Key Books

Hawker Hunter; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 16 Please note: This is a new edition of Combat Machines No 4 Hawker Hunter Development of t...

Bristol 1910–59; Aviation Industry Series, Vol. 5 160 Pages Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Bristol Company Profile 1910–195...

Air Forces of Latin America: Chile Air Forces Series, Vol. 7 Chilean military aviation has a long history, but in the past 25 years it has experien...

Alexander Deniss Buses Britain’s Buses Series, Vol. 16 Three of the best-known names in the history of British bus building, Alexander, Dennis and ...

Airborne Early Warning Aircraft: Wellington to Wedgetail Modern Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 14 Airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft have become...

Alitalia: From Glory to Collapse Airlines Series, Vol. 16 Alitalia was built on the remains of several pre-World War Two Italian airlines. With fin...

Brush 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...

Class 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...

Class 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...

British Rail Shunters: From Corporate Blue to Sectorisation Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 46 The role of British Rail’s (BR) diesel shunters was...

British Rail Shunters: The Final Years Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 52 By the beginning of the 1990s, the variety that had once characterised Br...

British Military Biplanes: 1912–19 The human ambition to fly was brought to fruition famously by the Wright brothers in 1903. Just five years later...

The British Army of the Napoleonic Period: 1800–15 Historic Armies Series, Vol. 3 The period of 1800–15 covers some of the most glorious moments in...

Class 68s Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 51 In 2009, Direct Rail Services (DRS) ordered a small fleet of locos designed to remain in service until...

Class 31s; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 50 Perhaps overshadowed by more ‘exotic’ locos, the Class 31s nonetheless played a significant part in ...

Class 57s Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 53 The Class 57 diesel locomotive was an outgrowth of the tremendously successful and iconic Class 47. Re...

Class 56s and 58s Britain's Railways Series, Vol. 54 Designed specifically for heavy freight operations in the UK, British Rail’s Class 56 was int...

Finland’s Air Forces: From Neutral to NATO; Air Forces Series, Vol. 6 Authored by: Kevin Wright 96 Pages Sharing a 1,340km-long land border with Ru...

Flybe; Airlines Series, Vol 12 Authored by: Nigel Richardson 96 pages Established in 1979 as Jersey European Airways from the merger of Intra Airwa...

Curtiss 1907–47; Aviation Industry Series, Vol. 6 Pages: 160 Please note: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Curtiss Company Profile 1907–19...

EgyptAir: Weathering Storms Airlines Series, Vol. 14 Established in the 1930s by Egyptian and British investors, and now thriving in its eighth dec...

French Air Force: Contemporary Aircraft  Air Forces Series, Vol. 9 In order to meet future threats and remain operationally relevant, the Armée de...

German Starfighters: The Story in Colour: Training and Service; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 25 Authored By: Klaus Kropf 96 pages The F-1...

Halifax: From Front-Line Bomber to Post-War Transport Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 29 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeropla...

Hellenic Air Force: Guardians of Greece Air Forces Series, Vol. 8 The Hellenic Air Force is one of the most powerful in Europe. With 37 helicopters...

Dan-Air Charting the story of one of the UK'S best-known Airlines Airlines Series Dan-Air began almost by accident: with an aircraft received for a...

Dassault Rafale; Modern Military Aircraft Series, Vol 13 Manufactured by Dassault Aviation solely in France, the Rafale was designed to replace an ...

Contact! Early US Naval and Marine Corps Aviation, 1911–18 The development of US naval aviation was slow to start – the lack of interest and money...

Electrostar: Capital Commuter; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 48 At the turn of the millennium, a large percentage of the passenger services around...

Heritage DMUs The Final Years; ; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 49 At the beginning of the privatisation era of Britain’s railways, there was a pa...

Pre 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, ...

The 2023 Hornby Magazine Yearbook Collector's Edition Hardback offers essential reading for every British railway modeller with detailed modelling ...

Monarch Airlines; Airlines Series, Vol. 15 Monarch Airlines was founded in June 1967 and began operations from Luton Airport in April 1968, using ...

De Havilland Military Aviation Industry Series, Vol. 8 Please note: This new book edition of Aeroplane’s De Havilland Company Profile 1920–1964 (Mi...

Aegean Airlines: The Largest Greek Airline Airlines Series, Vol. 17 Aegean Airlines is a relatively young airline and can trace its beginnings back...

Classic American Sedans of the 1950s: The Four-Doors Classic Vehicles Series, Vol. 6 In the new “baby boomer” era of postwar North America, newly p...