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  • Chasing the Morning Sun

    Flying Solo Round the World in a Homebuilt Aircraft: The Ultimate Adventure

    by Manuel Queiroz ...
    The first pilot to fly around the world in a homebuilt plane tells his remarkable story in this memoir of determination, courage and adventure.After beating cancer, Manuel Queiroz was ready to take on a life-changing goal—and decided that he would fly solo around the world. Five years later, he not only fulfilled that dream—setting six world speed records in the process—but did it in a plane he ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Flying the Edge of America, a trip of a lifetime

    by David Millett, Julia Buss ...
    In the summer of 2008 we flew our small, single engine, airplane around the edges of the contiguous United States of America. Along the way, we encountered America's small towns, National Parks, and National Monuments. On the most dangerous and exciting adventure of our lives we flew into unanticipated ghastly weather, thunderstorms, and brushed with hurricanes. In the end, we discovered a land ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spitfire Manual

    by Edited by Dilip Sarkar ...
    An amazing array of leaflets, books and manuals were issued by the Air Ministry during the Second World War to aid pilots in flying the Supermarine Spitfire, here for the first time they are collated into a single book. An introduction is supplied by expert aviation historian Dilip Sarkar. Other sections include aircraft recognition, how to act as an RAF officer, bailing out, and so on. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Journey's End

    Bomber Command's Battle from Arnhem to Dresden and Beyond

    by Kevin Wilson ...
    'A brilliant insight into life in the air and on the ground' ObserverIn February 1945, British and American bombers rained down thousands of tons of incendiaries on the city of Dresden, killing an estimated 25,000 people and destroying one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. The controversy that erupted shortly afterwards, and which continues to this day, has long overshadowed the other events ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Griffon Spitfire Aces

    by Andrew Thomas ...
    Series Book 81 - Aircraft of the Aces
    A unique account of the fastest British fighter plane of World War 2.Modified for low-level operations to counter Luftwaffe attacks on the south coast, the Griffon-powered Spitfire XIV became the best low-level fighter of World War II. Squadrons moved to south-eastern England to counter the V1 flying bomb offensive, where daring pilots pioneered the technique of tipping the V1 over with the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Bf 110 vs Lancaster

    1942–45

    by Robert Forczyk ...
    Series Book 51 - Duel
    The RAF introduced the Avro Lancaster in 1942 and used it to spearhead this aerial offensive. In response, the Luftwaffe created an elite nightfighter force based primarily upon the Bf 110.The Luftwaffe was quick to equip it with airborne radar that allowed it to intercept and destroy Lancasters over Germany. In turn, the RAF adopted countermeasures such as the Monica rearward-looking radar to ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Airbus A380

    A History

    by Graham M. Simons ...
    The Airbus A380 is a commemorative volume preserving the history of this iconic craft in words and images from aviation writer and historian Graham Simons.Every seven minutes, an A380 takes off or lands somewhere in the world.The Airbus was initially designed and developed in order to provide a contender to the Boeing's growing monopoly of the skies in the biggest large-aircraft market in the ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Return Flights in War & Peace

    The Flying Memoirs of Squadron Leader John Rowland

    by John Rowland ...
    John Rowland made his first flight with the RAF Volunteer Reserve on 1 October 1938 from Redhill in a DH60 Moth. He won a Prize Cadetship to the RAF College Cranwell and then posted to the School of Army Cooperation. He volunteered for 613 Squadron which had been formed shortly before the war started. It was still not fully equipped with Lysanders and half of its planes were still elderly Hectors. ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • AH-64 Apache Units of Operations Enduring Freedom & Iraqi Freedom

    by Jonathan Bernstein ...
    Series Book 57 - Combat Aircraft
    An illustrated account of the AH-64 Apache Units and their roles in these two crucial operations in Afghanistan.After the attacks on 11 September 2001, Apache units made significant contributions to the Coalition campaign against Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan. Functioning as the 'killer' part of US Army Hunter-killer teams, Apaches sought out and brought overwhelming firepower to bear ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Russian Aces of World War 1

    by Victor Kulikov ...
    Series Book 111 - Aircraft of the Aces
    Featuring previously unpublished photographs, the story of the Russian air arm, which exclusively flew French- and British-designed fighters such as the Morane-Saulnier Type G, Nieuport Scouts and Sopwith ½ Strutters.Although the Russian Imperial Army Air Service consisted of no more than four BAGs (Boevaya Aviatsionniy Gruppa – battle aviation groups), each controlling three or four smaller AOIs ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 94 - Combat Aircraft
    Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom II and 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May 1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles that were the main component in the original F-4 armament, these aircraft carried an ever-expanding range of weaponry. Some toted 24,500-lb bombs and others strafed with up to three 20 mm gun pods, while ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Victory Fighters: The Veterans' Story

    Winning the Battle for Supremacy in the Skies Over Western Europe, 1941–1945

    by Stephen Darlow ...
    A collection of eyewitness accounts of the struggle that raged in the skies over occupied Europe after the Battle of Britain during World War II.Expertly selected and interwoven by Stephen Darlow, Victory Fighters centers on the stories of six pilots and one navigator, the telling of which covers every aspect of this battle over land and sea. The author describes and analyzes the relevant command ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus