Aviation - General

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

The RAF's first night fighter airfield WWII to the Cold War.

Author: Anthony J. Moor.

Publisher: Air World.

Hardback. 444pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526753236

Original Price: £25.00

Supermarine's last fighter.

Author: Richard A Franks.

Publisher: Dalrymple & Verdun Publishing.

Paperback. 120pp. 21cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781905414109

Original Price: £19.95

Willy Messerschmitt and the Development of History's First Operational Jet Fighter.

Author: James Neal Harvey.

Publisher: Casemate.

Paperback. 402pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781612008929

Weight: 698

Original Price: £18.99

The inside story behind the best aviation archeology TV documentaries.

Author: Simon Parry.

Publisher: Red Kite.

Paperback. 128pp. 17cm by 21cm.

ISBN 9780955473555

Original Price: £19.95

Anthony Tucker-Jones charts the remarkable evolution of aerial warfare over time, from the iconic Supermarine Spitfire to the infamous unmanned Reaper drone.

Author: Anthony Tucker-Jones.

Publisher: History Press.

Paperback. 224pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9780750987806

Original Price: £20.00

The Royal Navy's first operational jet fighter.

Author: Richard A Franks.

Publisher: Dalrymple & Verdun Publishing.

Paperback. 80pp. 21cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781905414055

Original Price: £14.95

The flying boat that made RJ Mitchell.

Author: Jo Hillman & Colin Higgs.

Publisher: Air World.

Hardback. 232pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526784940

Original Price: £25.00

The story of the Supermarine Spitfire has been told across many years and the debate about it is enduring, yet the Spitfire remains a true icon. For aviation enthusiasts, for historians, for modellers, the word Spitfire conjures many stories and affections. This book presents the Spitfire enthusiast with an up-to-date history of the Spitfire – not just in its design and application in war, but also as a flying memorial and as an aero modellers’ vital focus.

Author: Lance Cole

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 64pp. 21cm by 30cm.

ISBN: 9781526710499

Weight: 0.338Kg

Original Price: £16.99

From first flights to supersonic jets: the battle to cross the Atlantic.

Author: Bruce Hales-Dutton.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 236pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526732170

Original Price: £25.00

Polish Wings number 28.

Author: Lechoslaw Musialkowski.

Publisher: Stratus.

Paperback. 80pp. 21cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9788365958877

Original Price: £15.00