Boekrecensies

• 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.

• A Pilot’s Story, From the ruins of Alitalia to the desert of Qatar

  
  Ivan Anzellotti

  Cartabianca Publishing Bologna

  2023

  English

  

  178 pg.

  978 88 888 0563 4
  Review written by: Max Heldring

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

• 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!

• Fly For Your Life: The Story of Spitfire & Hurricane Ace Robert Stanford Tuck

  
  Larry Forrester

  Acquisition Analytics Inc

  2022

  English

  

  378 pg.

  ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1738697312 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1738697311
  Review written by: Max Heldring

  (English) This biography of Stanford Tuck was first published in 1956 and as a youngster who had a great desire to become a pilot I have read this book with red ears. Now 60 years later it is still a nice book to read for everyone interested in the history of WW2 and especially in the Battle of Britain were Stanford Tuck played a star role as a fighter pilot with 29 confirmed victories.

• Herinneringen van een jachtvlieger

  
  Evert ‘Ace’ Motshagen

  Martin Leeuwis Publications

  2023

  Dutch

  

  704 pg.

  978 94 90008 321
  Review written by: Rene Verjans

  Van alle luchtvaartboeken die ik heb is dit wel een heel bijzonder boek; het is een boek in twee delen. Oorspronkelijk zou het boek 850 pagina’s dik zijn, maar dat werd te gek. Daarom is in overleg met uitgever
  Martin Leeuwis besloten gekozen voor een tweedelige set boeken, met totaal meer dan 700 pagina’s op A4-formaat Nederlandse luchtmacht geschiedenis en honderden foto’s. Evert Motshagen is luchtmacht-vlieger en startte in 1954 met zijn eerste trainingsvlucht op een Fokker S-11 om 30 jaar later in 1984 te eindigen op een F-16. Welk vliegtuig vloog hij niet? Wat een carrière!

• Pacific Tomcat – A pictorial History of the F-14 Tomcat in the Pacific Fleet

  
  James Geer

  Scramble 4 Productions, LLC

  2022

  English

  

  144 pg.

  979-8985799705
  Review written by: Rene Verjans

  (English) This time a review of a picture book. A great edition it is as well and from photographer James Geer, who is great fan of the F-14 Tomcat!

• MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD,

  
  Gabriel Cox

  Fighting High Publishing

  2022

  English

  

  240 pg.

  ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BGMBML86
  Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

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