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Following right behind Volume 1 Aviation in Canada: The Pioneer Decades, CANAV is excited to introduce you to Volume 2 – Aviation in Canada: The Formative Years. Here is another "must have" book for any sincere fan of Canada's great aviation heritage. Mak
Aviation in Canada: The Pioneer Decades is the first general interest book dedicated solely to Canada's beginnings in flight. From an introductory balloon ascent in New Brunswick in 1840, daring "aeronauts" feel their way along at the edge of the unknown.
Aviation in Canada: Volume 4: Bombing & Coastal Operations Overseas: 1939-1945 Hardcover
Published 2011, 550 black & white photos, 272 pages, bibliography, glossary, index, hardcover, large format, 9 1/4" x 12 1/4",
Air Transport in Canada is the 20th in the world-acclaimed CANAV Books aviation series, and the grandest Canadian aviation book ever published. With 800,000 words and 4,000 photos it is perhaps more of an event than a book...............
52 pages, black & white and colour photographs, 45 colour profiles, colour multi-view, 1:72 scale line drawing plans, production and unit lists, model kit decal and accessory list, softcover, A4 Format, 21 cm (8 1/4”) x 29.7 cm (11 3/4 “)
If you are a fan of aviation history, The Leslie Corness Propliner Collection belongs in your library. The story begins in the 1930s with young Leslie photographic aviation at Edmonton's historic Blatchord Field. The early pages show how his interests evo
This beautifully illustrated book follows the history of one of Canada's most important and successful aircraft, the CP-107 Argus. Developed and built in Canada in the years following World War Two, this majestic airplane was used during the Cold War in A
For the first time, the extraordinary history of Canada’s airshow teams is recorded in its entirety. In this lavishly illustrated and expanded second edition, the full history of every military air display team in Canadian history is explored in extensive
This is the most detailed book ever about the famous F-86 Sabre. Designed by North American Aviation in California, the Sabre is the classic jet fighter of all time, the plane that made history by taking control of the skies over Korea and drubbing the MI
The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was the first USAF jet fighter equipped with an afterburner, as well as the first operational all-weather fighter aircraft to enter combat. F-94s flew in the Korean War, and with Air National Guard uniLockheed F94 Starfire: Air
The most definitive account published in recent years of this mainstay of the Luftwaffe that first saw military service in the 1930s and was then engaged in operations in the Spanish Civil War through to the end of World War II.
During WWII, the US Navy adopted the Consolidated B-24D Liberator as a long-range patrol bomber/sub hunter (PB4Y-1) and as an armed photo recon aircraft (PB4Y-1P). These Navy PB4Y Liberators became deadly hunter-killer aircraft and destroyed over a 1,000
The PB2Y Coronado was a large flying boat patrol bomber designed by Consolidated Aircraft. After deliveries of the PBY Catalina, also a Consolidated aircraft, began in 1935, the United States Navy began planning for the next generation of patrol bombers.
Companion volume to the acclaimed French Secret Projects 1, this fascinating book contains technical drawings, promotional art, mock-ups, wind tunnel models, and X-plane prototypes, to present a comprehensive view of French military bomber, strike aircraf
This unique reference details the RAF aircraft and technologies developed for logistics support of the British armed forces from the Cold War era up through today's precision delivery of equipment to forward operating bases in Afghanistan and the Middle E
The XB-51 was Martin's answer to a 1946 Army Air Force design competition for a new ground-support aircraft to replace the A-26 Invader.
The revolutionary Harrier 'jump jet' was considered one of the most advanced and versatile aircraft designs of the Cold War era. This book presents comprehensive and detailed information about the Harrier, and includes more than 400 superb photographs, 45
The North American AJ "Savage" came into being as a direct result of the greatest Navy and Government controversy since Billy Mitchell and the Battleships. This controversy was over the future Nuclear strike capabilities of the Navy, if any.
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Temco TT-1 Pinto was nick-named "Tinker Toy." Developed as a private venture, the Temco Pinto primary jet trainer made its first flight March 26, 1956. The navy ordered 14 as TT-1 to conduct a full-scale study on the feasibility of using a jet aircraft fo
The Ilyushin IL2 Sturmovik was one of the most widely produced combat aircraft in history, with over 38,000 built. It was the Soviet Red Army's principal strike aircraft in the Great Patriotic War. Known to its pilots as the diminutive 'Ilyusha' the Stur
Fifteen color and over 300 black and white photos and text cover the Super Gooney's usage as a transport, VIP carrier, station hack, a trainer with VT-29, and its usage in Antarctica with VX-6 from 1952 into the 1980s.
The P2Y was the aircraft that put Consolidated on the map of great aircraft manufacturers and led to the PBY and PB2Y flying boats that served with such distinction during WWII.
Soviet Strategic Aviation in the Cold War shows how the DA's order of battle changed in the period from 1945 to 1991.
Born in the 1930s, the Soviet Air Force's long-range bomber arm (known initially as the ADD and later as the DA) proved itself during
The Lancaster is one of the most famous and charismatic military aircraft of all time and in World War II was responsible for several spectacular RAF operations. Indeed it was the most successful RAF bomber during the conflict and Tony Buttler's text in t