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Boeing Stratocruiser and 707
Key Publishing LtdBoeing Stratocruiser and 707; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 12 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: Bo...
View full detailsB-24 Liberator: Combat Photographs from the Europe Theater
Key Publishing LtdB-24 Liberator: Combat Photographs from the European Theater of Operations; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 21 Born from a need for more B-1...
View full detailsHornby Magazine Yearbook 15 Hardback Edition
Key Publishing LtdThe 2023 Hornby Magazine Yearbook Collector's Edition Hardback offers essential reading for every British railway modeller with detailed modelling ...
View full detailsBritish Sports Cars
Key Publishing LtdBritish Sports Cars– a 96 page special publication Britain has been responsible for some of the greatest sports cars ever built - the ‘Blower’ Ben...
View full detailsAir Forces of Latin America: Colombia
Key Publishing LtdColombian military aviation is one of the most powerful in Latin America and comprises aviation divisions from four branches: the Fuerza Aérea Colo...
View full detailsFrench Air Force
Key Publishing LtdFrench Air Force: Contemporary Aircraft Air Forces Series, Vol. 9 In order to meet future threats and remain operationally relevant, the Armée de...
View full detailsEgyptair
Key Publishing LtdEgyptAir: Weathering Storms Airlines Series, Vol. 14 Established in the 1930s by Egyptian and British investors, and now thriving in its eighth dec...
View full detailsBuses and Coaches 1945-70: From Contemporary Adverts
Key Publishing LtdBuses and Coaches 1945–70: From Contemporary Adverts - Britain’s Buses Series, Vol 13 From 1945 to 1970, trade press advertisements for buses and c...
View full detailsChina Airlines
Key Publishing LtdChina 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...
View full detailsAvro Military 1910-63
Key Publishing LtdAvro Military 1910–63; Aviation Industry Series, Vol 3 Please note: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Avro Company Profile 1910–1996 (Milit...
View full detailsBristol 1910-59
Key Publishing LtdBristol 1910–59; Aviation Industry Series, Vol. 5 160 Pages Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Bristol Company Profile 1910–195...
View full detailsDe Havilland Comet
Key Publishing LtdDe 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...
View full detailsFairey 1915-60
Key Publishing LtdFairey 1915–60; Aviation Industry Series, Vol. 1 Please note: This is a new edition of Fairey Company Profile 1915–1960 One of the many ingredient...
View full detailsConcorde
Key Publishing LtdConcorde; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 10 Please note: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: Concorde The desire fo...
View full detailsCurtiss 1907-47
Key Publishing LtdCurtiss 1907–47; Aviation Industry Series, Vol. 6 Pages: 160 Please note: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Curtiss Company Profile 1907–19...
View full detailsDouglas DC-3
Key Publishing LtdHistoric Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol. 13 96 Pages Please note: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: The Douglas DC-3 Altho...
View full detailsBAC One-Eleven
Key Publishing LtdBAC One-Eleven; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 9 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: BAC One-Eleven. O...
View full detailsHigh Desert Deployment
Key Publishing LtdPre Order: This item will be released late May early June 2023. High Desert Deployment: Navy Color on Display at NAS Fallon; Since World War Two, ...
View full detailsClass 159s: 30 Years' Service
Key Publishing LtdClass 159s: 30 Years’ Service; Mark V. Pike; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 47 By the late 1980s, the Class 50 and Class 47 locomotives working Net...
View full detailsFlybe Airlines Series Vol 12
Key Publishing LtdFlybe; Airlines Series, Vol 12 Authored by: Nigel Richardson 96 pages Established in 1979 as Jersey European Airways from the merger of Intra Airwa...
View full detailsClass 47s: Jack Of Trades
Key Publishing LtdClass 47s: The Jack of All Trades; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 45 Authored By: Mark V. Pike; Pages: 96 In 1962, construction of the first Cla...
View full detailsAirliners of South and Southeast Asia
Key Publishing LtdModern Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol. 2 Author: Gerry Manning Pages: 96 With the largest landmass of all the continents, and a population of over...
View full detailsBrush Type 4 to Class 47s - The First 20 Years
Key Publishing LtdBrush Type 4 to Class 47s: The First 20 Years; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 44 Authored By: Simon Lilley Pages: 96 It is now 60 years since the f...
View full detailsAirliners of East and Central Asia
Key Publishing LtdAirliners of East and Central Asia Modern Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 1 With the largest landmass of all the continents, and a population of ov...
View full detailsBradford Trolleybuses: The Later Years and Closure
Key Publishing LtdBradford Trolleybuses: The Later Years and Closure - Britain’s Buses Series, Vol 12; After every rise, there comes a fall, and for Bradford’s trol...
View full detailsEast Coast Main Line Locomotive Haulage
Key Publishing LtdEast Coast Main Line Locomotive Haulage; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 37 The East Coast Main Line (ECML) runs from London King’s Cross to Edinbur...
View full detailsBradford Trolleybuses: The Early Years & Jubilee Celebration
Key Publishing LtdBradford Trolleybuses: The Early Years and Jubilee Celebrations Bradford trolleybuses were the ‘first and the last’ in the UK – first introduced in...
View full detailsBritain's Guided Weapons
Key Publishing LtdBritain has been at the forefront of weapons technology since the industrial revolution began and, with the Brennan wire-guided torpedo, pioneered ...
View full detailsBritish Reconnaissance Aircraft of the 1970s and '80s
Key Publishing LtdHistoric Military Aircraft Series, Vol 10 This book explores the reconnaissance aircraft used by the British armed forces in the 1970s and ’80s, na...
View full detailsClass 47s: Inverness to Newquay 1986-87
Key Publishing LtdClass 47s: Inverness to Newquay; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 38; In the mid-1980s, the winds of change were blowing through British Rail and oft...
View full detailsClass 50s
Key Publishing LtdClass 50s; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 36 During the mid-1960s, BR was looking to introduce a high-powered diesel loco to improve services on th...
View full detailsAirliners of the 2000s
Key Publishing LtdAll decades of aviation have important developments and changes. In the 2000s, the European Airbus consortium finally overtook Boeing as the major ...
View full detailsClass 66: 3/4/7/8
Key Publishing LtdClass 66: 3/4/7/8 - Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 35 In the late 1990s, English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) had led the way with their Class...
View full detailsClass 66/0
Key Publishing LtdBritain’s Railways Series, Vol. 32 In the late 1990s, most of the current locomotives in use on the national network were becoming very tired and ...
View full detailsHSTs: Around Britain 1990 to the Present Day
Key Publishing LtdHSTs: Around Britain, From 1990 to the Present Day For almost 50 years, High Speed Trains (HSTs) have been the mainstay for express services for ma...
View full detailsAircraft Engine Test Beds
Key Publishing LtdAircraft Engine Test Beds: British Jet Fighters and Bombers During the late 1940s and into the 1950s, a number of British jet fighter and bomber ai...
View full detailsClass 66: 5/6/9
Key Publishing LtdClass 66: 5/6/9; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 39 In the late 1990s, English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) was having great success with its...
View full detailsDe Havilland Canada
Key Publishing LtdDe Havilland Canada Whether in the snow, desert, jungle, on the water or even at just any regular airport, de Havilland Canada’s legendary transpor...
View full detailsBritish Aircraft of the Falklands War
Key Publishing LtdBritish Aircraft of the Falklands War The Falkland Islands is a remote British territory, about 8,000 miles from the UK mainland and just over 400 ...
View full detailsGrand Central
Key Publishing LtdBritain’s Railways Series, Vol 31 Grand Central is an innovative and pioneering railway open-access operator with a relatively short, but varied hi...
View full detailsBritain's Preserved Railways
Key Publishing LtdThe preserved heritage museum railways of Britain are thriving. Not only is there continuing nostalgia for the steam locomotives of a bygone era, b...
View full detailsB-25 Mitchell
Key Publishing LtdIf the North American Aviation B-25 Mitchell had only participated in the Doolittle Raid, it would have cemented its place in history – but it did ...
View full detailsHawker Hunter
Key Publishing LtdHawker Hunter; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 16 Please note: This is a new edition of Combat Machines No 4 Hawker Hunter Development of t...
View full detailsB-17G Flying Fortress
Key Publishing LtdB-17G Flying Fortress The B-17 Flying Fortress was conceived by the well-known US aviation designer and manufacturer Boeing during the 1930s, princ...
View full details125: The Jet Dragon that Roared
Key Publishing Ltd125: The Jet Dragon that Roared; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 11 The 125 was originally conceived in the 1960s. Initially, the response...
View full detailsAmerican Aviation: The First Half Century
Key Publishing LtdAmerican Aviation: The First Half-Century Authored by: David Willis and Jim Winchester Pages: 192 Hardback The story of American aviation in the fi...
View full detailsAvro Vulcan B.Mk2: A Place in History 1960-84
Key Publishing LtdAvro Vulcan B.Mk2: A Place in History, 1960–84; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 19 Authored By: David W. Fildes Pages: 96 In 2022, the Avro ...
View full detailsFinland's Air Forces: From Neutral to NATO
Key Publishing LtdFinland’s Air Forces: From Neutral to NATO; Air Forces Series, Vol. 6 Authored by: Kevin Wright 96 Pages Sharing a 1,340km-long land border with Ru...
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