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  • Wings on My Sleeve

    The Legendary Autobiography of Britain's Greatest Ever Test Pilot

    by Captain Eric Brown ...
    THE WORLD'S GREATEST TEST PILOT TELLS HIS STORY'When you read through his life story, it makes James Bond seem like a bit of a slacker'Kirsty Young, Desert Island Discs'The greatest test pilot who ever lived. A true inspiration'Tim Peake, astronaut and former regular British Army Air Corps officer'The stories beggar belief'Guardian'Fascinating... ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Spitfire's Forgotten Designer

    The Career of Supermarine's Joe Smith

    by Mike Roussel ...
    The Supermarine Spitfire was a classic design, well known for its efforts in defending British shores during the Second World War. However, while Reginald Mitchell is rightly celebrated for his original design of the Spitfire, the role of Joe Smith in the development of the Spitfire is often overlooked. Smith was an integral member of the design team from the earliest days, and on Mitchell's death ... Read more

    $17.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Wings on My Sleeve

    The fascinating autobiography of one of the world’s greatest test pilots

    by Captain Eric Brown ...
    Narrated by Cameron Stewart ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 18 min

    THE WORLD'S GREATEST TEST PILOT TELLS HIS STORY'When you read through his life story, it makes James Bond seem like a bit of a slacker'Kirsty Young, Desert Island Discs'The greatest test pilot who ever lived. A true inspiration'Tim Peake, astronaut and former regular British Army Air Corps officer'The stories beggar belief'Guardian'Fascinating... ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Miles M.52

    Gateway to Supersonic Flight

    by Captain Eric Brown CBE DSC AFC QCVSA RN ...
    In December 1943, a top secret contract (E.24/43) was awarded to Miles Aircraft. The contract was to build the world's first supersonic jet capable of 1000mph. The only reliable source of data on supersonic objects came from the Armament Research Dept and their wind tunnel tests on ammunition. From this, Miles developed an exceptionally thin-winged, bullet-shaped aircraft. the research was ... Read more

    $17.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Royal Navy Search and Rescue

    A Centenary Celebration

    by David Morris ...
    Today, the sight of a helicopter speeding toward some destination is familiar enough, but take a moment to consider: is there a life at stake? Is someone in peril and on a knife edge of survival, and will the helicopter crew be selflessly placing themselves in the most dangerous of situations for the sake of saving others? Ever since the First World War, aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Flying Start

    A Fighter Pilot's War Years

    by Hugh Dundas ...
    Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 15 min

    "A personal and vivid view of the Royal Air Force's (RAF) engagement of the Luftwaffe in World War II . . . Exciting, valuable, and good reading." —Library JournalThis is the autobiography of Group Captain Sir Hugh Dundas CBE, DSO, DFC, who was one of the most distinguished fighter pilots of World War II. He writes of his wartime experiences, and particularly of his period as Squadron Leader and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Mosquito Mayhem

    de Havilland’s Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 19 min

    "The flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous flash lit up the sky about fifty yards ahead of our nose and exactly at our altitude. Within a tenth of a second, we were through the cloud of dirty ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Spitfire

    Portrait of a Legend

    by Leo McKinstry ...
    Narrated by Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 48 min

    The gripping saga of the plane that carried Britain through the Second World War.In June 1940, the German Army had brought the rest of Europe to its knees. 'Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world will move forward into broad, sunlit uplands,' said Churchill. The future of Europe depended ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Lancaster

    The Second World War's Greatest Bomber

    by Leo McKinstry ...
    Narrated by Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    25 hours 32 min

    A comprehensive history of Britain's greatest bomber plane.The Spitfire and the Lancaster were the two RAF weapons of victory in the Second World War, but the glamour of the fighter has tended to overshadow the performance of the heavy bomber. Yet without the Lancaster, Britain would never have been able to take the fight to the German homeland. Highlights the scale of the bomber's achievements, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Hurricane

    Victor of the Battle of Britain

    by Leo McKinstry ...
    Narrated by Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 33 min

    The biography of the aeroplane that won the Battle of Britain.In the summer of 1940 the fate of Europe hung in the balance. Victory in the forthcoming air battle would mean national survival; defeat would establish German tyranny.The Luftwaffe greatly outnumbered the RAF, but during the Battle of Britain it was the RAF that emerged triumphant, thanks to two key fighter planes, the Spitfire and the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Sagittarius Rising

    by Cecil Lewis ...
    Narrated by John Telfer ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 19 min

    Sent to France with the Royal Flying Corps at just 17, and later a member of the famous 56 Squadron, Cecil Lewis was an illustrious and passionate fighter pilot of the First World War, described by Bernard Shaw in 1935 as 'a thinker, a master of words, and a bit of a poet'. In this vivid and spirited account the author evocatively sets his love of the skies and flying against his bitter experience ... Read more

    $40.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: eBooks

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    The Silver Spitfire

    The Legendary WWII RAF Fighter Pilot in his Own Words

    by Wg Cdr Tom Neil ...
    Narrated by Roger Davis ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 45 min

    A brilliantly vivid Second World War memoir by one of 'the Few' Spitfire fighter pilots.Following the D-Day landings, Battle of Britain hero Tom Neil was assigned as an RAF liaison to an American fighter squadron. As the Allies pushed east, Neil commandeered an abandoned Spitfire as his own personal aeroplane. Erasing any evidence of its provenance and stripping it down to bare metal, it became ... Read more

    $27.99 USD