Air World

Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson's design for the Lockheed Constellation, known affectionately as the 'Connie', produced one of the world's most iconic air...

DescriptionThe fate of the free world hung in the balance. Stalin's Soviet Union sought to drive the Western democracies from Germany to continue t...

On the night of 14/15 August 1944, the roar of an unknown aircraft was heard over the dense forests to the southeast of Moscow. Flying past the Sov...

An Air Traffic Control specialist for over 34 years, first with the Federal Government and more lately with Lockheed Martin, Rose Marie Kern writes...

The Supermarine Southampton was the first in a series of successful flying boats designed by Supermarine's R.J. Mitchell and was the first one to b...

Reducere. The partnership between religion and the media extends to the historical origins of the printing press and remains vital to expansion efforts of va...

DescriptionThe world got a little smaller in July 1949 when the first jet-powered airliner took to the skies barely four years after the end of the...

DescriptionIn a similar style to Comet : The World's First Jet Airliner and Boeing Group: A History Graham Simons presents us with a colorful, thor...

Publisher: World Bank PublicationsAuthor(s): World BankIllustration(s): tabs.Number of pages: 56Collection: World Bank Technical PaperPublication d...

Documents the first time that the RAF struck back at Hitlers Reich.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Ken DelveIllustration(s): 200 B&W Pho...

Adolph Gysbert Malan was born in Wellington, South Africa. A natural leader and driven individual with a totally positive outlook, aged fourteen Ma...

If one aircraft was to represent the First World War, it could be the distinctive red Fokker Triplane of Manfred von Richthofen. With an astonishin...

Based on decades of consistent research, but also newly available sources in both Arabic and various European languages, Volume 1 tells the story o...

Reducere. This is the official postwar history of the 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy), comprised of the 23rd, 31st, 72nd and 394th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy...

DescriptionMany stories abound of the daring exploits of the RAF's young fighter pilots defying the might of Hitler's Luftwaffe, and of the dogged ...

DescriptionOne moment the sky would be full of aircraft wheeling and positioning for the best shot at the enemy; a sky full of danger and menace. T...

A in-depth look at the heroic fighting forces of the Second World War

Publisher: Mark DavisonAuthor(s): Paul AdamsIllustration(s): 150 b&w photographsNumber of pages: 76Publication date: 2002Dimensions: 202 x 296 x 6C...

Reducere. During World War II, Beaumont and Port Arthur were leaders in oil refining, which literally kept the Allied wheels moving toward victory. The Germa...

DescriptionThe Indonesian Confrontation that raged from 1963 to 1966 stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of Malaysia. Fighting in t...

Documents the first time that the RAF struck back at Hitler's Reich.

Renowned running coach Budd Coates presents Runner's World Running on Air, a revolutionary yet simple training method based on rhythmic breathing t...

Photographic history of the French air force in the First World War

Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Adam ZamoyskiIllustration(s): 30 PhotosNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 233 x 156 x...

Reducere. France, 1940. The once glittering boulevards of Paris teem with spies, collaborators, and the Gestapo now that France has fallen to Hitler's Wermac...

Reissue with new title and afterword of travel book previously published by Penguin in 1999 as Corsairville, about the Imperial Airways flying boat...

Reducere. The most comprehensive study ever produced on maritime survival and rescue equipment used by the U.S. Army Air Forces and US Navy and Marine Corps ...

Reducere. The most comprehensive study ever produced on maritime survival and rescue equipment used by the U.S. Army Air Forces and US Navy and Marine Corps ...

Reducere. Choice Outstanding Academic Title A groundbreaking account of the Soviet Air Force in World War II, the original version of this book, Red Phoenix,...

The forgotten story of Greece's heroic airmen and their contribution to victory.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): John CarrIllustration(s)...

DescriptionThough World War II took place after the development of color photography, nearly all of the familiar images of it are in black and whit...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Lorenz EberIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecified; Maps; Halftones, Color including Color Photograph...

DescriptionPrior to the beginning of the Second World War, the Royal Hungarian Armed Forces - including the Air Force - prepared to engage the Litt...

Publisher: Infinity Publishing (PA)Author(s): Jason WisniewskiIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 360Publication date: ...

These clubs were recognised and regarded as an important area within RAF history that boosted moral. Members were allowed pins and badges to be wor...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. World War II, British RoWith the outbreak of yal Air Force (RAF) officials sought to train aircrews outside of England, safe from enemy attack and ...

DescriptionDuring the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. After major s...

As part of the "AHT" series, which deals with airfields, this book concentrates on Norfolk and Suffolk. It looks at the history and personalities a...

A short history of Canadian soldiers in the First World War, illustrated with photos and war art from the Group of Seven

Tells the little known story of the contribution of Texas A&M University to early aviation in World War I. Through painstaking research - using uni...

Reducere. When Lyndon Baines Johnson wanted to go somewhere, there was no stopping him. This dynamic president called for Air Force One as others summon a ta...

Sensational eyewitness accounts from the most heroic and legendary American aviators of World War II, never before published as a book They are voi...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the firebombing by both Americans and Japanese civilians in Tokyo *Includes online resources and a bibliog...

Reducere. "Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war against Germany." -Publishers WeeklyThey began op...

Reducere. DescriptionDying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is. THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL IN THE BEST SELLING 'The Things Our Fat...

Reducere. Description"For all of us to be free, a few of us must be brave, and that is the history of America." But dying for freedom isn't the worst that co...

Reducere. DescriptionDying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is.(The War in the Air Book Two) VOLUME 3 IN THE BEST SELLING 'The ...

Reducere. DescriptionDying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is.(The War in the Air Book Two) VOLUME 3 IN THE BEST SELLING 'The ...