Lost... Without Trace? by Richard Waugh
$69.90 NZD
Category: Aviation
NZ Aviation Mystery - Brian Chadwick and the missing Dragonfly On 12th February 1962 Dragonfly ZK-AFB went missing on a scenic flight from Christchurch to Milford Sound. The search for the aircraft, its pilot Brian Chadwick and four passengers, was headline news in New Zealand and Australia. In spit ...Show more
English Electric Canberra: The History and Development of a Classic Jet by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny
$59.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
This amazing aeroplane first flew in 1949, and as at 2005, is still in front-line service with the RAF. It has served in a variety of roles including those of medium conventional bomber, tactical nuclear bomber, photo-reconnaissance, night intruder, navigational trainer, maritime strike, electronic coun ...Show more
British Aircraft Manufacturers Since 1909 by Peter Dancey
$55.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
British Aircraft Manufacturers since 1909 traces one hundred years of the British aviation industry, its history, origins, mergers and takeovers. It details the evolution of the British aviation industry and is an epitaph to household famous names such as Armstrong-Whitworth, de Havilland, Chadwick, Cla ...Show more
Vulcan Boys: From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the Iconic Delta V Bomber by Tony Blackman
$55.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
The Vulcan, the second of the three V bombers built to guard the UK during the Cold War has become an aviation icon like the Spitfire, its delta shape is instantly recognisable as is the howling noise it makes when the engines are opened for take-off. Vulcan Boys is the first Vulcan book recounted compl ...Show more
Mustang and Thunderbolt Aces of the Pacific and CBI by John Stanaway
$39.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
Although best known for their exploits over Europe, the premier landbased U.S. fighters of World War II also made significant contributions in Asia. Besides escorting bombers from India to Rangoon, P-51 Mustangs were flown by American aces based in China. Similarly, P-47 Thunderbolts had a significant i ...Show more
P-51 Mustang: Seventy Five Years of America's Most Famous Warbird by Cory Graff
$59.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
Celebrate 75 years of the iconic World War II warbird that helped win the war and flew into the heart of American life. From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge, through reconnaissance missions and combat, fighting flying bombs and Me 262 Stormbird jets, P-51 Mustang pilots saw it all during World War II. ...Show more
The Hurricane Pocket Manual: All Marks in Service 1939-45 by Martin Robson
$19.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the RAF. Although overshadowed by the Spitfire, during the Battle of Britain the Hurricane accounted for 60% of the RAF's air victories in the battle, and served in all th ...Show more
VC10: An Icon of the Skies: Boac, Boeing and a Jet Age Battle by Lance Cole
$79.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
Other books have charted the VC10 in airline life, but this book blends that story with a well-researched tale of corporate and political power play. It asks; just what lay behind the sales failure of the VC1O? Politics played an important part of course, as did BOAC's tactics, and a 'who dunnit' cast o ...Show more
North American Aviation in the Jet Age - The California Years, 1945-1997 by John Fredrickson
$100.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
During the waning days of World War II, a frenzied race was underway in rubble-strewn Europe as US and Soviet forces sought to seize advanced German weapons technology. Over the next quarter century, North American Aviation (NAA) would enhance these spoils of war into fearsome weapons in America's arsen ...Show more
Avro Lancaster by Jarrod Cotter; Paul Blackah
$29.99 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: Haynes Icons Ser.
During the Second World War, RAF Lancaster bombers took the conflict into the very heart of Hitler's Third Reich, and flew some of the most daring operations of the war. Surprisingly, of the 7,377 Lancasters built, only two survive today, one in Britain and one in Canada. Produced with the full coopera ...Show more
The Story of Nelson Aviation by Richard Waugh & Graeme McConnell
$44.90 NZD
Category: Aviation
Aviation's influenece on Nelson has been profound. With challenging road access, no rail link and the barrier of Cook Strait, Nelson had the reputation of being a 'sleepy hollow'. It was isolated and in some way still is, yet has never been the same since the first aircraft visit in 1921. After aero clu ...Show more
Classic World War 11 Aircraft Cutaways by Bounty
$29.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
Classic WWII Aircraft Cutaways tells the stories of the most innovative aircraft companies in the world, in authoritative texts supported by cutaway drawings, colour profiles, and archival photography. Established in the early days of aviation, "Flight" and "The Aeroplane" were considered essential read ...Show more