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Aircraft: general interest
Brand: Amberley Publishing
On 27 June 1910, the first ever all-British Flying Meeting began at Dunstall Park racecourse, Wolverhampton, and began an unbroken century of flying in the area. Dunstall Park, actually one of the first airports in the whole country, was to remain t..
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Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
The 125, with its various prefixes, was first conceived in the 1960s. Initially the response was lukewarm, but as the benefits of individual jet travel began to become apparent, particularly in North America, the orders began to arrive. This mid-cab..
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A celebration of fifty of history's most influential aircraft, their pilots, designers - from the Wright brothers through two world wars and modern stealth technology. ISBN: 9780228102618Publisher: The Boston Mills PressImprint: Firefly BooksPublish..
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Brand: The History Press
The invention of the aeroplane was the dawn of a new way of travelling. Its potential was quickly realised, and aircraft were developed to carry first mail and then passengers, over distances that would have previously taken many hours or even days...
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Brand: The History Press
For five decades the RAF's Red Arrows have amazed and entertained millions of people right around the world with their breathtaking formation aerobatic displays. This commemorative edition tells the story of the Reds, as they are affectionately know..
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Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
Extending the principles of the famed Peterson Identification System to the man-made world, A Field Guide to Airplanes will enable you to identify virtually any plane in North America, in the air or on the ground. This fully revised and updated third..
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Brand: McFarland Publishers
In the late nineteenth century, circus aerialists collaborated with show balloonists to perform death-defying stunts, initially by suspending themselves from trapeze bars beneath a balloon, later by jumping from the balloons using fabric parachutes...
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Brand: The History Press
It has been 100 years since the first airfield was established in the country town of Yeovil. Since 1915, aircraft have been designed, manufactured and tested at Westland, including the Lysander, used to transport British agents to Europe during the..
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Brand: The Crowood Press
Today's model aircraft kits are more advanced than ever, including levels of detail unimaginable a few years ago. Yet there is still much that cannot be reproduced 'out of the box' and enthusiastic modellers are attracted by advanced techniques and ..
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Brand: Haynes Publishing
This is one of the new Icon titles from Haynes. Originally published in the classic manual size, this compact format will appeal to trade outlets and gift markets. Written by two of British Airways' most experienced Concorde flight crew, the Concord..
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Brand: Amberley Publishing
In 1976 a Jersey-based air taxi operator purchased two elderly Dakota aircraft for cargo charters as Air Atlantique. Thus began the saga of an airline that would eventually operate one of the largest fleets of Dakotas in the world, acquire four-engi..
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ISBN: 9780071832649Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education LLC (Professional)Imprint: McGraw-HillPublished date: 27 Sep 2000DEWEY: 363.12465097Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 426Weight: 1gHeight: 229mmWidth: 152mmSpine width: 24mm..
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Brand: Amber Books Ltd
With the aid of 232 extraordinarily detailed line drawings, Aircraft Anatomy shows how a wide selection of classic and modern military aircraft were put together - both inside and out. From World War II to the present day, each complex line drawing ..
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Brand: Fonthill Media Limited
ISBN: 9781781556771Publisher: FonthillImprint: FonthillPublished date: 22 Mar 2018DEWEY: 359.94350945DEWEY edition: 23Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 255Weight: 798gHeight: 255mmWidth: 178mmSpine width: 23mm..
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Brand: Dover Publications Inc.
This treasure trove of cutaway views of 1940s aircraft features art from the top magazines of the era: Aeroplane, Flight, Aviation, L'Aeronautique, and others. While the majority of the focus is on American models, the extensive notes and explanatio..
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Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
During the late 1940s and into the 1950s, a number of British jet fighter and bomber aircraft were fitted with new, different or additional engines, both jet and rocket, to enable them to serve as test beds for those specific powerplants. These airc..
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Brand: Amber Books Ltd
For over 40 years NATO and Warsaw Pact aircraft faced each other across the Iron Curtain, or fought in proxy wars around the world. Illustrated with detailed artworks of combat aircraft and their markings, Aircraft of the Cold War 1945-1991: Identif..
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Brand: The Crowood Press
For most of the past century, beautiful models of airliners have been made to promote their airlines' services in travel agents and their own shops. The models also illustrate the evolution of airliner design over these decades: the wood and fabric ..
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The 1990s brought with it many important developments for the aviation world. The dissolution of the USSR and Yugoslavia led to a rise of new countries and airlines. The aircraft faced changes as well. The early jetliners found themselves hauling ca..
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Brand: John Hunt Publishing
In Airplane Reading, Christopher Schaberg and Mark Yakich bring together a range of essays about air travel. Discerning and full of wonder, this prismatic collection features perspectives from a variety of writers, airline workers, and everyday trav..
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Brand: Mortons Media Group
The cold war arms race presented the United States of America with immense political, military and technological challenges. Air superiority in particular was essential for the defence of the Free World against communist expansion and the constant t..
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Brand: Mortons Media Group
The Soviet Union's first successful atomic bomb detonation in August 1949 was a wakeup call for US Navy planners. The possibility of a single Soviet aircraft wiping out an entire convoy of merchant ships with a nuclear weapon had suddenly become ver..
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Brand: The History Press
Norfolk and Suffolk are bursting with aviation heritage, having played key roles in military aviation through the two world wars and beyond. Notable landmarks include airfields past and present, traces of former radar stations, decoy airfields and o..
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Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
The vision of Alliott Verdon Roe and his team in designing and building the 748 resulted in a highly successful commercial airliner, that since the 1960s has been responsible for opening new air routes in many corners of the world. Many of the airst..
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