Ultimate Spitfires by Peter Caygill
$37.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
The Spitfire is probably Britain's best loved and admired airplane. It is also revered around the world. This book looks at the later marques that were modified for various special tasks and differed to a large degree from Supermarine's first early versions that saw action in the early days of World War ...Show more
Legion of the Lancasters by Martin W. Bowman
$79.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
Söthe had already decided to use his nose armament against the 4-mot [four engined bomber]. He looked out and focused on a black shape of the Britisher. Small, bluish exhaust flames made it easier to keep the target in sight. Four engines, twin tail were recorded almost subconsciously. No sudden movemen ...Show more
Concorde: The thrilling account of history's most extraordinary airliner by Mike Bannister
$30.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
The definitive account of the rise and fall of the iconic Concorde plane from British Airways' former Chief Concorde Pilot 'A remarkable story' DAILY EXPRESS'A stonking good read' FLYER_________ What's it like to fly faster than a bullet?Could you really glimpse the edge of space?Why will we nev ...Show more
Hump Drivers - An American Pilot's Account of Flying over the Himalayas During WWII by Arthur La Vove
$55.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
Countless men served in World War II. In combat, on the seas, in administrative offices, and in the skies. This is a vivid and engrossing account in words and images of one man's experience as a "Hump Driver," a pilot who transported people, supplies, and ordnance over the Himalayan mountains between As ...Show more
Lockheed Constellation - A History by Graham M. Simons
$84.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson's design for the Lockheed Constellation, known affectionately as the 'Connie', produced one of the world's most iconic airliners.Lockheed had been working on the L-044 Excalibur, a four-engine, pressurized airliner, since 1937. In 1939, Trans World Airlines, at the instigation o ...Show more
Fleet Air Arm Boys - Volume One: Air Defence Fighter Aircraft Since 1945 by Steve Bond
$69.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
The RAF's continuing role in the projection of air power in the defence of the United Kingdom and its overseas interests since the end of the Second World War is well known. However, the same cannot always be said about the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA), in part due to the ten--year gap between the r ...Show more
Boeing 737 - A Legends of Flight Illustrated History by Wolfgang Borgmann
$69.99 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: Legends of Flight Ser.
The Boeing 737 is undoubtedly one of the best known of all passenger aircraft and has been built in greater numbers than any other commercial aircraft in the world. There are few airline passengers of the last decade who have not yet flown on one of these aircraft. More than 10,000 examples have been bu ...Show more
De Havilland Mosquito, Vol. 2 - The Bomber and Photo-Recon Marques in World War II by Ron Mackay
$45.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation Ser.
This second of two volumes on de Havilland's Wooden Wonder covers the World War II bomber and photoreconnaissance variants of the deadly Mosquito. Along with its night fighter and fighter-bomber variants, Mosquito bomber squadrons attacked the enemy around the clock. Pinpoint assaults on specialist targ ...Show more
Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot - Defending the Reich Against the RAF and USAAF by Wolfgang Fischer; John Weal (As told to)
$35.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
Within weeks of war being declared, Wolfgang Fischer had volunteered to join the Luftwaffe and spent nearly five of the succeeding six years of hostilities in uniform. During this time, he was given a succession of postings varying from a long-range recce unit; as a decoder in a met office in occupied F ...Show more
F-15 Eagle - McDonnell Douglas Strike Fighter by David Doyle
$55.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation Ser.
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is one of the most successful fighter designs of the 20th century. The type first flew in 1972, transitioning directly from the drawing board to production with remarkably few hiccups. By late 1974, planes were already being delivered to operational units, and it remains ...Show more
Spitfire Down - Fighter Boys Who Failed to Return by Dilip Sarkar
$79.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
Profoundly moved by the stories of wartime casualties as a child, Dilip Sarkar has since spent a lifetime reconstructing the lives of many of the fallen and is passionate about recording and sharing this very personal hidden history. In Spitfire Down he explores the stories of thirteen pilots who failed ...Show more