Key Books

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Water 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...

Turkish Airlines: The Istanbul SuperconnectorAirlines Series, Vol 4 Turkish Airlines’ origins go back to 1933, when the Turkish government establis...

British Midland AirwaysAirlines Series, Vol 3British Midland Airways existed under different identities for over 70 years, during which time it gre...

Boeing 707: Boeing’s First Jetliner; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Volume 2The first widely used commercial jet, the Boeing 707, brought Ame...

Soviet-Era Airliners Historic Commercial Aircraft Series: Volume 1 When the Soviet Union fell in December 1991, there were close to 3,500 assorted ...

Avro 748: Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 3 The 748 was a highly successful commercial airliner, that since the 1960s had been responsible...

Ethiopian Airlines: The African Aviation Powerhouse; Airlines Series, Volume 2 Ethiopian Airlines was founded in 1945 by the Ethiopian government w...

Garuda Indonesia Airline Series Volume 1 On 26 January 1949, Garuda Indonesia was officially established as Indonesia s government-owned flag carri...

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

Airliners of the 1990s Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Volume 4 The 1990s brought with it many important developments for the aviation world. ...

De Havilland Comet In the latter half of World War Two, the War Cabinet sanctioned the formation of a committee to consider a post-war world of air...

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...

DO YOU KNOW… Which Russian aircraft has the NATO reporting name Hoplite? What the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is known as in Israeli Air For...

125: The Jet Dragon that Roared; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 11 The 125 was originally conceived in the 1960s. Initially, the response...

Airliners of East and Central Asia Modern Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 1 With the largest landmass of all the continents, and a population of ov...

Modern Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol. 2 Author: Gerry Manning Pages: 96 With the largest landmass of all the continents, and a population of over...

BAC One-Eleven; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 9 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: BAC One-Eleven. O...

Boeing Stratocruiser and 707; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 12 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: Bo...

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