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  • Britain’s Forgotten Fighters of the First World War

    de Paul R. Hare ...
    Those with any interest in the First World War will have have heard of the planes most associated with that conflict - the legendary Sopwith Camel and Royal Aircraft Factory’s S.E.5a, which are often called the ‘Spitfire’ and ‘Hurricane’ of the Great War. Aviation enthusiasts might even know of the Camel’s predecessors, the Sopwith Pup or the Triplane. But what of the many other planes that saw ... Leer más

    $8.04 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Royal Aircraft Factory

    de Paul R. Hare ...
    The story of the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough, forerunner of the World’s premier aeronautical research establishment wherein were designed a diversity of aircraft including many of those that equipped the RFC, RNAS and RAF during the First World War. Originally established to build observation balloons for the Victorian British Army, the Factory later expanded to employ over 3500 people ... Leer más

    $9.38 USD

  • Mount of Aces

    The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a

    de Paul R. Hare ...
    The Sopwith Camel may be the most celebrated British fighter plane of the First World War, but it was the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a that almost all the highest scoring aces, including McCudden and Mannock, preferred. The S.E.5a was deadly. It was well-armed, fast, highly manoeuvrable and a superb gun platform, and yet it was easy and safe for even the most sketchily trained pilot to fly. Not ... Leer más

    $6.70 USD

  • Fokker Fodder

    The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c

    de Paul R. Hare ...
    Designed as the benchmark against which competitors in the 1912 Military Aeroplane Competition were judged, the B.E.2 outperformed them all and was put into production becoming the most numerous single type in Royal Flying Corps service. The B.E.2c, a later variant, was designed to be inherently stable and was nicknamed the 'Quirk' by its pilots. Intended mainly for reconnaissance, it was ... Leer más

    $6.70 USD

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  • de Havilland Mosquito: The Original Multirole Combat Aircraft

    de Philip J. Birtles ...
    The de Havilland Mosquito was the fastest RAF aircraft when it entered service in September 1941 with a speed 20 mph faster than the Spitfire. Made from wood, a non-strategic material using non-strategic labour, the Mosquito was the original multi-role combat aircraft which excelled as an unarmed high speed bomber, night fighter and precision ground attack aircraft, as well as on other duties. ... Leer más

    $8.04 USD

  • Bloody Paralyser: The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War

    de Rob Langham ...
    Bloody Paralyser: The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War tells the story of the largest British bombers of the First World War and the men who flew them. In 1915, the biggest plane ever seen in Britain took flight for the first time a twin-engine monster with a 100- foot wingspan, designed to be a Bloody Paralyser to the Germans. Operating mainly at night, the Handley Page bombers ... Leer más

    $6.70 USD

  • Short Stirling

    The First of the RAF Heavy Bombers

    de Pino Lombardi ...
    Short Stirling: The First of the RAF Heavy Bombers is dedicated to the RAF's first four-engine heavy bomber and is the culmination of an incredible 30 years' comprehensive research. Illustrated with largely unpublished wartime photographs, it describes the design, construction and factories where Stirlings were produced. The men and women who built them relate their stories and the aircrews give ... Leer más

    $10.73 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War

    de Jason Nicholas Moore ...
    The Lavochkin fighters remain little known in the West, although with the Yakovlev fighter series they were the backbone of the Red Air Force fighter force during the Second World War. The author rectifies that with this comprehensive history of these fighters. With this book he describes in great detail the three main variants of the Lavochkin fighter series during the Second World War: the only ... Leer más

    $9.38 USD

  • SR-71

    The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane

    de Richard H. Graham ...
    A pictorial history of the legendary Lockheed spy plane, written by one of its pilots and "filled to the brim with information and revelation" ( Seattle Post Intelligencer Travel for Aircraft blog).At the height of the Cold War in 1964, President Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to strategic reconnaissance. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flew more than three-and-a-half times the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Vulcan Test Pilot

    My Experiences in the Cockpit of a Cold War Icon

    de Tony Blackman ...
    In this memoir, the author of Nimrod: Rise and Fall details his experience testing the UK's strategic bomber while flying for Avro during the Cold War.In 2007, a restored Avro Vulcan Mark 2—XH558—took to the skies to help commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands conflict. To coincide with this, the memoirs of one of its test pilots, Tony Blackman, was published to great acclaim.Tony flew ... Leer más

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  • Infamous Aircraft

    Dangerous Designs and their Vices

    de Robert Jackson ...
    An in-depth look at some of the 20th century's notoriously terrible aircraft.Many aircraft, some famous and some rare, gained a reputation for being difficult to fly and sometimes downright dangerous. This book looks at some of the worst culprits over a period spanning World War I to the age of supersonic flight. The following aircraft are included . . .B.E.2: The Royal Flying Corps went to war in ... Leer más

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  • The Four Geniuses of the Battle of Britain

    Watson-Watt, Henry Royce, Sydney Camm & RJ Mitchell

    de David Coles, Peter Sherrard ...
    "Had it not been for the vital contributions of the four men and their inventions described in this book the Battle of Britain could not have been won by the Royal Air Force. Each of these brilliant men contributed enormously to the aircraft and equipment upon which the gallant RAF fighter pilots depended to take on and defeat the hitherto overpowering Luftwaffe during Hitlers European onslaught. ... Leer más

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