Written and compiled by experts and enthusiasts, Air World explores every aspect of aviation from detailed analysis of aircraft types and famous airline organizations to record-breaking flights and heroic deeds.
Much has been written about the Unites States air forces during the Second World War, but little has been written about the early days of American military aviation either before or during the First...
The term ‘fighter ace’ grew in prominence with the introduction and development of aerial combat in the First World War. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ‘ace’ has varied but is usually considered to be five or more.
Surviving Crash Landings and Emergency Ejections: From Fast-jets to Heavy Multi-Engine Aircraft
by Gp Capt Ron Burrows
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399090742
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
192 Pages
The Falkland Islands had been invaded and a Task Force was already steaming south at full speed. On board the carriers were the Harriers that would provide essential aerial cover for the British troops...
When the First World War ended the then recently established Royal Air Force was awash with aircraft of all descriptions. More surprising, perhaps, was the fact that despite an ongoing cull of obsolescing...
On the night of 19/20 September 1944, a force of 227 Avro Lancasters and ten de Havilland Mosquitoes was despatched to attack the German towns of Mönchengladbach and Rheydt. The Master Bomber for the...
Explores the long history of military encounters with UFOs, revealing hidden incidents of dogfights, nuclear interference, and mysterious confrontations with unidentified aerial phenomena.Military bodies...
A Battle of France Airman’s Story of Survival and Road to Recovery
by William Simpson
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781036115586
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
296 Pages
In the early hours of 10 May 1940, Hitler’s armed forces launched their invasion of France and the Low Countries. Shattering the tense peace of the Phoney War, German troops poured west over the borders...
The Biography of the Pilot of Duxford’s Spitfire Mk.I N3200
by John Shields
Price: $44.95
ISBN: 9781036105402
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
336 Pages
Under cloudless blue skies, the Oakwood Cemetery Annex in Montgomery, Alabama hosts the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the United States. Most of the graves contain young RAF...
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Written and compiled by experts and enthusiasts, Air World explores every aspect of aviation from detailed analysis of aircraft types and famous airline organizations to record-breaking flights and heroic deeds. 
