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In 1940, when young Canadians were rushing off to the recruiting offices, they had no idea what the fates had in store for them.............
Insights into the organisation, equipment, men, machines, technology and tactics of the RAF's bomber offensive 1939 - 1945
Night and day in the Second World War RAF Bomber Command pounded away at the infrastructure of Germany to bring the Reich to its
The B-24 Liberator remains to this day the world's most-produced heavy bomber and multi-engine aircraft, and the most produced military aircraft in US history, with almost 19,000 examples leaving the assembly lines of five plants.
The Hawker Hurricane has rightly earned its place in military aviation annals. Although only preceding the Spitfire by four months in its prototypic launch, the Hawker machine was available in measurably greater numbers by the Battle of Britain, a very cr
The Lockheed Ventura PV-1 AND PV-2 Harpoon was a bomber and patrol aircraft of World War II, used by United States and British Commonwealth forces in several guises. It was developed from the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar transport.
Published 1999, 160 pages, 80 black and white and 3 colour photographs and illustrations, cockpit diagram, test flights list, glossary, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
Includes CD-ROM picture album slideshow
While the Grumman JF/J2F "Duck" floatplane may have been one of the more ungainly aircraft in service, this military workhorse did a tremendous job as a naval utility aircraft, both before and during WWII.
Richly illustrated and filled with anecdotes by Tracker pilots and crewmen, Grumman S2F/S-2 Tracker describes the history and service of this dependable carrier-based antisubmarine aircraft. Both in military and civilian roles. Trackers proved to be adapt
The first volume in the two volume set traces the history of the Mosquito from its first flight in November 1940 through to its production and many variants. The aircraft's varied post-war uses are outlined in roles ranging from oil prospecting and air ra
This authoritative book revives a key theme in Canada’s aviation heritage in a landmark year – the 100th Anniversary of the end of the First World War. This is Canada’s only major title in print covering the nation’s pioneers of aerial combat. It honours
The grandest history of any Canadian squadron and Canada's aviation book of the year for 2004. It begins with 125 Sqn flying Hurricanes in Newfoundland. Army co-op, flying a Hurricane through a ships rigging, surviving a head-on collision, rescue at sea,
This is the story of Charlottetown native, Carl F. Burke, who went from selling radios in a hardware store for $12.00 an hour to founding Maritime Central Airways, acquiring Nordair and becoming one of Canada's most successful aviation entrepreneurs.
The book is a series of short stories, a “memoir in anecdotes” that follows the author through his early years as a youngster in Toronto, on to Military College and Air Force flight training and then through a broad spectrum of professional aviation endi
Aviation in Canada: Volume 7: The CAE Story by Larry Milberry.
This book is a full-out effort covering one of the world’s great aerospace manufacturers. You won’t find many aviation books as beautifully produced or all-encompassing.
This book covers British aircraft flight testing from the early biplanes and pre-war prototypes, to the high-performance WW2 aircraft; from the post-war challenges of the 'sound barrier' to the pressures of the 'Cold War'. Includes the iconic Spitfire, th