Military aviation / war

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  • One desert Jet turner

    One desert Jet turner
    Earl Heron
    2002
    English
    X X X X X
    232 pg.
    9780970418937

    I came across this book on the internet and it is exceptional for a few reasons. Earl Heron, the author, spent part of his career working as a maintenance engineer for the US Air Force (USAF). You don’t often see books written by maintenance guys, which makes it exceptional in itself. And I love the […]

  • Van Pioniers tot professionals

    Van Pioniers tot professionals
    Corstiaan Prince & Gijs Dragt
    2012
    Dutch
    X X X X X
    111 pg.

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

  • The spectacle of flight

    The spectacle of flight
    Robert Wohl
    2005
    English
    X X X X X
    323 pg.
    0-300-10692-0

    Never thought I would write 50 reviews about aviation books, but here it really is: my 50th review! And to think that, as a child, I hated books. I didn’t even read the bubbles in comic strips. I am humbly grateful to all those writers of beautiful books who gradually won me round! I carefully […]

  • Heroes and landmarks of British aviation

    Heroes and landmarks of British aviation
    Richard Edwards & Peter J. Edwards
    2012
    English
    X X X X X
    257 pg.
    978-1-84884-645-6

    My interest in British aviation dates from a good 25 years ago when, as a boy I was regularly to be found, practically glued to the perimeter fence of RAF Wildenrath in Germany, jotting down airplane numbers. I’ve fished out the notebook I used at the time. Thumbing through it I see among the entries […]

  • Luchtmeisjes

    Luchtmeisjes
    Ingrid Van Der Chijs
    2012
    Dutch
    X X X X X
    295 pg.
    978 90 388 9434 8

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

  • 100 jaar vliegen voorbij

    100 jaar vliegen voorbij
    Arie de Bruin
    Kosmos Uitgevers
    2008
    Dutch
    X X X X X X
    430 pg.

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

  • Nog een verhaaltje dan...

    Nog een verhaaltje dan...
    Jan Algera
    2012
    Dutch
    X X X X X
    221 pg.
    978-94-90008-10-9

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

  • A hundred feet over hell

    A hundred feet over hell
    Jim Hooper
    Motorbooks International
    English
    X X X X X X
    272 pg.
    978-0760336335

    The 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 […]

  • Last of the few

    Last of the few
    Max Arthur
    2010
    English
    X X X X X
    274 pg.
    9780753522271

    You couldn’t get closer to the Battle of Britain than this book. Max Arthur has split the air war into 6 episodes from ‘Learning to fly’ to ‘First combat’ and ‘The battle for France’ right through to the different phases of the ‘Battle of Britain’ which was largely fought over the Channel and the U.K. […]

  • History in the Arab skies

    History in the Arab skies
    Gerald Butt
    2011
    English
    X X X X X
    232 pg.
    978-9963-610-73-0

    Imagine you can teleport yourself back to the year 1922 and then imagine that you are flying over 500 miles of unending sand from Cairo to Baghdad without any landmarks to help you. Oh, yes, there are no radio beacons and you don’t have any GPS, ATC, etc. How do you do that? Simple! You […]