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Airbus A380 - a History by Graham Simons
$84.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
Every 7 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 world. Ambitious in design, the undertaking seemed mammoth. Yet s ...Show more
B-17 Memphis Belle by Graham Simons
$51.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Without doubt Boeing Flying Fortress B-17F 41-42285 Memphis Belle and her crew generate an image that is an all-American icon. Indeed, it has been claimed that the Memphis Belle is in the top five of the most famous American aircraft of all time. In September, 1942, a new Flying Fortress was delivered a ...Show more
B-29: Superfortress: Giant Bomber of World War 2 and Korea by Graham M. Simons
$89.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engined heavy bomber flown primarily by the United States in World War Two and the Korean War. The B-29 remained in service in various roles throughout the 1950s. The British Royal Air Force flew the B-29 and used the name Washington for the type, and the Soviet ...Show more
Boeing 707 Group: A History by Graham M. Simons
$89.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
The Boeing 707 family - that includes the forerunner Model 367-80, the KC-135 series of military transports and the slightly smaller Model 720 - was the pioneer of the sweptback wing, incorporating podded engines borrowed from the B-47 military bomber. It was the aircraft that many regard as the design ...Show more
Boeing B-17 - The Fifteen Ton Flying Fortress by Graham S. Simons
$69.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
The Boeing B-17 was the first American heavy bomber to see action in World War Two when it was supplied to the RAF. The design originated in 1934 when the US Army Air Corps was looking for a heavy bomber to reinforce their air forces in Hawaii, Panama and Alaska. For its time, the design included many a ...Show more
Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose - The Story of the HK-1 Hercules by Graham M. Simons
$49.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
Howard Hughes' life ambition was to make a significant contribution to the field of aviation development. But the monumental folly of his endeavors on the HK-I Hercules meant that he came to be known and remembered to a great extent for all the wrong reasons. The 'Spruce Goose' (a name Hughes detested) ...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
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