Warfare & Defence

In an international study, the Lightning was voted the fifth most popular military aircraft of all time. It has many thousands of devotees who are ...

'DESERVES TO JOIN REACH FOR THE SKY AND THE LAST ENEMY AS ONE OF THE GREAT RAF BOOKS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR' - ANDREW ROBERTSAs I write, I can cle...

The Curtiss P-40 had a production run of 13,738 aircraft, making it the third most produced US fighter of WWII.  Famous as the shark-mouthed aircra...

The Hurricane Pocket Manual collates authentic period sources including pilot's notes and other Air Ministry publications to provide a unique guide...

The American ''spy'' aircraft, the SR-71 ''Blackbird'' was deliberately designed to be the world''s fastest and highest-flying aircraft and has nev...

The Douglas Devastator was the US Navy's first all-metal combat aircraft, the Navy's first airplane with a fully enclosed cockpit, the first aircra...

The M40 Gun Motor Carriage and M43 Howitzer Motor Carriage are featured in over 200 photographs, providing a detailed study of the conception, deve...

1936 onwards (all marks), The legendary Supermarine Spitfire receives the famous Haynes manual treatment with the full co-operation and authorisati...

Ten fold-out A3 plans for 1/32, 1/48, 1/72 and 1/144 scale modellers of the P and U variants of the famous WWII and post-war Russian fighter aircraft.

The Hawker Hurricane has rightly earned its place in military aviation annals. Although only preceding the Spitfire by four months in its prototypi...

Following the Armistice of 1918, the British Air Industry and the newly founded RAF held a low place in national priorities. The RAF was rapidly ru...

This book presents the development and operational use of the Soviet/Russian Mikoyan MiG-29. The MiG-29 was the Soviet response to the new generati...

This book is a concise, illustrated history of the US Navy and Marine Corps most versatile jet strike fighter, the Boeing F/A-18 A-D Legacy Hornet....

Design, development, and deployment of the Wildcat, America's naval fighter during the early days of WWII. The F4F and FM Wildcat aircraft was...

At the beginning of the 1930s, North American Aviation designed one of the most popular aircraft of all time, the T-6 Texan. Over 24,404 planes in ...

The NASM's 60,000 objects comprise the world's largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft. The content is culled from the museum's two ...

First published in 1956, but still relevant and thought-provoking today, this book is an absolute revelation on test flying with the British aircra...

Developed as the answer to the American B-1, the Tupolev Tu-160 was the Soviet Unions most potent strategic bomber. Several project versions were r...

Scale plans in 1/48 and 1/32 of Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 & G-6 versions. Includes all subversions.

This is an illustrated guide shown in over 75 images. It is a fascinating history of the Messerschmitt 109, from its maiden flight in 1935 through ...

A comprehensive study of the training aircraft used to transition the United States military into the jet age. At the end of World War II, high-per...