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Vickers 1911-77
Key Publishing LtdVickers 1911–77; Aviation Industry Series, Vol. 4 Pages: 160 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Vickers Company Profile 1911–77...
View full detailsJunkers
Key Publishing LtdJunkers: 1895–1969 Aviation Industry Series, Vol. 7 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Junkers Company Profile 1895–1969 Hugo J...
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 detailsPreserved Aircraft of the World: US and Canada
Key Publishing LtdPreserved Aircraft of the World: US and Canada Authored By: Gerry Manning Pages: 96 The appeal of vintage aircraft lies in its social and military ...
View full detailsIrish Railways: 100 years
Key Publishing LtdIrish Railways: 100 Years; World Railways Series, Vol. 7 Authored By: Michael H. C. Baker Pages: 96 The 100 years since the Irish Free State was se...
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 detailsRailways in South Yorkshire: Four Decades of Change
Key Publishing LtdRailways in South Yorkshire: Four Decades of Change; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 43 Authored By: Mike Wedgewood Pages: 96 Today, South Yorkshire...
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 detailsRail Freight: The Midlands
Key Publishing LtdRail Freight: The Midlands; The Railways and Industry Series, Vol 8 Authored By: Paul Shannon 96 Pages From the busy West Coast and Midland main li...
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 detailsWest Highland Lines
Key Publishing LtdLines of the West Highlands; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 34 The lines to the West Highlands start their journey in the heart of Central Scotland...
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 detailsRailways in Northern Lincolnshire: Four Decades of Change
Key Publishing LtdMike Wedgewood; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 29; Set against the contrasting rural and industrial scenery of northern Lincolnshire, this book il...
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 detailsLockheed SR-71
Key Publishing LtdLockheed SR-71 Blackbird - Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 17 The Lockheed Blackbird family – the A-12, YF-12, and SR-71 – were the most rem...
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 detailsThe Off Road Survival Handbook
Key Publishing LtdThe 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...
View full detailsLOT Polish Airlines
Key Publishing LtdThe first traces of Polish aviation can be found in 1910. However, one of the first fully domestic airlines, under the name of Aerolloyd, was forme...
View full detailsRoyal Navy and Army Helicopters of the 70s & 80s
Key Publishing LtdRoyal Navy and Army Helicopters of the 1970s and ’80s; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 27; Authored By: Chris Goss Pages: 96 In the 1970s ...
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 detailsStrategic Air Command: 'Peace is Our Profession'
Key Publishing LtdStrategic Air Command: “Peace is Our Profession” The end of World War Two brought new challenges for US homeland security. The advent of the nuclea...
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 detailsJet: The Engine that Changed the World
Key Publishing LtdJet: The Engine that Changed the World The invention of the jet engine had a profound effect on the world. Commercial jet aircraft revolutionised t...
View full detailsRestoring Glory
Key Publishing LtdRestoring Glory World War Two spawned the evolution of many different aircraft, as air forces fought not only to control the skies but to destroy t...
View full detailsVarig
Key Publishing LtdAirlines Series, Vol. 6 Founded in 1927 by German immigrant Otto Ernst Meyer, Varig was one of Brazil’s earliest airlines. Serving a domestic netwo...
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...
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