Geschiedenis van de luchtvaart

• Never Fly A Broken Plane

  
  LK Greer

  FTA Publishing

  2024

  English

  

  116 pg.

  979-8991073707
  Review written by: Max Heldring

  Onze verontschuldigingen, dit bericht is alleen beschikbaar in Amerikaans Engels.

• Het Logboek van Willem Raap- De vrije vliegenier

  
  Herman Mateboer

  Martin Leeuwis Publications

  2024

  Dutch

  

  128 pg.

  978 94 90008 284
  Review written by: Max Heldring

  Martin Leeuwis is bekend van het uitgeven van boeken met cartoons en korte verhalen over de luchtvaart en komt regelmatig met nieuwe uitgaves. Nu ook komt hij weer met dit originele boek met korte verhalen over de carrière van Willem Raap (een synoniem) als vlieger bij Martinair. Deze uitgave heeft wel een bijzonder tintje gezien […]

• Dutch Boys

  
  Martin Leeuwis (Editor)

  Martin Leeuwis Publications

  2024

  English

  

  208 pg.

  ISBN 97894 90008 314
  Review written by: Rene Verjans

  (English) Yes, finally an English edition! It had to happen sometime! After previous publications by publisher Leeuwis Productions with Air Force pilot stories in Dutch, now finally a book in English. It contains almost 150 short stories by 62 Dutch Air Force pilots. And people, just to be clear, I really don’t have any shares in this publisher, but I have been a fan of this book format for years; just to the point, all kinds of stories about experiences with older and newer aircraft, sometimes serious or with drama or accidents, and so on and so on!

• From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog: Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot

  
  Steve Ladd

  Air World

  2020

  English

  

  296 pg.

  ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08NSJ4SKW/ ISBN: 978 1 52676 1248
  Review written by: Max Heldring

  (English) Steve 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.

• Curtiss 18T Wasp (Pioneros de la aviación boliviana 1920-1924 nº 1)

  
  Roberto Carlos Subauste Perez

  2020

  Spanish

  

  104 pg.

  ASIN ‏ : ‎ B087CCDF7V
  Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

  (English) Mr. Subauste Perez did in depth research on the roots of Bolivian aviation. Virtually every aspect is covered by this series of books of which the story of the Curtiss 18T Wasp (T for Triplane) is the first. This book covers the origin of this aircraft, its history in a general context, the Bolivian connection, a thorough technical description of  the airframe and engine, and as a background the socio-political situation of contemporary Bolivia. It also puts Bolivia in the general history of the surrounding South American countries.

• How’’d they do that? Grandparents answer questions about the Wright Brothers and Amelia Earhart

  
  Joseph Howard Cooper

  FriesenPress

  2023

  English

  

  132 pg.

  ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1039176259 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1039176256
  Review written by: Max Heldring

  (English) The 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.

• And I lived to Tell the Tales: The life of a fighter Pilot

  
  Ed Cobleigh

  Check Six Books

  2022

  English

  

  258 pg.

  978 1629 6723 80
  Review written by: Max Heldring

  (English) Another book written by Ed Cobleigh about his career in the US Air Force. His style remains the same informative, fascinating and  sometimes humorous.

• Jet Web CONNECTIONS in the Development History of Turbojet Engines 1920 – 1950

  
  Dietrich ECKARDT

  Springer

  2023

  English

  

  738 pg.

  ISBN 978-3-658-38530-9 ISBN 978-3-658-38531-6 (eBook)
  Review written by: Alexander Beeck

  (English) Eckardt’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.

• The Couriers of Herodotus

  
  Steve Williams

  SnarkyPilot Press

  2023

  English

  

  225 pg.

  979 8 9878682 0 1/ ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8987868218
  Review written by: Max Heldring

  (English) The 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.

• His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine

  
  Samuel C. Gwynne

  Scribner Books

  2023

  English

  

  320 pg.

  ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 086154708X ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0861547081
  Review written by: Max Heldring

  (English) It 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!