Aircraft: General Interest

TWA Flight 800 crashed into the Atlantic shortly after takeoff from JFK airport on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 passengers on board. Although ini...

From the late 1940s until 1991, the Soviet Air Force was the largest military air arm in the world, providing the core of Warsaw Pact air power tha...

At the outbreak of hostilities in 1939, many of the aircraft in service with Britain and Commonwealth countries were outdated, and the RAF had to u...

Few journeys have had as great an impact on American culture as Orville Wright's first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903—a twelve-second, one-hundred-tw...

The CW-21 was designed during the late 1930s. It combined light weight construction with a powerful engine, which resulted in an excellent rate of ...

Pre-order the story of the legendary Hercules plane, told through the lens of 47 squadronAnytime, Anywhere, Anyhow. Whether it’s war, natural disas...

Michael Napier describes the naval air power deployed by NATO, Warsaw Pact and neutral countries throughout the Cold War.In 1949, an Iron Curtain w...

Britain’s first-ever wartime fighter plane, the Hawker Hurricane, shot down more enemy planes than any other fighter. It was the true aviation hero...

Why do planes disappear or fall out of the sky? Brace for Impact traces the evolution of accident investigation and explains why flying is the safe...

The Magic of a Name tells the story of the first 40 years of Britain’s most prestigious manufacturer - Rolls-Royce. Beginning with the historic me...

A history of Derbyshire Fighter Aces of World War II.

Illustrated with full-colour photography and endorsed by the Red Arrows, this is a tribute to the world's best-known aerobatics team. Following a b...

Handley Page: Images of Aviation

This book charts the adventure of the men who made man's dream of flight a reality. These pioneers of engineering made the impossible seem possible...

Scotland's role in the Second World War aerial conflict is well documented, but its involvement in this field in the First World War has been large...

Using over 300 photographs, Roy Humphreys tells the story of civil and military aviation in Kent. From the excitement and glamour of early pioneers...

This new edition survey of man's attempts since 1852 to design, develop and mass-produce aeroplanes and rotorcraft has more than 3000 entries, incl...

The Art of RAF Display Flying is an exciting photographic history book looks at all aspects of RAF display flying, past, present and future. Since ...

The Isle of Sheppey in north Kent was the birthplace of aviation in the UK and early pioneers, including the Wright Bros and Charles Rolls, gathere...

Famous for being the only place where Elvis Presley set foot in the UK, Prestwick Airport is a survivor. Originally developed in the 1930s, Prestwi...

This definitive book offers the first full study of the development of the European Union's air-transport policy. Crucial to both globalization and...