Aviation Books

Pathfinders: The Definitive Story Pathfinders is a new history of Bomber Command’s corps d’elite and the men who led the greatest striking force ev...

Jet: The Engine that Changed the World The invention of the jet engine had a profound effect on the world. Commercial jet aircraft revolutionised t...

Bristol Beaufighter: Wartime Operations of the Mighty Twin; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 22 Authored By: Graham Pitchfork; Pages: 128pp ...

Douglas DC-8; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 7 The Douglas DC-8, which began life in the 1950s as the Douglas Model 1881, became availabl...

BAC One-Eleven; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 9 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: BAC One-Eleven. O...

All decades of aviation have important developments and changes. In the 2000s, the European Airbus consortium finally overtook Boeing as the major ...

Britain has been at the forefront of weapons technology since the industrial revolution began and, with the Brennan wire-guided torpedo, pioneered ...

Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 10 This book explores the reconnaissance aircraft used by the British armed forces in the 1970s and ’80s, na...

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird - Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 17 The Lockheed Blackbird family – the A-12, YF-12, and SR-71 – were the most rem...

Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 23 192 Pages Please note: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Sunderland In the early 1900s, Sho...

Airlines Series, Vol. 6 Founded in 1927 by German immigrant Otto Ernst Meyer, Varig was one of Brazil’s earliest airlines. Serving a domestic netwo...

Lysander; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 20 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Lysander The Westland Lysander is o...

Cubana: A Caribbean Survivor; Airlines Series, Vol. 10 Authored by: Barry Lloyd Pages: 96 In October 2022, Cubana de Aviación celebrated its 93rd b...

The first traces of Polish aviation can be found in 1910. However, one of the first fully domestic airlines, under the name of Aerolloyd, was forme...

DO YOU KNOW… Which Russian aircraft has the NATO reporting name Hoplite? What the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is known as in Israeli Air For...

Finnair; Airlines Series, Volume 5 Aero Oy, which was later rebranded as Finnair, is one of the oldest surviving airlines in the world. The airline...

Lockheed Constellation; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol. 8 Please note: This is a new edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner Constellation ...

125: The Jet Dragon that Roared; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 11 The 125 was originally conceived in the 1960s. Initially, the response...

Concorde; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 10 Please note: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: Concorde The desire fo...

De Havilland Comet In the latter half of World War Two, the War Cabinet sanctioned the formation of a committee to consider a post-war world of air...

Travis Air Force Base: The USAF’s Transport Superbase in Action Travis Air Force Base, situated in Fairfield, California, is the “Gateway to the Pa...

Iran Air: Flying the Homa -  Airlines Series, Vol 9 The first Iranian airline was started in 1924 by German Hugo Junkers. When the Junkers company ...

AMARG: America’s Strategic Military Aircraft ReserveThe US military stores more than 3,000 aircraft in the Arizona desert at AMARG, the 309th Aeros...

British Midland AirwaysAirlines Series, Vol 3British Midland Airways existed under different identities for over 70 years, during which time it gre...

Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Even in aviation circles, the name Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano is not a name that quickly comes to mind, but its story is one which...

The Space Shuttle Authored by: David Baker Pages: 96 In the aftermath of six Moon landings, and in a giant leap of faith with a largely reusable la...

RAF Transport Aircraft  Modern Military Aircraft Series, Vol 6From their modest origins with BE.2c and Vickers Victoria biplanes delivering food an...

The Ka-50 (NATO reporting name: Hokum A) helicopter made its maiden flight 40 years ago on 17 June 1982. After undergoing extensive tests and tweak...

Boeing 707: Boeing’s First Jetliner; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Volume 2The first widely used commercial jet, the Boeing 707, brought Ame...

China Airlines: The Wings of Taiwan; Airlines Series, Vol. 11; Authored by: Jozef Mols 96 Pages The roots of China Airlines can be found in mainla...

This fascinating story begins with post-World War Two sales of surplus Mustangs to various foreign governments and a few civilian customers. More t...

French Naval Aviation Modern Military Aircraft Series, Vol 7Over the last two decades, the Aéronautique Navale, French Naval Aviation, has grown in...

RAF Helicopters of the 1970s and ’80s; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 18 During the 1970s and ’80s, the RAF’s helicopters went from strengt...

Airliners of East and Central Asia Modern Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 1 With the largest landmass of all the continents, and a population of ov...

Modern Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol. 2 Author: Gerry Manning Pages: 96 With the largest landmass of all the continents, and a population of over...

De Havilland Canada Whether in the snow, desert, jungle, on the water or even at just any regular airport, de Havilland Canada’s legendary transpor...