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From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog
Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781526797957
Pub Date: 2025-05-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
320 Pages
Fighter pilots! Images of Baron Manfred von Richthofen and Eddie Rickenbacker in the Great War, Johnnie Johnson, Robert Stanford Tuck and Richard Bong in the Second World War, or Robin Olds in Vietnam, all spring to mind. Volumes have been written about them, past and present.
The English Electric Canberra in British Service
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 9781526742537
Pub Date: 2025-01-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
96 Pages
Developed by English Electric during the late 1940s – essentially as a successor to the wartime de Havilland Mosquito twin-engine, unarmed, fast bomber concept – the Canberra can lay claim to being the first British jet-powered medium bomber when it was introduced in to RAF service in May 1951.
Strike from the Air
The Early Years of the US Air Forces
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781526798084
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
312 Pages
Much has been written about the Unites States air forces during the Second World War, but little has been written about the early days of American military aviation either before or during the First...
Air Power in the Malayan Emergency
The RAF and Allied Air Forces in Malaya 1948 - 1960
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781526726124
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
256 Pages
As early as the 1920s Communist Soviet and then Chinese agents had been infiltrating Malaya and in 1929 the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) was formed with the intention of overthrowing the Malayan Administration...
Chinook Crash
The Crash of RAF Chinook Helicopter ZD576 on the Mull of Kintyre
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526791993
Pub Date: 2024-07-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
272 Pages
The 1994 crash of Chinook with top Northern Ireland intelligence experts on board into the Mull of Kintyre has remained the source of intense speculation ever since.The book is not only a full account...
Lockheed Constellation
A Record Breaking Airliner
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781526723635
Pub Date: 2024-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
176 Pages
It was to be created for one man and one airline but became one of the best and most elegant aircraft ever to grace the skies. Howard Hughes was one of the wealthiest people in the world. He bought control in TWA, the huge American airline, and wanted to make it special.
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Commemorating 100 Years of Service
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399062183
Pub Date: 2023-09-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
264 Pages
Owing its origins to Lord Trenchard’s desire to establish an elite corps of civilians who would serve their country in flying squadrons during their spare time, the Auxiliary Air Force (AAF) was first...
Airborne Landing to Air Assault
A History of Military Parachuting
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781526797612
Pub Date: 2023-03-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
272 Pages
Many books have been written about military parachuting, in particular about famous parachute operations like Crete and Arnhem in the Second World War and notable parachute units like the British Parachute Regiment and the US 101st Airborne Division, but no previous book has covered the entire history of the use of the parachute in warfare.
From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog
Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781526797957
Pub Date: 2025-05-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
320 Pages
The English Electric Canberra in British Service
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 9781526742537
Pub Date: 2025-01-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
96 Pages
Strike from the Air
The Early Years of the US Air Forces
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781526798084
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
312 Pages
Air Power in the Malayan Emergency
The RAF and Allied Air Forces in Malaya 1948 - 1960
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781526726124
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
256 Pages
Chinook Crash
The Crash of RAF Chinook Helicopter ZD576 on the Mull of Kintyre
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526791993
Pub Date: 2024-07-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
272 Pages
Lockheed Constellation
A Record Breaking Airliner
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781526723635
Pub Date: 2024-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
176 Pages
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Commemorating 100 Years of Service
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399062183
Pub Date: 2023-09-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
264 Pages
Airborne Landing to Air Assault
A History of Military Parachuting
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781526797612
Pub Date: 2023-03-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
272 Pages