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Combat Helicopters Since 1942 (Blandford War Photo-files Series) .
Kenneth; Lumsden, Alec Munson, Blandford Press Ltd, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780713717556. 198 pages, 425g.Soft card covers with small scar to front edge, (See photo) so Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Combat Missions from the Cockpit.
Delve, Ken, Arms and Armour Press, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0853689636. 128 pages. 850g. Black cloth boards FINE in a Very Good slightly edge rubbed and price clipped d/w. From basic flight training and assessment of the various aircraft in service and forthcoming, the book covers the roles of tactical, air reconnaissance, close air support, offensive counter air or ground attack, air defence, tactical transport, support helicopter, anti-submarine warfare and spectacle of the air display.
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Commercial Aeroplanes : The Illustrated Identifier to over 80 Aircraft.
Lee, David, Apple, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1840920890. 80 pages. 300g. Blue cloth boards Near FINE with light rubbing to bottom edge, in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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Concise Guide to British Aircraft of World War II.
David Mondey, Hamlyn Publishing, 1982. 1st Paperback Edition. ISBN: 0600349675. 238 pages, 510g. Soft card covers a little sun darkened and vertical crease to spine, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs and drawings.
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The Concorde Story.
March, Peter R., Sutton Publishing, 2005. Reprint. ISBN: 075093980X. 120 pages, 275g. (12mo) Pictorial laminated boards As NEW. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. The Concorde Story is an attractive picture-led account with a short but authoritative text supported by a comprehensive selection of 80 colour and black and white photographs showing Concorde at all stages of its life.
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£3.00
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The Concorde Story - 21 Years In Service.
Orlebar. Christopher., Osprey Publishing, 1998. Reprint. ISBN: 1855326671. 168 pages. 980g. Blue cloth boards. FINE in a FINE d/w. SIGNED dedication by author to front free end-paper. Fully illustrated in colour and b/w.
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£9.00
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The Concorde Story - Ten Years in Service.
Orlebar. Christopher., Temple Press, 1986. 2nd Impression. ISBN: 0600333698. 127 pages. 920g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with small repaired tear to bottom front edge. The full history of the worlds first supersonic aircraft from its inception to the present day. Fully illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and line drawings.
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£6.00
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Courage in the Skies - Great Air Battles from the Somme to Desert Storm.
J.E 'Johnnie' Johnson, Limited Editions, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0091788072. 208pages, 885g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with period b/w photographs and maps.
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£5.00
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The Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver. [Aircraft Profile 124].
Harold Andrews, Profile Publications, 1971. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 12 pages. 825g. Stapled soft card covers a little sunned to spine area, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs plus 2pp. of colour drawings. A little rust to staples but contents are tight and clean. V.G.
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Cutaway Aircraft of World War II.
NA, Argus Books, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0852429932. 63 pages, 220g. Soft card covers with crease to top corner, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with 30, 3D cut-away line drawings of classic aircraft around the World.
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Dambusters Away Rare Signed First Edition..
Holsgrove, Jack & Graham, Hugh., Freelance Library, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 182 pages. 410g. Blue cloth boards with small scar to spine edge, FINE in a Very Good d/w with crease to front cover. SIGNED by Jack Holsgrove in pen on title page. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The never before told account of how Bomber Command was prepared to sacrifice 617 Squadron's safety, to prevent unexploded weapons falling into German hands.
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De Havilland - A Pictorial Tribute..
Bain, Gordon., Promotional Reprint Company, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 185648243X. 148 pages. 950g. Pictorial laminated Boards MINT in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs. A book that shows many of the different types of plan produced from the 1920s, to the late 1950s when it merged with the Hawker Sidley Group.
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De Havilland (Flypast reference library).
Donald Hannah, Key publishing, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946219001. 72 pages, 140g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. details Types, Specifications, production runs, UK certificate dates, Type numbers Manufacturers and survivors. Handy reference guide.
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De Havilland aircraft since 1909.
Jackson, A, J., Putnam, 1978. 2nd Edition. ISBN: 037030022X. 542 pages. 925g. Blue cloth boards with 'British Aerospace Technical Library' stamp to front free end-paper, o/w clean and tight, FINE in a Near FINE d/w with slightly sunned spine and small repaired tear to rear top edge, in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings.
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£25.00
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Delta Air Lines (ABC Series).
Jones, Geoff, Ian Allan LTD, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 071102605X. 95 pages. 150g. Pictorial card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. A pocket guide to the airline, its history and the aircraft it flies.
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Desert Boneyard.
Philip Chinnery, Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1853100005. 144 pages, 675g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Describes some of the 2,500 aircraft stored at the Davis-Monthan Air Base in the USA.
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Designed for the Kill - The Jet Fighter Development & Experience.
Spick, Mike, Airlife Publishing, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1853101214. 176 pages. 900g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE lightly rubbed d/w. This book covers the latest generation of interceptors and air superiority fighters designed for the kill.
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Dive Bombers in Action.
Smith. Peter Charles, Blandford Press, 1988. First edition. ISBN: 0713719575. 160 pages. 860g. 4to. The dive bomber as operated in World War 2, including first hand accounts from those who flew them. Illustrated with many b/w photographs. Blue cloth boards. FINE in V.G. d/w. with small repaired tear and crease to top rear edge.
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Douglas Bader.
Robert Jackson, Arthur Barker Ltd, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 021316857X. 170 pages, 510g. Blue cloth boards with age toning to prelims, Very Good, in a Very good edge rubbed d/w now in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Douglas Dc-3.
Austin J. Brown, Ian Allan LTD, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 071102183X. 64 pages. 320g. Oblong format soft card covers Near MINT. A pictorial history illustrated with colour photographs.
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The Douglas TBD Devastator. [ Profile Publications Number 171 ]..
Doll. Thomas E., Profile Publications Ltd, 1967. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 12 pages. Pictorial stapled paper covers Very Good with contents and staples tight and clean.. Illustrated with b/w photographs plus 2pp. of colour drawings.
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Down in the Drink - True Stories of the Goldfish Club .
Barker, Ralph, Chatto & Windus, 1955. 2nd Impression. ISBN: . 254 pages, 365g. Blue cloth boards with a little age toning to page edges, Very Good in a GOOD Only d/w rubbed and worn to all edges. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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£4.00
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Duel for the Sky.
Shores. Christopher., B.C.A. / Blandford Press, 1985. . ISBN: . 208 pages. 1.0Kg. 4to. Ten of the most critical and strategically important air battles of World War 2 recreated with a wealth of technical detail and illustrated with b/w photographs plus 10 specially commissioned double-page colour paintings by Terry Hadler. Green cloth boards FINE in a V.G d/w which is a little edge-rubbed and with a small repaired tear to top of spine.
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Eagles - 80 Aircraft that made history with the RAF..
March, Peter R., Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0297824821. 256 pages, 1.6kg. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs.
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£4.50
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Elizabethan Swansong - The Airspeed Ambassador (Sliver Wings Series).
Nick Corrie, Galago Publishing Ltd, 1996. . ISBN: 0946995931. 32 pages, 135g. Card covers with crease to rear bottom corner, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Empire Flying Boat Manual (Owners' Workshop Manual).
Brian Cassidy, Haynes Publishing Uk, 2013. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780857331588. 160 pages, 790g. Pictorial laminated boards As NEW. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs and drawings. The Short C Class Empire flying boats were designed in 1934 to implement the Empire Air Mail Scheme, carrying un-surcharged letter mail throughout the British Empire and Dominions between the terminals at Southampton, Durban and Sydney ? later continuing to Auckland, New Zealand. Some of the payload was also available for small numbers of passengers and freight. Short Brothers built forty-two ? nearly forty-three ? Empire flying boats at their works on the river Medway at Rochester in Kent. The 43rd was nearly three-quarters complete when it was scrapped. Sixteen of the original 42 Empires survived the war, to be broken up for scrap. The very last Empire ?boat remained as a landlocked exhibit in Auckland until it, too, was hauled off for scrapping sometime in 1954.
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Empire of the Clouds - When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World.
James Hamilton-Paterson; Hamilton-Paterson, Faber & Faber, 2010. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780571247943. 288 pages, 550g. Blue cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w with tiny repaired tear to toe of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Encyclopaedia of the Modern Royal Air Force.
Gander, Terry, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850596009. 248 pages. 8vo. 890g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. Begins with a brief history of the RAF since 1945, then describes the current organisation of its 3 commands, Strike, Support & RAF Germany.
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English Electric Aircraft and Their Predecessors (Putnam's British aircraft).
Ransom, Stephen; Fairclough, Robert, Putnam Aeronautical, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851778062. 372 pages, 645g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This work records the Phoenix and COW designs and other related types before dealing with those bearing the English Electric designation which began with the Wren of 1923 and continued into recent times with the Canberra and the Lightning.
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Ensor's Endeavour - A Biography of Wing Commander Mick Ensor Dso & Bar, Dfc & Bar, Afc, Rnzaf & Raf.
Orange, Vincent, Grub Street, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1898697043. 190 pages. 600g. Blue cloth boards FINE, in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Escape or Die - Authentic Stories of the RAF Escaping Society.
Paul Brickhill, Book Club Assiciates, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0713525835. 223 pages, 425g. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Eye in the Air - History of Air Observation and Reconnaissance for the Army 1785 - 1945..
Mead, Peter., Hmso, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0117712248. 274 pages, 675g. Blue cloth boards with a few marks to front end-paper, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps.
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F-15 Eagle (Modern combat aircraft 12).
Jeff Ethell, Ian Allan LTD, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780711010734. 128pp. 570g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very good d/w with slight creasing to top corners. Illustrated with 140 colour and b/w photographs plus line drawings.
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F-16 Fighting Falcon.
Peter R. Foster, Ian Allan LTD, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 071101812X. 64 pages, 200g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs.
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F4 Phantom - A pilot's Story..
Prest, Robert., Book Club Assiciates, 1979. Book Club. ISBN: . 209 pages, 435g. Blue cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good slightly sun darkened d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Faded Glory-Airline Colour Schemes of the Past. .
John Morton, Airlife Publishing, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1853100889. 136 pages, 600g. Soft card covers with light crease to top corner, FINE. Illustraetd with colour photographs throughout.
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Fairey Aircraft Since 1915.
Taylor, H.A., Putnam, 1984. Reprint. ISBN: 037000065x. 450 pages. 825g. Blue cloth boards with 1cm round cosmetic scar to spine edge of front board, not effecting binding or contents, FINE in a FINE d/w with slight sunning to spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings.
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£15.00
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Faith, Hope and Malta GC - Ground and Air Heroes of the George Cross Island.
Tony Spooner, Crecy Publishing Limited, 2008. 1st Thus. ISBN: 9780907579588. 208 pages, 240g. Soft card covers with slight age toning to page edges, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Famous Bombers of the Second World War.
William Green, Book Club Assiciates, 1975. 2nd Revised Edition. ISBN: 0356083330. 282 pages. 1.08Kg. Green cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with repaired tear to top of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings plus sectional diagrams. The histories of all the airforces of the major Countries invovled.
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Famous Fighters of the Second World War.
William Green, Book Club Assiciates, 1975. 2nd Revised Edition. ISBN: 0356083349. 2876 pages. 1.08Kg. Green cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good d/w with repaired tear to bottom corner. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings plus sectional diagrams. The histories of all the airforces of the major Countries invovled.
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Famous Flights.
Turner, John Frayn. , Arthur Barker Ltd, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0213166887. 160 pages, 350g. Brown cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with repaired tear to top front edge. Chronocles the courage and excitement of the great aviation period 1903 - 1936.
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Farnborough International 1996 The Official Programme .
Delve, Ken (Editor), Key Exhibitions Ltd, 1996. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 112 pages, 400g. Magazine format soft card covers a little creased to rear top corner, Very Good with the contents tight and clean.
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Fast Jets - A Pilot's Eye View (Osprey Colour Series).
Chris Allan, Osprey Publishing (UK), 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850456614 . 120 pages, 425g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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Fast Jets 2 (Osprey Colour Series).
Chris Allan, Osprey Publishing (UK), 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850457548. 126 pages, 425g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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Faster, Further, Higher: Leading-edge Aviation Technology since 1945: Postwar Development and the Introduction of Jet Propulsion.
Philip Jarrett, Putnam, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851778763. 256 pages, 1.2kg. Blue cloth boards with light bump to top corners, FINE in a FINE d/w slightly sunned to top of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Fifty Years Of Aero Modeller.
Smeed. Vic. [ Compiler ], Argos Books, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0852428812. 94pp. 290g. Pictorial soft covers. Fully illustrated in b/w with selections from 50 years of publication of this famous magazine, including plans, sketches , photographs and advertisements. Soft covers with the minimum of marks and edgewear, and with contents tight and clean. Now becoming a difficult to find title. FINE.
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£12.00
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Fighter Aircraft of the West.
David Mondey, Ian Allan LTD, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711009929. 96 pages, 255g. soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs.
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Fighter Boys - Saving Britain 1940..
Patrick Bishop, Harper Collins, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0002571692. 434 pages, 755g. Green cloth boards with slight age toning to pages, FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The Battle of Britain is one of the most crucial battles ever fought, and the victory of Fighter Command over the Luftwaffe has always been celebrated as a classic feat of arms. But, as Patrick Bishop shows in this superb history, it was also a triumph of the spirit in which the attitudes of the pilots themselves played a crucial part. Reaching beyond the myths to convey the fear and exhilaration of life on this most perilous of frontlines, Patrick Bishop offers an intimate and compelling account that is a soaring tribute to the exceptional young men of Fighter Command.
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Fighter Operations - The Tactics and Techniques of Air Combat, from World War 1 to the Gulf War.
Scutts, Jerry, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1852601272. 176 pages. 600g. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Blue cloth boards. FINE in FINE d/w.
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Fighter Pilot - A Personal Record of the Campaign in France 1939-1940.
Richey. Paul., Guild Publishing / Leo Cooper, 1990. . ISBN: . 145 pages. 500g. 8vo. A new edition of a book that has been republished 8 times since its first publication in 1941. Illustrated with b/w plates and line drawings. Blue cloth boards. with slight darkening to page edges o/w Near MINT in Near MINT removable clear protective sleeve.
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