The English Electric Lightning (later known as BAC Lightning) is the first British fighter to achieve twice the speed of sound. The plane was constructed in the 1960s (339 copies were built).
True Tales of Military Derring-Do from the Early Jet Years to Date
by Charlotte Bailey
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781911667896
Publisher: Grub Street
Pub Date: 2025-11-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Grub Street Publishing
224 Pages
Whether an ardent aviation enthusiast or not, all those who have turned their eyes upward to the sky at an air show will be familiar with the thrilling flying performed by multiple aircraft. However, long before the world-famous RAF Red Arrows, a wide variety of other military teams were taking it in turns to wow the crowds.
The Exhilarating Exploits of the Early Mach Busters from 1945 onwards
by David Baker
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781911714095
Publisher: Grub Street
Pub Date: 2025-10-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Grub Street Publishing
256 Pages
This is a tale of the generation of test pilots flying experimental aircraft powered by rocket motors during the period from 1945 to the mid-1970s. It is not a technical description of the aircraft...
The Avro Vulcan is one of the most striking aircraft ever made – its enormous wing stretching back from an improbably thick leading edge marked by cavernous wing root engine intakes. Perhaps even...
With a top speed approaching Mach 3 and equipped with both powerful sensors and air-to-air weaponry, the two-seater MiG-31 interceptor has proven to be one of the Cold War’s most formidable survivors...
Fighter pilots! Images of Baron Manfred von Richthofen and Eddie Rickenbacker in the Great War, Johnnie Johnson, Robert Stanford Tuck and Richard Bong in the Second World War, or Robin Olds in Vietnam, all spring to mind. Volumes have been written about them, past and present.
Britain changed more in the 1980s than in almost any recent decade, as readers will recall with differing emotions. A decade dominated by the rise of the City and the fall of the Unions, the wider retreat...
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