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  • Classic Video Games

    The Golden Age 1971–1984

    by Brian R. Eddy ...
    Series Book 639 - Shire Library USA
    In the early 1970s, video arcade games sprung to life in the form of Pong, Space Invaders, Asteroids, and Pac-Man, and if you were lucky enough to have an Atari system you could play Frogger or Galaga at home. By the 1980s, arcade and video games were entrenched as a pop culture phenomenon and were ubiquitous. But as quickly as the form took flight it began to change with the advent of hand-held ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

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    RAF Light Bomber Raids in World War II

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    "One of Britain's best-known aviation historians . . . provide[s] a moving and exciting account of the light bombers raids by No. 2 Group."—FiretrenchThis is the story of 2 Group RAF during World War II. Much of it is told by the men who flew the Blenheim, Boston, Mitchell and Mosquito aircraft that carried out many daring daylight and night-time raids on vitally important targets in Nazi occupied ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sky My Kingdom

    Memoirs of the Famous German World War II Test Pilot

    by Hanna Reitsch ...
    Translated by Lawrence Wilson ...
    Series series Vintage Aviation Library
    The memoir of the female aviator who became Hitler's favorite pilot.The Sky My Kingdom is the fascinating autobiography of the famous World War II test pilot Hanna Reitsch. As the war progressed, Reitsch was invited to fly many of Germany's latest—and increasingly desperate—designs, including the rocket-propelled Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet and several larger bombers, on which she tested various ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • US Navy A-1 Skyraider Units of the Vietnam War

    by Rick Burgess, Zip Rausa ...
    Series Book 77 - Combat Aircraft
    A detailed, illustrated combat history of an aircraft described as a legend in its own time. The A-1 was designed for use in World War 2, yet proved so versatile and capable that it saw service in the Vietnam War some 20 years later.Nicknamed the 'flying dump truck', the A-1 was a key component in naval air wings from the end of World War II into the 1960s, allowing the aircraft to play its part ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • A-6 Intruder Units of the Vietnam War

    by Rick Morgan ...
    Series Book 93 - Combat Aircraft
    The complete story of A-6 combat operations during the Vietnam War, illustrated throughout.Designed in the years following the Korean War and then manufactured for over 30 years starting in 1960, the A-6 quickly became the most capable attack aircraft in the US Navy's stable. The first squadron, VA-75, made its initial deployment directly into combat in south-east Asia in 1965, and, over the next ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Stay the Distance

    The Life and Times of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael Beetham

    by Peter Jacobs ...
    Sir Michael Beetham enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the Royal Air Force. He joined the RAF as a pilot in 1941 and was awarded the DFC whilst serving with Bomber Command during 1943/44. Remaining in the post-war RAF, a number of flying and staff appointments followed, notably he drafted the first specification for the ill-fated TSR 2 and later joined the V-Force as commanding officer of ... Read more

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  • Cavalry of the Air

    An Illustrated Introduction to the Aircraft and Aces of the First World War

    by Norman S. Leach ...
    Many of the airmen of the First Word War who challenged both the enemy and death did not survive. These are their stories.In the clinging mud and trench warfare of WWI, it was soon clear that the cavalry — the elite of the elite — would be of little use.The dashing men and officers of the cavalry searched for a way to be front and center in the conflict, and found it in the new air forces being ... Read more

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  • Remembering Bluie West One: The Arctic Airfield That Helped Win the Second World War

    by Daniel Ford ...
    In June 1940, the U.S. Coast Guard set out to survey the coast of Greenland, the largest island in the world--and the coldest. A year and a half before the country entered the Second World War, the United States was looking for a place to put an airfield that would serve as a bridge to Europe. (For the same reason, British troops seized Iceland; they would later be replaced by American soldiers.) ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Vought F4U Corsair

    by James D’Angina ...
    Series Book 17 - Air Vanguard
    A definitive technical guide to one of the icons of mid-20th century military aviation, with over 12,500 produced.It was as a Marine Corps aircraft that the Corsair was to become famous, fighting through World War II and Korea. Able to outperform its contemporaries, notably the A6M Zero, the Corsair combined speed, resilience and firepower. It also served in Indochina and Algeria, and in 1969's ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • British Airships 1905–30

    by Ian Castle ...
    Series Book 155 - New Vanguard
    This book reveals the fascinating story of the cat and mouse duel between the airship and another pioneering form of technology – the submarine - during World War 1.Detailed cut-away drawings reveal the design and development of the airship, during and after the war, whilst full-colour illustrations depict the airship in dramatic action shots. A tragic accident in 1930 brought the airship's ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • Whirlwind

    Westland's Enigmatic Fighter

    by Niall Corduroy ...
    Faster and better armed than the Spitfire, the Whirlwind was the RAF s response to a new generation of armoured German bombers which it expected to meet over England in 1940. A few months after its first flight, 1,000 Whirlwinds were ordered, but nine months later the RAF cancelled the entire programme. Just 114 were built, but they went on to have a distinguished three-year career from the uneasy ... Read more

    $6.81 USD

  • Mustang the Inspiration

    The Plane That Turned the Tide of World War Two

    by Philip Kaplan ...
    If it looks right, it will probably fly righta tired old saying among airmen, but one that persists. Think if you will of the handful of aeroplanes that most people would probably agree are the best-looking examples of all. The list is short but distinguished and the proof is in the enthusiastic common view of most pilots who have flown themfor nearly all, it was love at first sight and first ... Read more

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