly, the other users like, for example, Israel, Turkey, Greece, South-Korea and Japan.
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South Pacific Air War Volume 3: Coral Sea & Aftermath May - June 1942
Avonmore books2019English248 pg.ISBN-10: 0994588992 ISBN-13: 978-0994588999Review South Pacific Air War Volume 3: Coral Sea & Aftermath May – June 1942- Michael Claringbould and Peter Ingman This one of the few books about WW II theaters that describes both sides of the conflict. It gives not only the allied version, but also a detailed version of the Japanese operations, including many […]
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Boekbespreking Jachtvliegers doen een boekje open
Leeuwis Publications2020Dutch244 pg.978 94 90008 222Review written by: Rene VerjansReview Jachtvliegers doen een boekje open- Martin Leeuwis Als je dit oer-Hollandse boek ‘Jachtvliegers doen een boekje open’ ziet of in je handen hebt, wil je het op je boekenplank! Alleen de kaft al! De inmiddels wereldberoemde uitgever Martin Leeuwis -bekend van met name de uitgave van aviationhumor-boeken- heeft het hem weer geflikt. Deze keer […]
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1973: THE FIRST NUCLEAR WAR. CRUCIAL AIR BATTLES OF THE OCTOBER 1973 ARAB-ISRAELI WAR
Helion & Company2019English80 pg.9781911628712Review written by: Rene VerjansTHE FIRST NUCLEAR WAR. In 1973 I was 2 years old and that is exactly the reason why I didn’t know about this ‘war’. And then it is very nice that this book of Helion & Company crosses my path to change that! It is a book from the ‘Middle East & War-series’ of which […]
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Flight Craft 18; British Military Test and Evaluation Aircraft The golden years 1945-1945
Pen and Sword books2019English72 pg.9781526746719Review written by: Rene VerjansSometimes I am jealous of the British! (and sometimes also not, by the way!) But now I am, when reading this beautiful colourful book of Flight Craft; what an aviation history has been created in a couple of decennia! And here we are just talking about the 1945-1975 years that are described in this book. […]
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Colours in the Sky- The History of Autair and Court Line Aviation
Pen & Sword Books2018English320 pg.9781526725561Review written by: Max Heldring233rd Review Colours in the Sky- The History of Autair and Court Line Aviation- Graham M. Simons The history of British Autair and Courtline Aviation is recorded in this book that gives us a thorough history outlay of its activities during the years of its existence. Autair was founded in 1953 and soon afterward the […]
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MEXICANS AT WAR. MEXICAN MILITARY AVIATION IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1941-1945
Helion & Company Publishing2018English232 pg.978-1-9122390-06-9Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp228th Review MEXICANS AT WAR. MEXICAN MILITARY AVIATION IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1941-1945- Santiago A. Flores Otherwise than the title suggests, does this book not only set out the warfare in WO II but also the revolutions that swept across Mexico during 1910 till 1941. Even the by us known revolutionary ‘figureheads’ like Pancho […]
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Flight from the Croft
Whittles Publishing2019English224 pg.ISBN-10: 184995397X ISBN-13: 978-1849953979Review written by: Max Heldring226th Review Flight from the Croft- Bill Innes In Dutch croft means small farm. Well the contents of this book do not cover the title however what the author wants to tell us: were ever you originated from there is no limit in what you can achieve. In this book he is telling us his […]