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Spanish Air Force Aircraft
Key Publishing LtdSpanish Air Force AircraftAir Forces Series, Volume 3The Spanish Air Force was born after the Spanish Civil War, in October 1939. Starting life fro...
View full detailsWater Bombers
Key Publishing LtdWater Bombers As the climate changes it is even more vital to protect the world’s forests. This book looks at both the past and the current selecti...
View full detailsTurkish Airlines
Key Publishing LtdTurkish Airlines: The Istanbul SuperconnectorAirlines Series, Vol 4 Turkish Airlines’ origins go back to 1933, when the Turkish government establis...
View full detailsRail Freight: Scotland
Key Publishing LtdRail Freight: ScotlandThe Railways and Industry Series, Vol 6In the early 1980s, Ravenscraig steel works was the biggest source of rail freight nor...
View full detailsRailways of South West Scotland
Key Publishing LtdRailways of South West Scotland: Two Generations of Photography Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 26Illustrated with over 180 photographs, this book p...
View full detailsUS Air Forces in Europe: The 1980s
Key Publishing LtdUS Air Forces in Europe: The 1980sThe US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) rapidly expanded its presence in the 1980s, as it became the most dangerous d...
View full detailsMilitary Jeeps
Key Publishing LtdMilitary JeepsIn 2021, as the Jeep celebrates its 80th anniversary, there is no doubt that itis one of the world’s most famous automobiles. The uti...
View full detailsWest Coast Main Line Locomotive Haulage
Key Publishing LtdWest Coast Main Line Locomotive HaulageThe West Coast Main Line, which runs from London Euston to Glasgow Central with branches to Manchester, Birm...
View full detailsClass 59s
Key Publishing LtdClass 59sIn the mid-1980s, one of British Rail’s major customers of heavy block trains, Foster Yeoman, suggested the unusual arrangement of running...
View full detailsLow Floor Double Deckers
Key Publishing LtdLow-Floor Double-DeckersSeries: Britain’s Buses Series, Vol 9In just under 25 years, double-deck buses in the UK have undergone a transformation. E...
View full detailsBritish Midland Airways
Key Publishing LtdBritish Midland AirwaysAirlines Series, Vol 3British Midland Airways existed under different identities for over 70 years, during which time it gre...
View full detailsNorth Korean Aviation
Key Publishing LtdNorth Korean AviationAn Eyewitness Account In 2016, North Korea hosted its first ever airshow and invited a number of foreign visitors to watch. Un...
View full detailsAMARG:Americas Strategic Military Aircraft Reserve
Key Publishing LtdAMARG: America’s Strategic Military Aircraft ReserveThe US military stores more than 3,000 aircraft in the Arizona desert at AMARG, the 309th Aeros...
View full detailsBoeing 707
Key Publishing LtdBoeing 707: Boeing’s First Jetliner; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Volume 2The first widely used commercial jet, the Boeing 707, brought Ame...
View full detailsThe Modern Railway 2022 Book
Key Publishing LtdEdited by Modern Railways’ Editor Philip Sherratt, with contributions from Roger Ford, Tony Miles, Alan Williams and other members of the team, The...
View full detailsHornby Magazine Yearbook No.14 Hardback
Key Publishing LtdHornby Magazine Yearbook No. 14 - 2022 Hardback Collector s EditionThe fourteenth edition of the Hornby Magazine Yearbook features 128 pages of mod...
View full detailsRAF Transport Aircraft
Key Publishing LtdRAF Transport Aircraft Modern Military Aircraft Series, Vol 6From their modest origins with BE.2c and Vickers Victoria biplanes delivering food an...
View full detailsLondon Bus Routes One by One: A10-X140
Key Publishing LtdLondon Bus Routes One by One: A10–X140 Transport Systems Series, Vol 7This fifth and final London bus routes volume looks at the route numbers with...
View full detailsClass 442: The Wessex Electrics
Key Publishing LtdClass 442s: The Wessex Electrics Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 27First introduced in the late 1980s, the Class 442s were like nothing that had bee...
View full detailsIrish Railways: The Last Sixty Years
Key Publishing LtdIrish Railways: The Last 60 Years World Railways Series, Vol 4By the end of the 1950s, steam had already mostly disappeared from passenger work in ...
View full detailsSurviving World War Two Tanks in the Ardennes
Key Publishing LtdSurviving World War Two Tanks in the ArdennesMilitary Vehicles and Artillery Series, Vol 4 There are over 40 surviving World War Two tanks, self-pr...
View full detailsSoviet-Era Airliners
Key Publishing LtdSoviet-Era Airliners Historic Commercial Aircraft Series: Volume 1 When the Soviet Union fell in December 1991, there were close to 3,500 assorted ...
View full detailsCLASS 47s: From Inverness to Penzance 1982-85
Key Publishing LtdClass 47s: From Inverness to Penzance, 1982 -85 Book Britain's Railways Series: Volume 5 The Class 47 diesel locomotives were a mainstay of British...
View full detailsCornish Railways: St Austell to Penzance
Key Publishing LtdCornish Railways: St Austell to Penzance Britain's Railways Series: Volume 6 This, the second of two volumes covering the railways of Cornwall, fol...
View full detailsThe Railways and Britain's Nuclear Industry
Key Publishing LtdThe Railways and Britain's Nuclear Industry Book Britain's Railways and Industry Series: Volume 1 This book is about the important role played by t...
View full detailsBristol Lodekka Book
Key Publishing LtdBristol Lodekka Book Britain's Buses Series: Volume 3 PLEASE NOTE: This book is a re-issue of the much-loved title, Bristol Lodekka: In colour. Lod...
View full detailsLast of the Welsh Coal Trains
Key Publishing LtdLast of the Welsh Coal Trains Book The Railways and Industry Series: Volume 2 Despite the substantial decline of coal mining in the UK over the las...
View full detailsLondon Transport 1949-74
Key Publishing LtdLondon Transport 1949 74 Transport Systems Series: Volume 2 PLEASE NOTE: This is a paperback reissue of the much-loved Twenty-Five Years of London ...
View full detailsSu-57 Felon
Key Publishing LtdSu-57 Felon Book Modern Military Aircraft Series: Volume 2 In December 2020, the first Sukhoi Su-57, codenamed Felon by NATO, entered service with ...
View full detailsBritain's Military Helicopters
Key Publishing LtdBritain's Military Helicopters Modern Military Aircraft Series, Volume 4 A key component in any armed force, helicopters operate in a range of role...
View full detailsRail Freight: Wales and Western England
Key Publishing LtdRail Freight: Wales and the Borders The Railways and Industry Series, Volume 4 The changes to rail freight in Wales and the Borders since the 1980s...
View full detailsSurviving D-Day Tanks in Normandy
Key Publishing LtdSurviving D-Day Tanks in Normandy Military Vehicles and Artillery Series: Volume 2 This guide book examines the surviving WWII tanks, tank turrets ...
View full detailsAvro 748
Key Publishing LtdAvro 748: Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 3 The 748 was a highly successful commercial airliner, that since the 1960s had been responsible...
View full detailsClassic British Motorcycles: Illustrated History
Key Publishing LtdClassic British Motorcycles: An Illustrated History Classic Vehicles Series, Volume 4 Classic British motorcycles were more than simple machines, t...
View full detailsThe Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 years
Key Publishing LtdThe Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 Years Britain's Buses Series: Volume 5 PLEASE NOTE: This is a paperback reissue of the much-loved The Go-Ahead Gro...
View full detailsCanadian Pacific in the Rockies
Key Publishing LtdCanadian Pacific in the Rockies The Canadian Pacific Railway was built to unite all the Canadian Provinces with a transcontinental line running fro...
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