Lancaster: The Second World War's Greatest Bomber by Leo McKinstry
$36.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
The Spitfire and the Lancaster were the two RAF weapons of victory in the Second World War, but the glamour of the fighter has tended to overshadow the performance of the heavy bomber. Yet without the Lancaster, Britain would never have been able to take the fight to the German homeland. Highlights the ...Show more
Airbus: The Complete Story by Bill Gunston
$75.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
First published in 1988, Bill Gunston's book simply told the story of how the original Airbus A300B was conceived, how the international Airbus company was formed and how it finally grew to become an aerospace giant. This fully revised and updated second edition includes all the prolific single-aisle ai ...Show more
Profiles of Flight - North American P-51 Mustang : Long-Range Fighter by Dave Windle
$69.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
The Mustang was born from a British WW2 specification to North American during 1940. The prototype was completed within 117 days but the RAF was not happy with the aircraft's performance and suggested replacing the V-12 Allison with the more powerful RR Merlin. The result was a superbly fast and maneuve ...Show more
From Supermarine Seafire XVII to Douglas DC-10: A Lifetime of Flight by Ronald Williams
$69.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
The Hurricane Story by Peter R. March
$29.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
The Hawker Hurricane won lasting fame in the service of the RAF during the Battle of Britain. Over 11,700 examples were eventually built of this versatile and deadly combat aircraft, fulfilling an incredible number of contrasting roles. Its design, development and production are described in detail, as ...Show more
Flight Path Dunedin: A History of Aviation in Otago by Jim Sullivan
$49.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
Did New Zealand aviation begin in Arrowtown in 1869? Did a Dunedin man make New Zealand's first flight in 1910? The story of aviation in Otago throws up some intersting questions and the answers, along with the detailed history of Dunedin's airports at Green Island, Taieri and Momona, provide a fascinat ...Show more
B-52 Stratofortress: The Story of the BUFF from Drawing Board to the Skies Over Afghanistan by Bill Yenne
$79.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
The B-52 is the longest serving and most versatile of the U.S. Air Force's combat aircraft. The Stratofortress entered active service in 1955 and is scheduled to continue as part of the air force's inventory through 2040. B-52 Stratofortress covers every aspect of the aircraft's development, manufacture ...Show more
Bomber Command: Reflections of War: v. 5: Armageddon (27 September 1944 - May 1945) by Martin W. Bowman
$89.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
This is the fifth and final volume of a five part work that provides a comprehensive insight into all aspects of RAF Bomber Command in World War Two. It begins in late September 1944 when the Allied Bomber Offensive was at its height. The crews' personal narrative puts you in the centre of each intense ...Show more
Adventurous Empires: The Story of the Short Empire Flying-Boats by Phillip E. Sims
$75.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
This is a story from a bygone age recalling the most successful flying-boat airliner ever built. Designed to a specification for Imperial Airways, then Britain's national airline, it carried passengers and, more importantly, mail throughout the British Empire. The airliner offered luxurious travel for t ...Show more
England and the Aeroplane: Militarism, Modernity and Machines by David Edgerton
$30.00 NZD
Category: Military History
The story of the strange mixture of romanticism, militarism and technology that has made planes so important to England, from the brilliant author of "Britain's War Machine". The history of England and the aeroplane is one tangled with myths - of 'the Few' and the Blitz, of boffins, flying machines, ama ...Show more
Harrier by Jonathan Glancey
$28.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
"The British designed and built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-art fighter plane technology with a helicopter's ability to land vertically the Harrier has played an indispensable role for the RAF and Royal Navy in a number of con ...Show more