Aviation - General

Bombers, Patrol and Assault Aircraft: Cold War Bombers, Patrol and Assault Aircraft

Author: Jean-Christophe Carbonel

Publisher: Crecy

Hardback. pp. cm by cm.

ISBN: 9781910809068

Weight: 1.315kg

Original Price: £27.50

The First All Weather British Fighter.

Author: Ian Smith Watson

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 240pp. 18.5cm by 26cm.

ISBN: 9781781553749

Weight: .768g

Original Price: £25.00

The Gloster F.9/40 was Britain’s first jet fighter and as the Meteor F.I became the first jet-powered aircraft of any description to enter service with the Allies in World War II. Several early Meteors were despatched to Europe in the hope that 1945 might witness the first ever jet-on-jet combats between it and the much-vaunted German jets – a contest which, in the event, was never to occur.

Author: Martin Derry and Neil Robinson

Publisher:Pen & Sword

Paperback. 96pp. 21cm by 30cm.

ISBN: 9781526702661

Weight: 556g

Original Price: £16.99

The Folland Gnat was used by the RAF mainly in the advanced training role, in the 1960s and 70s, where it proved to be an ideal lead-in trainer for high-performance aircraft such as the iconic Lightning, the first RAF supersonic fighter. It was also the aircraft used by the famous Yellowjacks formation aerobatic team, formed in 1964, the forerunner of the world-famous Red Arrows team which was equipped with the Gnat for over a decade before being replaced by the Hawk in 1980.

Author: Air Commodore Rick Peacock-Edwards, Tom Eeles

Publisher: Grub Street / Hachette

Hardback. 256pp. 24.1 x 3 x 16.4 cm

ISBN: 9781911667261

Weight: 880g

Original Price: £25.55

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

The Hawker Hunter was Britain's first swept-wing jet fighter capable of exceeding the speed of sound. It was a simple, rugged design that was easy to maintain in service.

Author: Philip Birtles

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 320pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781558935

Weight: 957g

Original Price: £35.00

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

Delving deeply into a long-vanished part of aviation's golden age.

Author: Charles Bain

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 336pp. 17.5cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781556917

Weight: 997g

Original Price: £40.00

Howard Hughes' Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits

Author: Donald J. Porter

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 224pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781781554197

Weight: 392g

Original Price: £16.99

Author: Viktor Povinsky

Publisher: MMP

Hardback. 41pp. 21.5cm by 30cm.

ISBN: 9788365958686

Weight: 464g

Original Price: £19.00