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9781912423682

Fighter Command

IWM Photography Collection Author: Greenwood Harding, Rebecca Code: 62894 Price: AU $31.99 Format: Hardback / 96 pages Publisher: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM Published date: 28/12/2023 Availability: Pre Order. Release date: December 2023
Fighter Command showcases 50 photographs of the iconic aircraft and crew behind Britain's spirited fighting force. This vibrant collection traces the development of Fighter Command from its inception and growth in the 1930s, as war clouds gathered over Europe, to the dawn of the supersonic age in the early years of the Cold War
9780764367014

F8F Bearcat

Grumman's Late-War Dogfighter Author: Doyle, David Code: 62904 Price: AU $42.99 Format: Hardback / 112 pages Publisher: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING Published date: 01/09/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

The Grumman F8F was a fast, agile, carrier-borne fighter aircraft developed as the ultimate dogfighter for the Pacific Theater. This is the most complete collection of Bearcat photography in print. The Grumman F8F was a fast, agile, carrier-borne fighter aircraft developed as the ultimate dogfighter for the Pacific theater. Although the plane ......

9780764367038

P-39 Airacobra

Bell Fighter in World War II Author: Doyle, David Code: 62905 Price: AU $52.99 Format: Hardback / 144 pages Publisher: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING Published date: 01/09/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

This new entry in the "Legends of Warfare" series features detailed photographic coverage of all variants of the Airacobra including prototypes, trainer versions, production models C through Q, and the P-400. With a midengined configuration, sturdy tricycle landing gear, and nose-mounted 37 mm cannon, the Bell P-39 was a thoughtful and ......

9780764367076

F-15 Eagle

McDonnell Douglas Strike Fighter Author: Doyle, David Code: 62903 Price: AU $52.99 Format: Hardback / 144 pages Publisher: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING Published date: 01/09/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

This new book provides a visual guide to every F-15 variant, from the first airframes produced in the early 1970s to the brand new F-15EX Eagle II. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is one of the most successful fighter designs of the 20th century. The type first flew in 1972, transitioning directly from the drawing board to production with ......

9780887402869

Messerschmitt Bf 110: 1939-1945

Author: Held and Nauroth Code: 63042 Price: AU $62.99 Format: Hardback / 248 pages Publisher: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING Published date: 01/09/2023 Availability: Pre Order. Release date: September 2023

Over 6000 made for a variety of uses including assault and night-fighter.

9780887404115

North American P-51 Mustang

A Photo Chronicle Author: Davis, Larry Code: 62973 Price: AU $169.00 Format: Paperback / 112 pages Publisher: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING Published date: 01/09/2023 Availability: Pre Order. Release date: September 2023

MUSTANG - Considered by many to be the best fighter aircraft of the Second World War. This new book by aviation historian Larry Davis begins with Mustang production in early 1941 with the British Air Purchasing Committee order fro 320 aircraft in August 1940 with the first Mustang I, RAF serial AG 345, rolling off the Inglewood, California ......

9781526798008

Hawker's Secret Cold War Airfield

Dunsfold: Home of the Hunter and Harrier Author: Christopher, Budgen, Code: 61510 Price: AU $59.99 Format: Paperback / 328 pages Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD Published date: 30/08/2023 Availability: Pre Order. Release date: August 2023
Explores the history of Dunsfold airfield and its connection with Hawker Aircraft from the immediate post-war years.
9781802822687

Vulcan B Mk2: 1955-2015

Author: Fildes, David Code: 62121 Price: AU $49.99 Format: Paperback / 96 pages Publisher: KEY PUBLISHING LTD Published date: 15/08/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

In 1955, the Vulcan B.Mk2 was proposed and a new wing modification was designed to take advantage of the more powerful Olympus engines and a new stand-off missile known as Blue Steel. The new wing was known as the Phase 2C development. Avro were given a contract for an aerodynamic prototype on 10 July 1956, with the first prototype VX777 making ......

9781802824278

Mosquito

Author: Butler, Tony Code: 62627 Price: AU $42.50 Format: Paperback / 96 pages Publisher: KEY PUBLISHING LTD Published date: 15/08/2023 Availability: Pre Order. Release date: August 2023

This highly illustrated book gives readers an insight into this remarkable aircraft.

9781472854612

Spitfire Photo-Recce Units of World War 2

Author: Fletcher, Andrew Code: 62898 Price: AU $39.99 Format: Paperback / 96 pages Publisher: OSPREY Published date: 09/08/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 3-7 business days

This book explores the fascinating feats of RAFs photographic reconnaissance aircraft. During World War 2, photographic reconnaissance in the RAF started gathering intelligence on the enemy using cameras installed in PR Spitfires. The aircraft that proved this concept was the Supermarine Spitfire, which, ......

9781472857569

MiG-21 "FISHBED"

Opposing Rolling Thunder 1966-68 Author: Toperczer, Istvan Code: 63040 Price: AU $39.95 Format: Paperback / 80 pages Publisher: OSPREY Published date: 09/08/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 3-7 business days

Using archival photographs sourced directly from Vietnam, specially commissioned diagrams and combat accounts from veterans, Istvan Toperczer reveals how the MiG-21 defended Vietnam between 1966 and 1968. One of the most successful communist jet fighters ever built, the MiG-21 "Fishbed" was involved in a series of deadly duels ......

9781802824810

Swordfish

Fairey's Successful Torpedo Bomber Author: Historic Military Aircraft Series Code: 63022 Price: AU $42.50 Format: Paperback / 96 pages Publisher: KEY PUBLISHING LTD Published date: 09/08/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

The Fairey Swordfish story is one of an aircraft initially frowned upon when it entered service in 1936, respected by the beginning of World War Two and deemed legendary by the time peace was declared. The Swordfish was the only torpedo bomber Britain had in significant numbers at the beginning of the war and it would prove to be so much more. ......

9780887406652

Messerschmitt Me 262

Arrow to the Future Author: Boyne, Walter Code: 63014 Price: AU $42.99 Format: Paperback / 192 pages Publisher: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING Published date: 03/08/2023 Availability: Pre Order. Release date: August 2023

Messerschmitt Me 262: Arrow to the Future tells the dramatic story of the Me 262s combat career as a fascinating chain of events in which planning, luck, and even blind stupidity played important roles. Even by todays engineering standards, magnificent is the only word to describe the effort to bring the planes jet engines, which eclipsed the ......

9780887409073

Lockheed P-80/f-80 Shooting Star

A Photo Chronicle Author: McLaren, David Code: 63026 Price: AU $52.99 Format: Paperback / 184 pages Publisher: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING Published date: 03/08/2023 Availability: Pre Order. Release date: August 2023

The Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star was the first American operational jet fighter. David McLarens new book chronicles the development and early trials of the aircraft during Lockheeds groundbreaking attempts to create a viable jet fighter, in a period when jet propulsion was still an innovative unknown. This period also saw engineers and test ......

9781911667841

From Jet Provost to Strikemaster

A Definitive History of the Basic and Counter-Insurgent Aircraft at Homeand Overseas Author: Watkins, David Code: 62883 Price: AU $56.99 Format: Paperback / 224 pages Publisher: CRECY Published date: 01/08/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

This book covers the complete and long overdue history of the Hunting/BAC Jet Provost and Strikemaster, which for thirty-eight years trained generations of pilots and pioneered the RAFs all-through flying training programme. Originally designed and built in 1951 as a private venture by Percival Aircraft in Luton, the Jet Provost became the ......

9781910809952

General Dynamics F-111

Author: Baker, David Code: 70066 Price: AU $59.95 Format: Hardback / 356 pages Publisher: CRECY Published date: 30/07/2023 Availability: Pre Order. Release date: July 2023

The General Dynamics F-111 was a swing-wing tactical fighter, interdictor, nuclear bomber and electronic warfare aircraft developed in the early 1960s in the belief that requirements from the US Air Force and the Navy could be satisfied more economically and efficiently by a single design. The idea was flawed and the Navy never got its aircraft ......

9781472857545

F-8 Crusader

Vietnam 1963-73 Author: Davies, Peter Code: 63039 Price: AU $39.99 Format: Paperback / 80 pages Publisher: OSPREY Published date: 11/07/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 3-7 business days

With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the last of the gunfighters, as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG threat of the Vietnamese Peoples Air Force. When the Vietnam War began, the F-8 was already firmly established as a fighter ......

9781802824742

German Starfighters: Introduction and Units

The Story in Colour Author: Kropf, Klaus Code: 62877 Price: AU $49.99 Format: Paperback / 96 pages Publisher: KEY PUBLISHING LTD Published date: 03/07/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

Packed with full-colour images. Written by a former German Starfighter pilot. Part of the Historic Military Aircraft Series. The F-104 Starfighter was one of the most fascinating aircraft of the Cold War era in Europe. Several European air forces operated the aircraft, with Germany alone having 916 Starfighters in its inventory. The General ......

9781802824759

German Starfighters: Training and Service

The Story in Colour Author: Kropf, Klaus Code: 62878 Price: AU $42.50 Format: Paperback / 96 pages Publisher: KEY PUBLISHING LTD Published date: 03/07/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

The F-104 Starfighter was one of the most fascinating aircraft of the Cold War era in Europe. Several European air forces operated the aircraft, with Germany alone having 916 Starfighters in its inventory. The General Electric J-79 engine howl was unique and filled the European skies for many years. This book covers Starfighter pilot training ......

9781802824766

Vampire

De Havilland's First-Generation Twin-Boom Jet Fighter Author: Key Publishing Code: 62879 Price: AU $49.99 Format: Paperback / 128 pages Publisher: KEY PUBLISHING LTD Published date: 03/07/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

Successful aircraft manufacturer de Havilland began design development of the Vampire in 1941, to assess the feasibility of jet propulsion as a means of powering fighter aircraft. Rolling off the production line too late to see action in World War Two, this jet fighter was a popular aircraft in operational squadrons. Easy to fly, maintain and ......

9781800352735

Propeller Twilight

The Last Generation of British Piston Engine Fighters Author: Buttler, Tony Code: 62882 Price: AU $74.95 Format: Hardback / 288 pages Publisher: CRECY Published date: 28/06/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

This book examines the last generation of high-performance British propellor-driven fighters, types such as the Firecrest, late mark Spitfires and Seafires, Spiteful and Seafang, Sea Fury, late mark Tempests, Hornet and Sea Hornet, M.B.5 and Wyvern. From about 1942 onwards these extraordinary and very complex aeroplanes brought British piston ......

9781781558881

Ultimate Allied Fighters Of Second World War

Author: Miranda, J. Code: 62532 Price: AU $92.99 Format: Hardback Publisher: FONTHILL Published date: 22/06/2023 Availability: Pre Order. Release date: June 2023

During the five years of the Second World War, the power of engines and speed of aircraft increased as much as it did during twenty years of peacetime.

9781915343239

The de Havilland Mosquito

The History of a Legend Author: Lepine, Mike Code: 62782 Price: AU $49.99 Format: Hardback / 144 pages Publisher: SONA BOOKS Published date: 11/06/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Please contact us for availability details

Mosquito History of a Legend is a fascinating telling of the development of the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, a British twin- engined, light bomber introduced during WWII.

9781789294880

Hurricane

The Plane that Won the War Author: Hyams, Jacky Code: 62812 Price: AU $34.95 Format: Hardback / 256 pages Publisher: MICHAEL O'MARA BOOKS LTD Published date: 27/05/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

Britains first-ever wartime fighter plane, the Hawker Hurricane shot down more enemy planes than any other fighter. It was the true aviation hero of the Battle of Britain.

Often eclipsed by the legend and aerial heroics of the Spitfire, the Hurricane was the authentic warhorse of aviation ......

9781838862992

Aircraft of the Special Forces

Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Drones & UAVs Author: Ward, Edward Code: 62907 Price: AU $42.50 Format: Hardback / 128 pages Publisher: AMBER BOOKS Published date: 20/05/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

Special Forces are a key component of every modern army, capable of carrying out clandestine operations, reconnaissance, and incisive attacks behind enemy lines. Units such as the British SAS, US Navy SEALs, the US Armys Delta Force, Polish GROM and the Frances National Gendarmerie Intervention Group are famous for their bravery and formidable ......

9781472854452

Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West

Author: Lowe, Malcolm Code: 62808 Price: AU $39.99 Format: Paperback / 96 pages Publisher: OSPREY Published date: 15/05/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 3-7 business days

Using specially commissioned artwork and detailing technical specifications, this book explores the Bf 109s different roles occasioned by wartime necessity, from its employment as a fighter to its evolution as a fighter-bomber. One of the principal types in the Luftwaffes inventory at the beginning of World War II, the ......

9781399023801

Mustang the Inspiration

The Plane That Turned the Tide in World War Two Author: Kapplan, Philip Code: 62910 Price: AU $44.99 Format: Paperback / 192 pages Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD Published date: 14/05/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

A comprehensive and vivid history of the North American Mustang, one of the most important aircraft of the last century. If it looks right, it will probably fly right - a tired old saying among airmen, but one that persists. Think if you will of the handful of aeroplanes that most people would probably agree are the best-looking examples of ......

9781405951937

Harrier

How To Be a Fighter Pilot Author: Tremelling, Paul Code: 62928 Price: AU $22.99 Format: Paperback / 368 pages Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS Published date: 30/04/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 3-7 business days

A white-knuckle account of life in the dog-eat-dog arena of fighter combat This 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. Its no place for the faint-hearted. Whether landing on a pitching aircraft carrier deck at midnight, or saving heroes under ......

9781802823158

Hawker Hunter

Author: Buttler, Tony Code: 62123 Price: AU $49.99 Format: Paperback / 96 pages Publisher: KEY PUBLISHING LTD Published date: 16/04/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

This fully illustrated volume looks at the classic jet fighter, the Hawker Hunter. The types development, entry into service and operations are examined in detail. Development of the Hawker Hunter began in 1946 under the steady hand of chief designer Sydney Camm. With so many advances in aircraft design and technology during the late 1940s, the ......

9781911658566

F-16 Fighting Falcon

American All-Purpose Combat Machine Author: Simmonds, Bertie Code: 60492 Price: AU $34.95 Format: Hardback / 144 pages Publisher: MORTONS MEDIA GROUP Published date: 01/03/2023 Availability: In Stock, usually dispatched same day

Sleek, futuristic and deadly - the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon was born from the crucible of the air war over Vietnam and the need for cheaper, simpler, and more maneuverable fighter aircraft with which to combat the many thousands of Soviet-bloc supplied aircraft sold around the world.

Back in the early 1970s the F-16 ......

9781399077361

Flying the Buccaneer

Britain's Cold War Warrior Author: Caygill, Peter Code: 62615 Price: AU $39.99 Format: Paperback / 160 pages Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD Published date: 12/02/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

Originally conceived as a carrier-born maritime attack aircraft, the Blackburn design included many original features such as Boundary Layer Control, a system which blew hot air over the flying surfaces to increase lift when landing. The rotating bomb bay was also new and enabled easier maintenance, accessibility and reduced drag. The first ......

9781472852502

H6K "Mavis"/H8K "Emily" vs PB4Y-1/2 Liberator/Privateer

Pacific Theater 1943-45 Author: Young, Edward Code: 62563 Price: AU $39.95 Format: Paperback / 80 pages Publisher: OSPREY Published date: 06/02/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 3-7 business days

An illustrated exploration of the dramatic aerial combats between the US Navys long-range bomber and Japanese flying boats in the Pacific War. Edward Young explores these rarely written about combats, examining the aggressive and strategic tactics deployed by both US Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force and analyzing the ......

9781472854568

F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in Combat

Author: Davies, Peter E. Code: 62619 Price: AU $34.99 Format: Paperback / 96 pages Publisher: OSPREY Published date: 06/02/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 3-7 business days

With first-hand insight into the into the key role of the US Air Forces fighter-bomber from the Vietnam War through to Operation Desert Storm during the First Gulf War, this book is an unmissable account of some of the most dangerous and demanding missions in the two ......

9781802821956

French Naval Aviation

Author: Grolleau, Henri-Pierre Code: 62559 Price: AU $49.99 Format: Paperback / 96 pages Publisher: KEY PUBLISHING Published date: 30/01/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

Over the last two decades, the Aeronautique Navale, French Naval Aviation, has grown into a powerful and battle-hardened force equipped with a large inventory of Rafale Marine naval strike fighters, E-2C Hawkeye early-warning aircraft, Falcon 50, Gardian and Atlantique 2 maritime surveillance/maritime patrol aircraft, Dauphin, Panther, Alouette ......

9781802823691

Vickers 1911-77

Author: Key Publishing Code: 62589 Price: AU $39.99 Format: Paperback / 128 pages Publisher: KEY PUBLISHING Published date: 30/01/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

As an engineering company, the name of Vickers had been around since 1828, so its venture into aviation was just one of many avenues of income, growing into one of the big players, until it was swallowed up by BAC in 1960. Vickers produced over 70 different types of aircraft during a 49-year period, not including a host of sub-variants. Not all ......

9781802822489

Aircraft Engine Test Beds

British Jet Fighters and Bombers Author: Buttler, Tony Code: 62592 Price: AU $39.99 Format: Paperback / 96 pages Publisher: KEY PUBLISHING Published date: 29/01/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

During the late 1940s and into the 1950s, a number of British jet fighter and bomber aircraft were fitted with new, different or additional engines, both jet and rocket, to enable them to serve as test beds for those specific powerplants. These aircraft types included fighters such as the de Havilland Vampire, Gloster Meteor and Javelin, and ......

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