CK - Aviation 2

In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old. In his new book, destined to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its existence – the Second World War, when the Air Force saved the nati……続きを見る

Includes 14 illustrations of the units, planes and personnel of the Eagle Squadrons During the perilous years of 1940-1941, a small band of Americans joined the Royal Air Force to help England resis……続きを見る

The cities of Los Angeles and San Diego were boomtowns during World War II. California aviation companies designed many of the greatest combat aircraft of the era, and bustling armies of women and m……続きを見る

THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN THE AIR…MANNOCK, McCUDDEN, VON RICHTHOFEN, UDET…TRUE STORIES OF THE GREATEST ACES At the beginning of World War I the military potential of the airplane was completely unknown……続きを見る

This compelling book provides the first global history of the evolution of combined operations since Antiquity. Beginning with amphibious warfare in the ancient world of the Romans, Vikings, and Mon……続きを見る

Spitfire Stories, published in association with Imperial War Museums, is a fascinating anthology of first-hand stories from Spitfire heroes and heroines of the Second World War. The Spitfire is the ……続きを見る

All known combat claims and losses Many personal accounts and memories of the battle Illustrated with new and rarely seen photographs Brian Cull and Frederick Galea’s definitive Fighters over Malt……続きを見る

The exploits of the British Army's elite 22nd Special Air Service Regiment - the regiment of the SAS that forms part of the Regular army - are shrouded in mystery and myths abound about its members.……続きを見る

In the summer of 1943, the United Nations began Operation HUSKY, the invasion of Sicily. The Eagles over HUSKY – the airmen of the Allied air forces – played a crucial role in the assault. The Luftw……続きを見る

806 Squadron was formed in early 1940 and was equipped with Skuas and Rocs, both outdated as fighters and dive-bombers, the latter hampered by a gunner's turret, and most unsuited for modern warfare……続きを見る

A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Powerful . . . there is rage in his ink. McKay's book grips by its passion and originality. Some 25,000 people perished in the firestorm that raged through the……続きを見る

Royal Air Force Fighter Command's brief was to provide an effective aerial barrier to any attempt at domination of British skies. The aircraft and technical resources on hand between 1936 and WWII's……続きを見る

“What does it take to fly and fight with America’s Air Cavalry? That’s the story of Cowboys Over Iraq. You’ll meet bold personalities right out of a Hollywood movie. You’ll be right there as Jimmy B……続きを見る

They Never Had It So Good, first published in 1946, is a first-hand account of the activitiesーboth in the air and on the groundーof a B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber Squadron during nearly three years ……続きを見る

In October 1943, Jack Colman changed from Liberators to Beaufighters and was selected for Torbeau training in Scotland. He joined a strike wing at North Coates attacking North Sea convoys off the co……続きを見る

Thanks to the PBY's daring pilots and their effective tactics, the slow outdated Catalina patrol bombers became the scourge of Japanese shipping in the South Pacific during World War II. Painted bla……続きを見る

During the last century the British aircraft industry created and produced many outstanding aeroplanes. These aircraft were world leaders in advanced technology, utilizing inventions by British engi……続きを見る

“You could be forgiven for taking Bristow’s story as the invention of an action thriller writer . . . One of the best flying books you’ll ever read.” ーPilot Magazine Alan Bristow was a truly remark……続きを見る

Robert Jackson’s Men of Power delves into the lives of RAF flyers and Rolls-Royce chief test pilots, brothers Harvey and Jim Heyworth. The story begins in 1940 when Harvey Heyworth was leading No. 7……続きを見る

“The story of one of the most heroic fighter aces of the Second World War . . . has been brought to life in this gripping new book.” ーLancashire Living Magazine Air Commodore Peter Malam “Pete” Bro……続きを見る

This is a welcome reissue of a book which has been described as one of the best accounts about life in Bomber Command during World War II. Lancaster Target is the classic story of one crew’s fight t……続きを見る

When asked to conjure an impression of the 'typical fighter pilot', you may be inclined to think of the confident, extroverted, gregarious type, rallying his men and flying in the pursuit of victory……続きを見る

This is the true story of a young boy from Posey County, Indiana, who had a dream to fly. The outbreak of World War II enabled him to fulfill that dream. Cheerio and Best Wishes is told entirely thr……続きを見る

At the beginning of the twentieth century, aerialist Ivy Baldwin had achieved celebrity status as a premier tightrope walker, aeronaut and aviation pioneer. He executed astonishing and perilous perf……続きを見る

"I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index finger, I can rip the turret off a thirty-ton battle tank and throw it 200 feet across the desert, wh……続きを見る

An extraordinary life in the shadows of war and a Century in the making. Diana Mackintosh came of age to the drone of sirens alerting the people of Malta to the arrival of relentless flights of bell……続きを見る

Junkers Ju 287 The most advanced Jet-Bomber of the Luftwaffe This is the story of an aircraft that might have changed the air-war in 1945/46. Lots of photos, drawings, information, data and more tha……続きを見る

The Department of Defense has been successfully exploiting rapidly developing advances in information technology for military gain. On tomorrow’s multidimensional battlefieldーor “battlespace”ーthe ……続きを見る

To Rule the Skies: General Thomas S. Power and the Rise of Strategic Air Command in the Cold War fills a critical gap in Cold War and Air Force history by telling the story of General Thomas S. Powe……続きを見る

Applying fundamentals of marketing to commercial passenger air transportation, this textbook puts the emphasis on marketing principles and illustrative ways in which airlines can distinguish themsel……続きを見る