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British Military Biplanes Vol 2
Key Publishing LtdBritish Military Biplanes: 1920–40 Following the Great War, the fledgling aircraft industry was silenced as orders from the military disappeared an...
View full detailsFokker F-27 Friendship
Key Publishing LtdFokker F.27 Friendship Versatile and endlessly adaptable, the Fokker F.27 Friendship is one of the most successful turboprop airliners of the post-...
View full detailsCanberra
Key Publishing LtdCanberra: Britain’s First Jet Bomber NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Canberra While the history of the jet engine and the deve...
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Key Publishing LtdBlenheim: Britain’s Fastest World War Two Bomber NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Blenheim Introduced to RAF squadrons in earl...
View full detailsMeteor
Key Publishing LtdMeteor: 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...
View full detailsMustang (Paperback)
Key Publishing LtdMustang: The Untold Story The North American Mustang is one of the most well-studied aircraft. However, much of what is commonly understood about i...
View full detailsAirborne Early Warning Aircraft
Key Publishing LtdAirborne Early Warning Aircraft Airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft have become crucial to all air force air operations whenever they are engaged...
View full detailsTactical Air Command
Key Publishing LtdTactical Air Command: 1946–92 Established in 1946, Tactical Air Command became a major component of US Air Force operations, alongside Strategic Ai...
View full detailsArtemis I: Return to the Moon
Key Publishing LtdArtemis I: Return 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 the...
View full detailsContact! Early Naval Aviation
Key Publishing LtdContact! Early Naval Aviation The development of US naval aviation was slow to start – the lack of interest and money threatened to end it before i...
View full detailsVickers Viscount
Key Publishing LtdVickers Viscount First flown in 1948 and in service from 1953, the Viscount was manufactured to help transform the commercial travel market. In tot...
View full detailsClipped Wings
Key Publishing LtdClipped 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...
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 detailsPreserved Aircraft of the World: Rest of the World
Key Publishing LtdPreserved 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...
View full detailsUkrainian Armour and Fighting Vehicles
Key Publishing LtdUkrainian Armour and Fighting Vehicles Prior to the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia was believed to have one of the largest and most e...
View full detailsDouglas C-124 Globemaster II: Long Beach's Long Reach
Key Publishing LtdDouglas C-124 Globemaster II: Long Beach’s Long Reach The C-124 served the United States Air Force for 25 years, delivering cargo and passengers to...
View full detailsPreserved Aircraft of the World: Europe
Key Publishing LtdPreserved Aircraft of the World: Europe The appeal of vintage aircraft lies in its social and military history, the engineering and evolutionary in...
View full detailsDan-Air
Key Publishing LtdDan-Air Dan-Air began almost by accident: with an aircraft received for a loan payment that wasn’t honoured. With the means to fly aircraft parts ...
View full detailsEnglish Medieval Armies
Key Publishing LtdEnglish Medieval Armies: 1066–1337 Almost a century after William the Conqueror’s arrival on English soil, the Norman royal family that he had esta...
View full detailsHellenic Air Force: Guardians of Greece
Key Publishing LtdHellenic Air Force The Hellenic Air Force is one of the most powerful in Europe. With 37 helicopters, 343 fixed-wing aircraft including 206 fighter...
View full detailsRussian Air Power
Key Publishing LtdRussian Air Power Russia has an extensive history of domestic military aircraft manufacture and a vast array of air power at its disposal. Despite ...
View full detailsAllied Fighters of World War Two
Key Publishing LtdAllied Fighters of World War Two: US and Britain NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Collectors’ Archive: British Fighters of World War 2...
View full detailsMahan Air
Key Publishing LtdMahan Air With 70 aircraft in its service and 34 of them currently airworthy, Mahan Air is Iran’s largest and most successful airline, transporting...
View full detailsMonarch Airlines
Key Publishing LtdMonarch Airlines Monarch Airlines was founded in June 1967 and began operations from Luton Airport in April 1968, using two Bristol Britannias to f...
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