Holland 1940 - The Luftwaffe's First Setback in the West by Ryan K. Noppen; Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
The German invasion of the Netherlands was meant to be a lightning-fast surgical strike, aimed at shoring up the right flank of the assault on France and Belgium. With a bold plan based largely on Luftwaffe air power, air-landing troops, and the biggest airborne assault yet seen, a Dutch surrender was e ...Show more
F6F Hellcat vs N1K1/2 Shiden/Shiden-Kai - Pacific 1945 by Tony Holmes; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Duel Ser.
By the early months of 1944 in the Pacific, the US Navy's burgeoning force of carrier-based F6F-3/5 Hellcats had pretty much wiped the skies clear of Japanese fighters during a series of one-sided aerial engagements. However, starting in October they faced thesuperb Kawanishi N1K1/2 Shiden/Shiden-Kai, a ...Show more
Harrier: How To Be a Fighter Pilot by Paul Tremelling
26.00 NZD
Category: Military
A white-knuckle account of life in the dog-eat-dog arena of fighter combatThis is the story of what it takes to make it in fighter combat. In the cockpit or crew room, the pressure is relentless, the humour merciless.It's no place for the faint-hearted.Whether landing on a pitching aircraft carrier deck ...Show more
Eject! Eject! by John Nichol
40.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
'Eject! Eject!' When the call is made to abandon an aircraft, it's only the beginning of the story... From the Sunday Times bestselling writer John Nichol, author of Spitfire, Lancaster and Tornado, comes a brilliant new book that reveals the astonishing story of an invention that has saved many thousan ...Show more
Wings Over Water: The Story of the World's Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire by Jonathan Glancey
25.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
The thrilling story of the Schneider Trophy, a series of glamorous air races that captivated both sides of the Atlantic and became a driver and celebration of speed and engineering prowess. Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy was a series of glamorous air contests, popularly known as races, that cap ...Show more
101 Lessons from the Sky - Commercial Aviation by Fletcher McKenzie
35.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: From the Sky Ser.
Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission by Rowland White
40.00 NZD
Category: Military
The incredible story of one of WW2's most iconic aircraft told through one impossible mission by the master of the aviation thriller Built of lightweight wood, powered by two growling Rolls Royce engines, impossibly aerodynamic, headspinningly fast, armed to the teeth, the DeHavilland Mosquito was the ...Show more
De Havilland and Hatfield 1936-1993 by Philip Birtles
55.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
With the approach of WW2 the de Havilland Aerodrome at Hatfield went through a major expansion, concentrating on Mosquito production and development. The Company also pioneered the production and development of jet engines led by Major Frank Halford, leading to the Vampire jet fighter. Early commercial ...Show more
Race Through the Skies: The Week the World Learned to Fly by Sandler, Martin W.
40.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
From National Book Award winner Martin W. Sandler, a fascinating look at the week that brought aviation fever to the world In 1903, the Wright brothers made three brief flights, and no one was there to watch them. Six years later, Wilbur Wright traveled to Europe to evangelicize about aviation and raise ...Show more
Beaufighter Boys - True Tales from Those Who Flew Bristol's Mighty Twin by Graham Pitchfork; David Cousins (Foreword by)
40.00 NZD
Category: Military
A departure from the Cold War for the Boys series! Researched many years ago by the author for a project which did not come to fruition, Beaufighter air and ground crew gave freely of their stories which ranged from complete memoirs to brief anecdotes. And there were a plethora of original photographs f ...Show more
Fw 190D-9 - Defence of the Reich 1944-45 by Robert Forsyth; Gareth Hector (Illustrator); Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
30.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Dogfight Ser.
The Fw 190D-9 - the 'long-nosed' Dora - represented the cutting edge and pinnacle of wartime Germany's piston-engine aviation development. This new history by leading German aviation specialist Robert Forsyth reveals what it was like to pilot her in combat as Germany desperately battled to remain in the ...Show more