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

British Rail Shunters: The Final Years By the beginning of the 1990s, the variety that once characterised British Rail’s (BR) shunter fleet had all...

Seattle Stratotanker Veterans: Boeing Non-Tanker Variants The C-135 series, along with its civilian counterpart, the Boeing 707, emerged on to the ...

Ukrainian Armour and Fighting Vehicles Prior to the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia was believed to have one of the largest and most e...

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

Luftwaffe Fighters of World War Two This book provides insight into the Luftwaffe fighters of World War Two. It details the genesis of many of the ...

Preserved Aircraft of the World: Europe The appeal of vintage aircraft lies in its social and military history, the engineering and evolutionary in...

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 ...

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

Rail Freight: London and the South East The last four decades have seen many changes in rail freight patterns, as small-scale operations requiring ...

The Glacier Express: An Iconic Railway Journey Through the Swiss Alps Travelling a distance of 180 miles across the central Swiss Alps, this iconic...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Vampire NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Vampire. Successful aircraft manufacturer de Havilland began design development of the...

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

Rail Freight: Eastern England Between the Humber estuary, the gateway to the North Sea at the region’s northernmost point, and the port of Felixsto...

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...

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...

Britain’s railways have arguably never faced more uncertainty. With rail reform still on hold, the cancellation of HS2 announced, and passenger rev...

Halifax: From Front-Line Bomber to Post-War Transport NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Halifax. One of the three British four-e...