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Yorkshire Dales Buses The West Yorkshire Road Car Company’s routes from Skipton and Ilkley up into Wharfedale, Wensleydale and Swaledale are some ...

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...

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

Avro Military 1910–63 NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Avro Company Profile 1910–1996 (Military) Founded in 1910, A.V. Roe and Compa...

HSTs: The Western Region From the late 1970s, for more than 40 years, the High-Speed Train (HST) was the mainstay of express services for many tra...

British Multiple Units Multiple units are the unsung heroes of the modern railway system. Their many advantages include higher capacity, less trac...

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...

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...

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

Artemis I: Return to the Moon It is more than 50 years since a spacecraft first landed on the Moon and millions of people worldwide tuned in to the...

German Starfighters: The Story in Colour, Training and Service The F-104 Starfighter was one of the most fascinating aircraft of the Cold War era i...

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

Fall of the Luftwaffe in Colour Meticulously researched over the course of 20 years, this colour rendition of the Luftwaffe’s Eagles in defeat accu...

RAF Aircraft of the Cold War 1970–90 A unique illustrated look at the Cold War aircraft flown by the RAF as seen from the cockpit. The Cold War saw...

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...

The Paras in Afghanistan In 2021, the British Army’s 20-year engagement in Afghanistan ended with chaotic scenes at Kabul International Airport. Th...

Liveries of the WR Diesel Hydraulics The WR diesel hydraulic locomotives always exercised a special fascination for the modern traction enthusiast...

Storms Over Ireland Ireland's Air Wars; In the early decades of the 20th century, Ireland experienced three armed conflicts. Britain had an aerial...

No other military fighting force in the world has the same mystique and aura as the United States Marine Corps (USMC). Since its inception, the USM...

Air-to-Air Refuelling Aircraft Modern strategists talk about force multipliers, and for air operations, air-to-air refuelling is without doubt the...

RAF FIGHTERS IN THE FAR EAST: 1945–50 Despite the Japanese surrender in August 1945, the RAF was required to engage in further combat operations in...

Bristol 1910–59 NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Bristol Company Profile 1910–1959. The British Colonial Aeroplane Company, later Br...

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