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

British Transport Aircraft of the 1970s and ’80s During the latter stages of the Cold War, the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy operated a range of a...

B-24 Liberator: Combat Photographs of the Mediterranean Theater The B-24 Liberator served as the workhorse of the US armed forces during World War...

Fokker F.27 Friendship Versatile and endlessly adaptable, the Fokker F.27 Friendship is one of the most successful turboprop airliners of the post-...

Canberra: 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...

Blenheim: Britain’s Fastest World War Two Bomber  NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Blenheim Introduced to RAF squadrons in earl...

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...

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...

Class 37s, vol 2 The Class 37s have been in service for six decades and can still be seen in a variety of places. Most notable for the Class is the...

Greater Manchester Transport: A Darker Shade of Orange Great change was afoot for Manchester’s buses in the 1970s. The region’s long-established mu...

Railways Around York York’s railways are fascinating. The city has the high-speed East Coast Main Line, the cross-country main line to Sheffield an...

Class 56s and 58s Designed specifically for heavy freight operations in the UK, British Rail’s Class 56 was introduced in 1976–84. The first 30 of ...

Jet: The Engine that Changed the World NOTE: This is a paperback edition of Jet: The Engine that Changed the World. The invention of the jet engine...

Class 57s The Class 57 diesel locomotive was an outgrowth of the tremendously successful and iconic Class 47. Rebuilt from redundant Class 47s by B...

Alitalia: From Glory to Collapse Alitalia was built on the remains of several pre-World War Two Italian airlines. With financial help from British ...

Airborne Early Warning Aircraft Airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft have become crucial to all air force air operations whenever they are engaged...

Tactical Air Command: 1946–92 Established in 1946, Tactical Air Command became a major component of US Air Force operations, alongside Strategic Ai...

Heritage DMUs: The Final Years At the beginning of the privatisation era of Britain’s railways, there was a pause in new rolling stock deliveries. ...

Class 31s Perhaps overshadowed by more ‘exotic’ locomotives, the Class 31s played a significant part in British Railways’ Modernisation Plan. Inten...

Electrostar: Capital Commuter At the turn of the millennium, a large percentage of the passenger services around London and the south-east were ope...

Class 68s In 2009, Direct Rail Services (DRS) ordered a small fleet of locos designed to remain in service until at least 2036 to futureproof its c...