Aviation - General

A complete history, relayed in a style that is both celebratory and objective.

Author: Ian Hall.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 348pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781783400584

Original Price: £25.00

Handley Page's post-war transport aircraft. Including a brief history of the Hermes.

Author: Tim Senior.

Publisher: Dalrymple & Verdun Publishing.

Paperback. 112pp. 21cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781905414079

Original Price: £19.95

Love it or loathe it, Heathrow is the United Kingdom’s largest and most important airport by a distance.

Author: Alan Gallop.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9781526759184

Weight. 788

Original Price: £25.00

The Heinkel He 111 was the main work-horse of the Luftwaffe’s bomber force throughout much of the Second World War. Consequently, when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, three entire Kampfgeschwader consisted of He 111s. Initially used as direct support for the German ground forces, as the campaign progressed the He 111 was switched to attacking the Soviet infrastructure, particularly trains and marshalling yards, and used as a transport aircraft taking in supplies and for troop evacuation.

Author: Chris Goss

Publisher: Frontline

Paperback. 158pp. 19cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781848324459

Weight: 0.544Kg

Original Price: £14.99

Author: Viktor Povinsky

Publisher: MMP

Hardback. 41pp. 21.5cm by 30cm.

ISBN: 9788365958686

Weight: 464g

Original Price: £19.00

As a versatile and undemanding aircraft, the Jet Provost established itself as the basic trainer for the RAF from the late 1950s until its retirement in September 1993. In Jet Provost Boys, David Watkins explores the history of this magnificent flying machine through the vivid memories of former air crew from the RAF and foreign air forces.

Author: David Watkins

Publisher: Grub Street / Hachette

Hardback. 176pp. 15.49 x 2.54 x 23.37 cm

ISBN: 9781911667445

Weight: 690g

Original Price: £25.00

The Junkers Ju 87 ‘Stuka’ (a contraction of the German word Sturzkampfflugzeug, ie dive bomber) was arguably the Luftwaffe’s most recognisable aeroplane, with its inverted gull wings and fixed spatted undercarriage.

Designed by Hermann Pohlmann as a dedicated dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft, the prototype first flew in 1935, and made its combat debut in 1937 with the Luftwaffe's Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War.

Author: Martin Derry and Neil Robinson

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 96pp. 21cm by 30cm.

ISBN: 9781526702623

Weight: 560g

Original Price: £16.99

Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson's design for the Lockheed Constellation, known affectionately as the 'Connie', produced one of the world's most iconic airliners. Its sleek graceful shape captured the essence of the last of the piston-engine generation of machines capable of trans-Alantic crossings.

Author: Graham M Simons.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 318pp. 17.8x25x2.2cm.

ISBN: 9781526758866

Weight: 1.1kg

Original Price: £30.00

The F-104 Starfighter is quite possibly one of the most photographed aircraft of all time. It is certainly one of the most iconic.

Author: Martin W Bowman.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 320pp. 18x25.2x2.3cm.

ISBN: 9781473863262

Weight: 1.1kg

Original Price: £30.00

The often unseen and unrecognised element in aerial warfare, is that of training the pilots and crews, yet it its value is beyond calculation. In this fundamental role, a wide variety of aircraft were used by the Luftwaffe, with trainee pilots progressing from simpler, older machines, such as the Klemm 35, the Focke-Wulf Fw 44 and the Bücker 131, to the more sophisticated Arado Ar 66, the Gotha Go 145 and the Arado Ar 76, as well as heavier aircraft like the Junkers W33 and W44.

Author: Chris Goss

Publisher:Frontline

Paperback. 180pp. 19cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781473899520

Weight: 0.548Kg

Original Price: £14.99

The famous Messerschmitt Bf 109 single-seat fighter was one of the most important warplanes of the Second World War. Originally designed during the 1930s, and a contemporary of the equally-legendary Supermarine Spitfire, it was vitally important to Germany’s Luftwaffe and was flown in combat by the highest-scoring fighter pilots in history.

Author: Robert Jackson

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 80pp. 21cm by 30cm.

ISBN: 9781526710536

Weight: 0.462Kg

Original Price: £16.99

Well researched, readable and illustrated with dozens of rare and previously unpublished photographs, The Men Who Flew the Vought F4U Corsair is the perfect book for any fan of the ‘bent wing bird’.

Author: Martin W Bowman.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 274pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526705808

Weight: 665

Original Price: £25.00