A pictorial study of the modern aircraft carrier including US and UK vessels on operations. Includes such legendary 'flat-tops' as HMS Ark Royal and Invincible, USS Constellation and John F. Kennedy, plus hundreds of stunning full colour action shots of the potent aircraft they operate including F-14 Tomcats, F/A-18 Hornets, SH-60 Seahawks, E-2 Hawkeyes, AV-8 Harriers and many more.

1998, Airlife Publishing, , 185310857X,< M-01>,Large format, 143pp, 150 + col illustrations, New in d/w, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 26831-02..............................£16.00 

A comprehensive A-Z of aircraft names exploring evocative names such as the Seven day Bus, the Supermarine PB9 built in a week and the Aaedvark as well as Bognor Bloater, Rumpety and Plastic Parrot, each with a narrative description and dates.

1994, Grub Street, , 0948817757,< M-01>,186pp, Very good in d/w, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 37303-01..............................£6.00 

High above the warm, summer fields Churchill's 'few' fought with courage and skill against overwhelming odds - and won. This is a vivid account of the air battles as well as an explanation of how the campaign developed. It provides fresh insights into the controversies with the aid of original material as well as recollections of several hundred surviving air and ground crew. The book is vividly illustrated with many photographs and colour plates.

2001, Penguin Books, , 9780141390826,< M-01>,413pp, illustrations, maps., Used paperback. Creasing on spine and marks on edges., , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 3124-03..............................£3.00 

The story of the Japanese suicide pilots from early 1944 to the Japanese surrender. They inflicted more losses and damage to US vessels, and caused more casualties than any single Pacific land battle of WWII. They were raised and inspired by Admiral Ohnishi, the former Chief of Staff to Admiral Yamamoto.

1985, Guild Publishing, , ,< M-01>,333pp, 12 illustrations, Fair in torn dust wrapper, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 17645-03..............................£6.00 

The story of the Japanese suicide pilots from early 1944 to the Japanese surrender. They inflicted more losses and damage to US vessels, and caused more casualties than any single Pacific land battle of WWII. They were raised and inspired by Admiral Ohnishi, the former Chief of Staff to Admiral Yamamoto.

1985, Guild Publishing, , ,< M-01>,333pp, 12 illustrations, Very good in slightly chipped dw, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 17645-01..............................£8.00 

The Kamikazes - from early 1944 to the Japanese surrender. They inflicted more losses and damage to US vessels and caused more casualties than any single Pacific land battle of WWII. Inspired by Admiral Ohnishi - former Chief of Staff to Yamamoto.

1985, Panther Books, , 0586066837,< M-01>,352pp ills, mass market paperback.vg+, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 17645-02..............................£5.00 

A collection of papers by leading aviation experts and historians including Alvin D. Coox, Horst Boog and Charles Gibbs-Smith among many others. Topics include World War II in the Air, American Air Leadership, and The Search for Maturity in American Postwar Air Doctrine and Organization.

1979, Office of Air Force Hist., , ,< M-01>,461pp, Card covers rubbed at edges. Good, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 34215-01..............................£10.00 

Many pilots reject this automatic guilty verdict as not acceptable as an objectuve scientific finding. In this book three senior airline captaiuns deal respectively with pilot experience, with management pilot relations and with professional and legal implications of pilot error. Other ocntribotirs include an aircraft designed, a specialist in the field of aviation medicine and the former Master of the Guld of Air Traffic Controllers.

1978, Granada Publishing, , 0258970723,< M-01>,282pp, Good in d/w, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 10652-01..............................£8.00 

The history of the men, missions, training and techniques of aerial reconnaissance from its beginnings with manned balloons in the American Civil War, to its use in Vietnam. Looks at the military engagements that hinged on aerial reconnassaince such as the Battle of the Bulge, Midway, and Inchon. Also covers the 1960 U-2 incident when Francis Gary Powers was shot down ove Russia by a Soviet SA-2 guideline missile, and reconnaissance over Cuba during the 1962 missile crisis.

1970, Macmillan, First, ,< M-01>,308pp, 23 photos, map, g in dw, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 28053-01..............................£12.00 

'Pioneers of German Aviation'. This contemporary German language volume, published in 1942 includes chapters on World War I German seaplane ace, Friedrich Christiansen, Claudius Dornier, Airship pioneer Hugo Eckener, Gerhard Fiesler whose company produced the legendary Storch (Stork), Ernst Heinkel and many more.

1942, Buchmeister Verlag, Berlin, ,< M-01>,258pp, 70 photos., scarce, ex ref. library, spine cover detaching but sound., Ger.text,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 2641-01..............................£10.00