British Reconnaissance Aircraft of the 1970s and ’80s This book explores the reconnaissance aircraft used by the British armed forces in the 1970s ...

Vickers Viscount First flown in 1948 and in service from 1953, the Viscount was manufactured to help transform the commercial travel market. In tot...

War in the shadows shaped the outcome of the largest military conflict in history. World War Two was conducted on many fronts, both seen and unseen...

Aviation Quiz Book DO YOU KNOW… ·                     Which Russian aircraft has the NATO reporting name Hoplite? ·                     What the Lo...

Since the first mass paratrooper drops of World War Two, airborne forces have developed a fierce reputation for bravery and fighting spirit. German...

The first half of the 20th century saw the birth of the aeroplane and its development as an instrument of war and commerce. Within five decades, co...

Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving monarch in British history. She was a towering presence in British national life and throughout the worl...

The Off-Road Survival Handbook You’re in the middle of the jungle and your 4x4 has just careened into a steep gully with mud clogging your tyres… w...

Israeli Air Force Celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2023, the Israeli Air Force has become a sophisticated and formidable power supported by high...

Concorde NOTE: Previously published as Aeroplane Classic Airliner: Concorde. The desire for airliners that could fly faster and higher than all tha...

Turboprop aircraft tend to conjure up impressions of twin-engine regional airliners, perhaps epitomised by the ATR family of aircraft produced by t...

Zulu One of the most evocative conflicts of the Victorian era, the Anglo-Zulu War, has been immortalised by the classic 1964 war movie Zulu as the...

The latest instalment in this popular series from Key Publishing, World War Two, 1942 offers readers a compelling understanding of the timeline of ...

In June 1939, the working population of Britain totalled 19.75 million of which 75% were men. World War Two changed everything, and when the...

Finnair Aero Oy, which was later rebranded as Finnair, is one of the oldest surviving airlines in the world. It was established in 1923 and started...

Britain’s Brigade of Guards comprises five regiment of foot guards living what their members call ‘red and green lives’. Wearing their iconic red ...

Lockheed L-188 Electra In January 1955, an industry-wide call from American Airlines for a new aircraft resulted in Lockheed’s newest creation – th...

Varig Star of Brazil Founded in 1927 by German immigrant Otto Ernst Meyer, Varig was one of Brazil’s earliest airlines. Serving a domestic network ...

LOT Polish Airlines: Wings of Central Europe The first traces of Polish aviation can be found in 1910. However, one of the first fully domestic air...

De Havilland Comet NOTE: This is a new edition of Aeroplane magazine’s De Havilland Comet   In the latter half of World War Two, the War Cabinet sa...