Aviation - General

Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson's design for the Lockheed Constellation, known affectionately as the 'Connie', produced one of the world's most iconic airliners. Its sleek graceful shape captured the essence of the last of the piston-engine generation of machines capable of trans-Alantic crossings.

Author: Graham M Simons.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 318pp. 17.8x25x2.2cm.

ISBN: 9781526758866

Weight: 1.1kg

Original Price: £30.00

A fine record of the last truly great all-British fighter.

Author: Martin W Bowman

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 288pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526705648

Weight: 626g

Original Price: £25.00

A Pictorial Display of Low Flying in Cumbria and Beyond.

Author: Scott Rathbone

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 24.5cm by 17.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399092784

Weight: 920g

Original Price: £35.00

On 20 April 1941, a group of distinguished Americans headed by the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, John Winant, and which included Major General Henry ‘Hap’ Arnold, Chief of the US Army Air Corps, visited the de Havilland Aircraft Company’s airfield at Hatfield, England.

Author: Tony Fairbairn

Publisher: Air World

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781399017336

Weight. 0.831kg

Original Price: £25.00

Spotlight On, 26. The book contains 20 color plates showing 20 famous P-51 Mustang fighters depicted in the air.

Author: Tomasz Kaca

Publisher: MMP Books

Hardback. 44pp. 21.5cm by 30cm.

ISBN: 9788367227025

Weight: 497g

Original Price: £19.00

Naval aviation arrived early in the last century in the form of balloons and airships employed by the British Royal Navy for reconnaissance, and interest was stirring in naval circles in a greater aeronautical capacity for the service.

Author: Philip Kaplan.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 208pp. 15.6x23.3x1.6cm.

ISBN: 9781399075053

Weight: 350g

Original Price: £14.99

The Authorised Operational History of the Army Air Corps, 1957-2017

Author: John Greenacre, Mike Peters

Publisher: Helion

Hardback. 384pp. 17.5cm by 26cm.

ISBN: 9781804515341

Weight: 1.28kg

Original Price: £35.00

This intriguing look at the early days of British aviation, which includes the first ever aircraft factory in Britain in the railway arches at Battersea; Larkhill on Salisbury Plain which became the British Army’s first airfield, and Barking Creek where Frederick Handley Page established his first factory.

Author: Bruce Hales-Dutton.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526750150

Weight: 580

Original Price: £19.99

In July 2018, the nation looked skyward over Buckingham Palace in awe as the Royal Air Force celebrated its first 100 years with a spectacular parade and flypast over London. This event demonstrated a very different perspective of the RAF; well away from its operational commitments.

Author: Keith Wilson

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 472pp. 22x28x3.2cm.

ISBN: 9781526752185

Weight: 2kg

Original Price: £50.00

Author: Joe Bamford, John Williams

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 192pp. 15.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781550946

Weight: 381g

Original Price: £18.99

Author: Joe Bamford, John Williams, Peter Gallagher

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 192pp. 15.5cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781781557648

Weight: 369g

Original Price: £20.00

This book gives a rare insight into the life inside the tanker squadrons of the Royal Air Force, viewed through the eyes of Tony Golds, one of the RAF tanker fleet's longest serving Navigator/Plotters.

Author: Peter Bodle, Tony Golds

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 224pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399074971

Weight: 350g

Original Price: £14.99