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VC10: Icon of the Skies
BOAC, Boeing and a Jet Age Battle
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781399077378
Pub Date: 2022-10-21
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
256 Pages
Other books have charted the VC10 in airline life, but this book blends that story with a well-researched tale of corporate and political power play.
Confessions of an Airline Pilot – Why Planes Crash
Including Tales from the Pilot’s Seat
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399012041
Pub Date: 2022-02-03
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
272 Pages
How do you know if the airline you are planning to fly with is safe? What should you be worried about? Is it, Turbulence, lightning or that the pilots might be asleep while the aircraft flies on, on autopilot?
The Schneider Trophy Air Races
The Development of Flight from 1909 to the Spitfire
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781526770011
Pub Date: 2021-09-09
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
256 Pages
The history of the Schneider Trophy is the history of aircraft development.When Jacques Schneider devised and inaugurated the Coupe d’Aviation Maritime race for seaplanes in 1913, no-one could have...
20th Century Passenger Flying Boats
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 9781526744210
Pub Date: 2021-04-20
Format: Digital download
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
104 Pages
From Henri Fabre's first successful take-off from water, to the introduction of a hull (rather than floats) by American Glenn Curtiss, to the world-wide development of huge, ocean-crossing flying boats on both sides of the Atlantic - the passenger flying boat era continues to fascinate aviation enthusiasts and historians alike.
Aero-Neurosis
Pilots of the First World War and the Psychological Legacies of Combat
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781526723123
Pub Date: 2019-10-16
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
256 Pages
The young men who flew and fought during the First World War had no idea what was awaiting them. The rise of science and nationalism during the late 19th and early 20th centuries came to a head in 1914. The ‘technology shock’ that coalesced at the Western Front was not envisaged by any of the leadership.
Heathrow Airport
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781526759184
Pub Date: 2019-08-29
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
208 Pages
Love it or loathe it, Heathrow is the United Kingdom’s largest and most important airport by a distance. It currently serves over 190 routes to more than 80 countries. Over £100 billion of imports and exports are handled every year, making it the UK’s primary port by value.
Comet! The World’s First Jet Airliner
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781781592793
Pub Date: 2014-02-19
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
304 Pages
This new volume from the respected and well-regarded aviation historian and author Graham Simons is sure to appeal to all aviation enthusiasts, including as it does a wide array of historical sources...
Colours in the Sky
The History of Autair and Court Line Aviation
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781526725561
Pub Date: 2018-11-16
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
320 Pages
It's impossible to tell the story of Court Line without telling that of Autair, founded by helicopter pioneer William 'Bill' Armstrong. Autair itself was an offshoot of his global helicopter operation,...
VC10: Icon of the Skies
BOAC, Boeing and a Jet Age Battle
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781399077378
Pub Date: 2022-10-21
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
256 Pages
Confessions of an Airline Pilot – Why Planes Crash
Including Tales from the Pilot’s Seat
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399012041
Pub Date: 2022-02-03
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
272 Pages
The Schneider Trophy Air Races
The Development of Flight from 1909 to the Spitfire
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781526770011
Pub Date: 2021-09-09
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
256 Pages
20th Century Passenger Flying Boats
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 9781526744210
Pub Date: 2021-04-20
Format: Digital download
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
104 Pages
Aero-Neurosis
Pilots of the First World War and the Psychological Legacies of Combat
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781526723123
Pub Date: 2019-10-16
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
256 Pages
Heathrow Airport
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781526759184
Pub Date: 2019-08-29
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
208 Pages
Comet! The World’s First Jet Airliner
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781781592793
Pub Date: 2014-02-19
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
304 Pages
Colours in the Sky
The History of Autair and Court Line Aviation
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781526725561
Pub Date: 2018-11-16
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
320 Pages