Key Books

LOT Polish Airlines: Wings of Central Europe The first traces of Polish aviation can be found in 1910. However, one of the first fully domestic air...

Airliners of the 2000s Each decade in aviation’s history has brought important developments and changes. In the 2000s, the European Airbus consorti...

Varig Star of Brazil Founded in 1927 by German immigrant Otto Ernst Meyer, Varig was one of Brazil’s earliest airlines. Serving a domestic network ...

Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Even in aviation circles, the name Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano is not a name that quickly comes to mind, but its story is one that ...

Finnair Aero Oy, which was later rebranded as Finnair, is one of the oldest surviving airlines in the world. It was established in 1923 and started...

Water Bombers Combatting the world’s forest fires from the air is the remit of water bomber aircraft. This book reviews the past and the current se...

Turkish Airlines: The Istanbul Superconnector Turkish Airlines’ origins go back to 1933, when the Turkish government established the State Airlines...

British Midland Airways British Midland Airways existed under different identities for more than 70 years, during which time it grew from a flying ...

707: Boeing’s First Jetliner The first widely used commercial jet, the Boeing 707, brought America into the ‘Jet Age’ of the late 1950s and created...

Soviet-Era Airliners When the Soviet Union fell in December 1991, there were close to 3,500 assorted Soviet-built airliners that could be deemed o...

Avro 748 The 748 was a highly successful commercial airliner, and since the 1960s had been the go-to aircraft to open new air routes in many corner...

Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines was founded in 1945 by the Ethiopian government with the assistance of western airlines. With a fleet of war-...

Garuda Indonesia On 26 January 1949, Garuda Indonesia was officially established as Indonesia’s government-owned flag carrier. To begin with, the ...

Qantas and the Empire Flying Boat Between 1938 and 1948, Qantas Short Empire flying boats navigated a dramatic and dangerous period for commercial ...

Airliners of the 1990s The 1990s brought many important developments for the aviation world. The early jetliners now hauled cargo, and the new wid...

De Havilland Comet NOTE: This is a new edition of Aeroplane magazine’s De Havilland Comet   In the latter half of World War Two, the War Cabinet sa...

Jet: The Engine that Changed the World The invention of the jet engine had a profound effect on the world. Commercial jet aircraft revolutionised t...

Aviation Quiz Book DO YOU KNOW… ·                     Which Russian aircraft has the NATO reporting name Hoplite? ·                     What the Lo...

125: The Jet Dragon That Roared The 125 was originally conceived in the 1960s. Initially, the response in Europe to a business jet was lukewarm, bu...

Airliners of East and Central Asia With the largest landmass of all the continents, and a population of more than 4.6 billion people, Asia has a ma...

Airliners of South and Southeast Asia With the largest landmass of all the continents, and a population of more than 4.6 billion people, Asia has a...

BAC One-Eleven NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: BAC One-Eleven. On 20 August 1963, the British Aircraft Corporation ...

Boeing Stratocruiser and 707 NOTE: Previously published as Aeroplane Classic Airliner: Boeing Stratocruiser and 707. In 1916, William Boeing offici...

De Havilland Canada Whether in the snow, desert, jungle, on the water or at any regular airport, de Havilland Canada’s legendary transport aircraft...