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Airline Terrorism- A History with Case Studies
McFarland & Company Inc2024English
448 pg.9781476690841/ 978 1 4766 5228 3Review written by: Max HeldringTerrorism is a word that we read regularly in the newspaper these days, but air terrorism was there since aviation started. Since 1968, when an El Al flight was taken over by terrorists, hijacking was a regular returning occurrence and the most spectacular ones are described in detail in this book.
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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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Bombing Hitler’s Hometown- The Untold Story of the Last Mass Bomber Raid of WW II
Kensington Publishing Corp.2024English
463 pg.978 0 8065 4304 8Review written by: Max HeldringMike Croissant is telling in this book the stories of the bomber crews that were participating in one of the last big bomber raids on the Austrian city Linz shortly before the war ended.
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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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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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How’’d they do that? Grandparents answer questions about the Wright Brothers and Amelia Earhart
FriesenPress2023English
132 pg.ISBN-10 : 1039176259 ISBN-13 : 978-1039176256Review written by: Max HeldringThe title of this book tells it all. Special for kids who wants to learn more about the great adventures of the heroes that conquered the skies in the early years of the last century.
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A Pilot’s Story, From the ruins of Alitalia to the desert of Qatar
Cartabianca Publishing Bologna2023English
178 pg.978 88 888 0563 4Review written by: Max HeldringThe cover of this book shows a funny cartoon of a pilot kicked out of his homeland Italy and landing in the desert between the camels. It suggests a light-hearted story of the adventures of a pilot in his flying career. But that is not the case when reading this book. Iwan Anzellotti an experienced […]
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Jet Web CONNECTIONS in the Development History of Turbojet Engines 1920 – 1950
Springer2023English
738 pg.ISBN 978-3-658-38530-9 ISBN 978-3-658-38531-6 (eBook)Review written by: Alexander BeeckEckardt’s ‘Jet Web’ offers a comprehensive exploration of the development history of turbojet engines from the 1920s to the late 1950s. It primarily focuses on the intricate relationships and collaborations between the United Kingdom (& USA), Germany, and Switzerland in this fascinating journey. While the narrative repeats in parts the well-known ‘Whittle vs. Von Ohain Saga’, it mainly sheds new light on unexpected connections and especially, the significant influence of axial compressor technology from the Swiss-German company Brown Boveri & Cie.
The author, a gas turbine engineer, spent a decade meticulously researching and compiling this remarkable account, resulting in a weighty volume with some 250 informative b/w photographs, technical schemes and detailed drawings. This document provides an overview of the book’s content, emphasizing its unique contributions and the target audience it aims to engage.
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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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His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine
Scribner Books2023English
320 pg.ISBN-10 : 086154708X ISBN-13 : 978-0861547081Review written by: Max HeldringIt is really one of the most fascinating and interesting books I have read about airships that explains and proves documented why airships and in particular Britain’s R101 were dangerous and doomed as a global air transport system. The backgrounds of the persons involved in the realisation of R 101 and their motives take an important of the book. Samuel Gwynne is certainly a very good story teller!