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Military History - Aviation - General Section
Aviation - General Section
Includes pictorial & technical studies of major & lesser known aircraft from the earliest types to present day Stealth technology plus accounts of major air campaigns from WWI to the present day

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1000 MILITARY AIRCRAFT IN COLOUR
by Gerry Manning

1000 colour photographs of military aircraft of all types from around the world with a mix of old and new. All the photographs are fully described with dates and aircraft types.

2001, Airlife Publishing, , 1840371994,< M-01>,Large Format, Good. Slight page rippling, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 7604-01..............................£9.00 

WEATHER RADAR FOR PILOTS
by Capt. G E Manning

Commissioned by the Board of Trade to gather under one cover the best of the present day knowledge (1970) on the use of airborne weather radar. The chapters include Atmospheric Turbulence; Systems descriptions and operating techniques, Interpretation, Operational use, Flight in turbulence, Ground mapping and system malfunction. Slight wear on spine edges and 2 small notes in pen on the title page.

1970, HM Stationary Office , , 0115101462,< M-01>,102pp. Drawings, graphs, illustrations and fold-out, Good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 37881-01..............................£5.00 

BRITISH WARPLANES OF WORLD WAR II: COMBAT AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIRFORCE AND FLEET AIR ARM 1939-1945
by Daniel J March

Faded spine on d/w. Describes evry aircraft which reached operational units with UK forces, from trainers and civilian impressed aircraft, such as the bellance pacemaker and Blackburn B2, to the famous fighters and bombers of front-line units. Featuring rare wartime photographs, the narrative includes history and specifications

1998, Aerospace Publishing Ltd, , 1874023921,< M-01>,Large format 256pp profusely illustrated., Good, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 23677-01..............................£10.00 

THE AEROSPACE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AIR WARFARE: VOL. I, 1911-1945
by (Editor) Daniel J March and (Editor) John Heathcott

Fading on spine of d/w. A comprehensive look at the history of air warfare from the pioneering days of WWI and its raging battles between aerial scouts such as the SE.5, Albatross, Camel, Fokker D.VII and SPAD, and the birth of strategic air power with German Gotha and British Handley-Page bombers. By the end of WWII air fighting had moved on with the advent of high speed, monoplane fighters such as the Spitfire, Bf-109, Thunderbolt and Mustang, to potent strategic bombing campaigns culminating with the intense B-29 raids which brought Japan to its knees and the advent of the atomic age.

1997, Aero Publishers Inc., , 1874023875,< M-01>,Large format, 256pp, 695 b/w ills & 363 colour ills, profiles & maps, Good in d/w, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 31292-01..............................£10.00 

SO FEW: THE IMMORTAL RECORD OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
by David Masters

Thirty four accounts of RAF operations in WWII including Hunting Submarines, the story of Wing Commander Douglas Bader, Great German Air fighters, "For Valour", Norwegian adventures and more.

1946, Eyre & Spottiswoode, , ,< M-01>,256pp, 9 illustrations, index, blue cloth, good, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 17705-01..............................£8.00 

UNITED STATES NAVY AND MARINE CORPS FIGHTERS 1918-1962
by (Compiler) Paul R Matt and Editor) Bruce Robertson

The book commences with a description of the very first American naval fighter, the Curtiss HA of 1917, and proceeds through every successive design to the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom which was in production when the book was published.

1962, Harleyford Publications, , ,< M-01>,248pp, nearly 300 photos. reproductions of 60 squadron badges., brown boards worn and paint spotted. text clean., ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 35480-02..............................£14.00 

THE TIGER MOTH: A TRIBUTE
by Stuart McKay

A pictorial history of this aeroplane, conceived as a training aircraft originally she has been adapted to almost every aviation situation possible to imagine. The aim has been to present a balanced review of the life and times of the Tiger Moth, from the early '30s to the present day,

1987, Airlife Publishing, , 1853100072,< M-01>,159pp b/w and colour photos., Very good in d/w, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 17471-01..............................£10.00 

THE MOSQUITO LOG
by Alexander McKee

The inside story of the much-loved 'Mossie' through the vivid reminiscences of the men who designed and flew her.

1989, Futura Publishers, , 0708842607,< M-01>,253pp illustrations, Good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 38008-01..............................£3.00 

SPITFIRE: PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND
by Leo Mckinstry

From its beginnings as the brainchild of R J Mitchell, through its epic battles in the Second World War to its final days in the RAF of the 1950s.

2007, John Murray, , 9780719568756,< M-01>,435pp illustrations, Good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 37540-01..............................£5.00 

THE EYE IN THE AIR
by Brigadier Peter Mead

A study of aerial reconnaissance from the first use of the balloon to the end of WWII. After tracing developments between 1785 and 1914, the author goes on to discuss the role and increasing sophistication of aerial reconnaissance, and introduces the reader to a largely forgotten body of brave men, the pilots and observers of the Royal Flying Corps, RAF, and Air Observation Post Squadrons.

1983, HM Stationary Office , , 0117712248,< M-01>,xiv + 274pp, 81 photos, maps, notes, biblio, index, good in d/w, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 8721-02..............................£6.00 

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