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The pilot-operated Bachem Ba 349 “Natter” (“Adder”) was one of several unexpected new weapons Germany was seeking to perfect for a more effective defense against Allied heavy bombers. The idea of the ground-to-air missile to slow down, if not stop, attack
To bail out of a stricken aeroplane is a pilot's or aircrew's final chance to escape death. It is a traumatic and hazardous exercise that is only practiced in extremis and is in itself full of danger with no guarantee of survival.
Published June 2022, 184 pages, 31 black & white photographs, map, softcover, 5" x 7 3/4" inches
Under the Lend-Lease agreement with the US, the Soviet Union received large quantities of
war material, including many aircraft; the Bell P-39 Airacobra takes a special place among
them.
The Airacomet was the first jet aircraft built for the US Military. As a fighter, the P-59 died in infancy without the opportunity to prove its worth, overtaken by progress for which the P-59 itself had become a symbol. Yet as America's first jet-powered
The Bell XFL-1 Airabonita was an experimental shipboard interceptor aircraft developed for the US Navy. It was similar to and a parallel development of the land-based P-39 Airacobra, differing mainly in the use of a tail wheel undercarriage in place of th
This book is the story of the air war in the Pacific through the eyes of the last surviving Imperial Japanese Naval aviators of World War II, chronicled through never before published first-hand accounts, wartime diaries, and private photographs.
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.
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Second edition published March 2023, 136 pages, black & white and 4 colour photographs and illustrations, 45 colour profiles, and multi-views, losses lists, glossary, tables, maps, index, softcover, 7" x 10" inches
Designed with both the aircraft enthusiast and the modeller in mind, this series offers a comprehensive and accurate account of a single aircraft type within each issue. Drawings provided in both colour side and plan view with 1:72 scale plans, kit decal
Whether you are tackling the recently tooled Hobbyboss 1:48 scale kit or grappling with the old Airfix offering in 1:72 scale our first Airframe Detail title is essential reading.
A concise history pictorial of Richard Vogt's well known asymmetrical flying machine. Includes many never before published photographs and schematics.
Published 2001, 88 pages, 140 black & white photographs, softcover, 11" x 8.5"
Published 2014, 186 pages, black & white photographs, bibliography, unit lists, medal of honour list, softcover, 8 1/2' x 11"
This book covers US Naval Aviation from its beginnings in 1911 until 1961 through the interesting and sometimes colorful "Blue Goose" or Command Aircraft. "Blue Goose" refers to a color scheme that developed for these aircraft in the 1930s.
Blue Skies and Dark Nights is the autobiography of Group Captain Bill Randle.
Published 2019, 64 pages, black & white and colour photographs, 35 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 “)
Published June 2023, 96 pages, black & white and colour photographs and colour illustrations, 24 colour profiles, model kit reviews, softcover, 8 1/4" x 11 3/4" A4 Format
Published 2023, 160 pages, 408 black & white photographs, 24 illustrations and line drawings, model kit listings, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11" inches
The F/A 18 Hornet was not the first Naval Aircraft designed to meet all the Navy needs. The XF8B-1 was another Boeing called it the "Five-in-One" fighter (fighter, interceptor, dive bomber, torpedo, or horizontal bomber).