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Hornby Magazine Yearbook 2024 No 16 Hardback
Key Publishing LtdThe Hornby Magazine Yearbook has become the go-to annual for the model railway enthusiast. This Collector's Edition hardback version of the 16th a...
View full detailsAir France at 90
Key Publishing LtdAir France At 90 France's Largest Airline Founded in 1933, Air France is that country’s largest airline with 211 aircraft at its disposal, comprisi...
View full detailsAmerican RCAF Warriors
Key Publishing LtdAmerican RCAF Warriors: US World War II Royal Canadian Air Force Volunteers On December 17, 1939, representatives from Canada, Great Britain, Austr...
View full detailsHeroes of Britain: A Collection of Lord Ashcroft's Articles
Key Publishing LtdHeroes of War: A Collection of Lord Ashcroft’s Britain at War Articles Please note: all royalties from the sale of this book will be paid in suppor...
View full detailsMilitary Markings Book 2023
Key Publishing LtdMilitary Markings Book 2023 First published in the 1970s, Military Aircraft Markings has become an indispensable annual publication for aircraft en...
View full detailsCivil Markings Book 2023
Key Publishing LtdCivil Markings Book 2023 The New 2023 edition of this best selling annual publication builds on the long history and heritage of the title. First p...
View full detailsClassic American Sedans of the 1950s: The Four-Doors
Key Publishing LtdClassic American Sedans of the 1950s: The Four-Doors Classic Vehicles Series, Vol. 6 In the new “baby boomer” era of postwar North America, newly p...
View full detailsDe Havilland Military
Key Publishing LtdDe Havilland Military Aviation Industry Series, Vol. 8 Please note: This new book edition of Aeroplane’s De Havilland Company Profile 1920–1964 (Mi...
View full detailsHarrier: Vertical Velocity Warfare
Key Publishing LtdHarrier: Vertical Velocity Warfare; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 34 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Hawker Ha...
View full detailsAegean Airlines
Key Publishing LtdAegean Airlines: The Largest Greek Airline Airlines Series, Vol. 17 Aegean Airlines is a relatively young airline and can trace its beginnings back...
View full detailsB-24 Liberator: Combat Photographs of Mediterranean Theatre
Key Publishing LtdB-24 Liberator: Combat Photographs of the Mediterranean Theater of Operations; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 33 The B-24 Liberator served...
View full detailsBoeing 737
Key Publishing LtdBoeing 737: -100 and -200 Variants Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol. 16 The Boeing 737 was developed following the success of the 707 and 7...
View full detailsCanberra
Key Publishing LtdCanberra: Britain’s First Jet Bomber Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 32 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Canber...
View full detailsBlenheim
Key Publishing LtdBlenheim: Britain’s Fastest World War Two Bomber Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 31 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane ...
View full detailsClass 56 and 58
Key Publishing LtdClass 56s and 58s Britain's Railways Series, Vol. 54 Designed specifically for heavy freight operations in the UK, British Rail’s Class 56 was int...
View full detailsClass 57s
Key Publishing LtdClass 57s Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 53 The Class 57 diesel locomotive was an outgrowth of the tremendously successful and iconic Class 47. Re...
View full detailsAlitalia
Key Publishing LtdAlitalia: From Glory to Collapse Airlines Series, Vol. 16 Alitalia was built on the remains of several pre-World War Two Italian airlines. With fin...
View full detailsAirborne Early Warning Aircraft
Key Publishing LtdAirborne Early Warning Aircraft: Wellington to Wedgetail Modern Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 14 Airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft have become...
View full detailsHeritage DMUs: The Final Years
Key Publishing LtdHeritage DMUs The Final Years; ; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 49 At the beginning of the privatisation era of Britain’s railways, there was a pa...
View full detailsClass 31s
Key Publishing LtdClass 31s; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 50 Perhaps overshadowed by more ‘exotic’ locos, the Class 31s nonetheless played a significant part in ...
View full detailsElectrostar: Capital Commuter
Key Publishing LtdElectrostar: Capital Commuter; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 48 At the turn of the millennium, a large percentage of the passenger services around...
View full detailsClass 68s
Key Publishing LtdClass 68s Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 51 In 2009, Direct Rail Services (DRS) ordered a small fleet of locos designed to remain in service until...
View full detailsArtemis I: Return to the Moon
Key Publishing LtdArtemis I: Back to the Moon It is more than 50 years since a spacecraft first landed on the Moon and millions of people worldwide tuned in to their...
View full detailsContact! Early Naval Aviation
Key Publishing LtdContact! Early US Naval and Marine Corps Aviation, 1911–18 The development of US naval aviation was slow to start – the lack of interest and money...
View full detailsBritish Armies of Napoleonic Wars
Key Publishing LtdThe British Army of the Napoleonic Period: 1800–15 Historic Armies Series, Vol. 3 The period of 1800–15 covers some of the most glorious moments in...
View full detailsBritish Military Biplanes
Key Publishing LtdBritish Military Biplanes: 1912–19 The human ambition to fly was brought to fruition famously by the Wright brothers in 1903. Just five years later...
View full detailsDassault Rafale
Key Publishing LtdDassault Rafale; Modern Military Aircraft Series, Vol 13 Manufactured by Dassault Aviation solely in France, the Rafale was designed to replace an ...
View full detailsDan-Air
Key Publishing LtdDan-Air Charting the story of one of the UK'S best-known Airlines Airlines Series Dan-Air began almost by accident: with an aircraft received for a...
View full detailsEnglish Medieval Armies
Key Publishing LtdEnglish Medieval Armies: 1066–1307 Historic Armies Series, Vol. 1 Almost a century after William the Conqueror’s arrival on English soil, however,...
View full detailsHellenic Air Force: Guardians of Greece
Key Publishing LtdHellenic Air Force: Guardians of Greece Air Forces Series, Vol. 8 The Hellenic Air Force is one of the most powerful in Europe. With 37 helicopters...
View full detailsBritish Rail Shunters: The Final Years
Key Publishing LtdBritish Rail Shunters: The Final Years Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 52 By the beginning of the 1990s, the variety that had once characterised Br...
View full detailsAllied Fighters of World War Two
Key Publishing LtdAllied Fighters of World War Two: US and Britain Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane Collectors’ Archive: British Fighters of Worl...
View full detailsMonarch Airlines
Key Publishing LtdMonarch Airlines; Airlines Series, Vol. 15 Monarch Airlines was founded in June 1967 and began operations from Luton Airport in April 1968, using ...
View full detailsAlexander Dennis Buses
Key Publishing LtdAlexander Deniss Buses Britain’s Buses Series, Vol. 16 Three of the best-known names in the history of British bus building, Alexander, Dennis and ...
View full detailsDe Havilland Moth Owners' Workshop Manual
Key Publishing LtdThe de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane is an iconic and instantly recognisable aircraft. It is also one of a handful of planes that attracts the wides...
View full detailsBlackburn/bae Buccaneer
Key Publishing LtdBorn in the 1950s when the Cold War was rapidly escalating, the subsonic Blackburn Buccaneer was designed as a carrier-borne strike aircraft, which...
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