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...

Fairey Firefly A portrait of one of the Royal Navy’s most effective aircraft; the Fairey Firefly, two-seater, strike-fighter, emerged from a troub...

EgyptAir Established in the 1930s by Egyptian and British investors, and now thriving in its eighth decade, EgyptAir began life as Misr Airwork, co...

Storms Over Ireland Ireland's Air Wars; In the early decades of the 20th century, Ireland experienced three armed conflicts. Britain had an aerial...

British Bombers of the 1970s and ’80s The mainstays of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) bomber force in the 1970s and ’80s were the distinctive Avro Vu...

Qantas and the Empire Flying Boat Between 1938 and 1948, Qantas Short Empire flying boats navigated a dramatic and dangerous period for commercial ...

Hawker Hunter in RAF Service Book Covers one of Britain s classic post-war jet aircraft, which first entered RAF service in July 1954. This spec...

Air Forces of Latin America: Chile Chilean military aviation has a long history, but in the past 25 years it has experienced unprecedented growth, ...

Halifax: From Front-Line Bomber to Post-War Transport NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Halifax. One of the three British four-e...

Meteor: First-Generation Jet Fighter NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Meteor. The story of the Gloster Meteor is one of the gre...

Republic F-105 Thunderchief Peacetime Operations The F-105 Thunderchief was primarily designed for tactical nuclear operations. For this reason, it...

Avro Vulcan: The Early Years, 1947–64 Advances in aerodynamics and jet engine technology after World War Two led to the RAF requesting a bomber tha...

British Military Biplanes: 1920–40 Following the Great War, the fledgling aircraft industry was silenced as orders from the military disappeared an...

Dassault Super Etendard The Dassault Super Etendard had a remarkable career. It was a humble aircraft that was often faced with thankless and diff...

  Spanish Air Force Aircraft, 1939–2021 The Spanish Air Force was born after the Spanish Civil War, in October 1939. Starting life from the ashes o...

Aircraft of Red Flag: The Ultimate Air-to-Air Combat Exercises Red Flag is the world’s premier air-to-air combat exercise. Run by the US Air Force ...

The Paras in Iraq For Operation Telic, the 2003 campaign in Iraq, the UK contributed a substantial force including 16 Air Assault Brigades, two pa...

Luftwaffe Bombers of World War Two A handful of German manufacturers dominated the market to design and build bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe of ...

Preserved Aircraft of the World: Rest of the World The appeal of vintage aircraft lies in its social and military history and the engineering and e...

The 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...

The twin-engine Vickers Wellington was one of the outstanding RAF bomber aircraft of Second World War, as well as a capable maritime patrol aircraf...

Wellington: The Backbone of Bomber Command NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Vickers Wellington In 1932, the British Air Ministr...

Clipped Wings NOTE: This is a reprint of Clipped Wings, first published in 1973. The story of aviation is one of success. Few, if any, industries c...

Mustang: The Untold Story The North American Mustang is one of the most well-studied aircraft. However, much of what is commonly understood about i...