Key Books

Colombian military aviation is one of the most powerful in Latin America and comprises aviation divisions from four branches: the Fuerza Aérea Colo...

The first traces of Polish aviation can be found in 1910. However, one of the first fully domestic airlines, under the name of Aerolloyd, was forme...

The Ka-50 (NATO reporting name: Hokum A) helicopter made its maiden flight 40 years ago on 17 June 1982. After undergoing extensive tests and tweak...

All decades of aviation have important developments and changes. In the 2000s, the European Airbus consortium finally overtook Boeing as the major ...

Bus design has certainly evolved in the seven decades since 1950, but it has not been a steady process. Advances in bus design have caused manufact...

This fascinating story begins with post-World War Two sales of surplus Mustangs to various foreign governments and a few civilian customers. More t...

Airlines Series, Vol. 6 Founded in 1927 by German immigrant Otto Ernst Meyer, Varig was one of Brazil’s earliest airlines. Serving a domestic netwo...

Aircraft Engine Test Beds: British Jet Fighters and Bombers During the late 1940s and into the 1950s, a number of British jet fighter and bomber ai...

Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 32 In the late 1990s, most of the current locomotives in use on the national network were becoming very tired and ...

The preserved heritage museum railways of Britain are thriving. Not only is there continuing nostalgia for the steam locomotives of a bygone era, b...

If the North American Aviation B-25 Mitchell had only participated in the Doolittle Raid, it would have cemented its place in history – but it did ...

Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 10 This book explores the reconnaissance aircraft used by the British armed forces in the 1970s and ’80s, na...

Mike Wedgewood; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 29; Set against the contrasting rural and industrial scenery of northern Lincolnshire, this book il...

Republic F-105 Thunderchief: Operations in Southeast Asia; ; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 14 Authored by: Theo van Geffen and Gerald Arru...

British Aircraft of the Falklands War The Falkland Islands is a remote British territory, about 8,000 miles from the UK mainland and just over 400 ...

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 which...

Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 31 Grand Central is an innovative and pioneering railway open-access operator with a relatively short, but varied hi...

Travis Air Force Base: The USAF’s Transport Superbase in Action Travis Air Force Base, situated in Fairfield, California, is the “Gateway to the Pa...

Class 67sBritain’s Railways Series, Vol 30; In the late 1990s, English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) ordered a large fleet of 250 Class 66 lo...

French Naval Aviation Modern Military Aircraft Series, Vol 7Over the last two decades, the Aéronautique Navale, French Naval Aviation, has grown in...

Finnair; Airlines Series, Volume 5 Aero Oy, which was later rebranded as Finnair, is one of the oldest surviving airlines in the world. The airline...

The Paras in AfghanistanModern Wars Series, Volume 2In 2021, the British Army’s 20-year engagement in Afghanistan ended with chaotic scenes at Kabu...

Railways of South and West ScotlandBritain’s Railways Series, Volume 28The West Coast Main Line and the line from Kilmarnock south to Gretna were b...

British Interwar Aircraft When the RAF was formed in 1918, Great Britain boasted the largest air force in the world, but it was not to last. As soo...