Books

Heroes of War: A Collection of Lord Ashcroft’s Britain at War Articles NOTE: All royalties from the sale of this book will be paid in support of SS...

The British Rail Network, 1974–78 A decade on from the extensive changes to the rail network that were set in motion in the 1960s, Britain’s railw...

Classic American Sedans of the 1950s: The Four-Doors In the new ‘baby boomer’ era of postwar North America, newly prosperous young families in the ...

Air Forces of Latin America: Brazil As the largest country in Latin America, Brazil has a correspondingly extensive military aviation capability, w...

Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines is one of the world’s longest serving and most successful carriers. With a fleet of more than 900 aircraft serving ...

De Havilland Military NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s De Havilland Company Profile 1920–1964 (Military Types). Geoffrey de Havillan...

London’s Advert Buses A fixture of London Transport in the 1970s, the all-over advert bus was relaunched by the modern Transport for London (TfL) a...

Harrier: Vertical Velocity Warfare NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Hawker Harrier The Hawker Harrier was the first operational...

Wellington: The Backbone of Bomber Command NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Vickers Wellington In 1932, the British Air Ministr...

Pathfinders: The Definitive Story Pathfinders is a new history of Bomber Command’s corps d’elite and the men who led the greatest striking force ev...

Luftwaffe Bombers of World War Two A handful of German manufacturers dominated the market to design and build bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe of ...

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 McDonnell Douglas was formed in 1967 when the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, the company that produced the F-4 Phantom sup...

Royal Malaysian Air Force For 65 years, the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) has protected Malaysia’s airspace, territorial lands and waters. With ...

Aegean Airlines Aegean Airlines is a relatively young airline and can trace its beginnings back to a company called Aegean Aviation, an air-taxi op...

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...

Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 was developed following the success of the 707 and 727, offering airlines an alternative to the larger models – ideal for...

British Military Biplanes: 1920–40 Following the Great War, the fledgling aircraft industry was silenced as orders from the military disappeared an...

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...

Artemis 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...

Contact! 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...

Roaring Texans The History of Texan Closed Course Pylon Racing, 1946–2023 Roaring Texans is a complete history of North American Aviation’s famous ...

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

London Buses: Review of 2022 2022 will be remembered as the year London buses almost came apart. Although the capital’s population was struggling g...

British Research and Developmental Aircraft, 1945–65, vol 1 War was the catalyst that propelled advances in British military aircraft design, with ...

Clipped 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...

Railways of Asia: South Korea and Taiwan Since World War Two, South Korea and Taiwan have expanded their respective railway networks to add modern ...

The British Army of the Napoleonic Period: 1800–15 The period of 1800–15 covers some of the most glorious moments in the military history of Great ...