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  • The Dunkirk Story

    by Bruce Vigar ...
    At just before 7pm on May 26th 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill authorized 'Operation Dynamo' to commence. By the time the operation came to an end on the night of June 4th, a total of 338,226 Belgian, French and British soldiers had been rescued by a hastily assembled fleet of over 800 boats. The rescue was necessary because the British Expeditionary Force – or BEF - that had gone to assist ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Race Across the Atlantic

    Alcock and Brown's Record-Breaking Non-Stop Flight

    by Bruce Vigar, Colin Higgs ...
    "Reveals their race across the Atlantic in stunning pictures . . . includes a first-hand account from Captain Brown of his world-first flight." — Daily Mail OnlineIt was Tuesday, 15 July 1919 and for the residents of Clifden on Ireland's west coast this was not to be a normal day. Just before 08.40 hours, descending out of the gloom, came a large, twin-engine airplane lining up for final approach. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • World's Greatest Airshows

    by Bruce Vigar ...
    Air shows are one of the world's most popular, non - sporting outdoor attractions. Although the story of flight is over 100 years old, aircraft still hold a fascination for young and old, men and women from all backgrounds. Indeed, the first air show was held when aircraft and aviation was still in its infancy in the 1900s. Since then aviation has progressed in the full glare of the public gaze ... Read more

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  • The Dambuster's Squadron

    by Colin Higgs, Bruce Vigar ...
    Series series Voices in Flight
    They were the Dambusters the pilots and crew of the RAFs elite 617 Squadron. They flew the most difficult missions. They breached the Dams! They sank the Tirpitz! They were the only squadron to drop the immense Grand Slam bombs and with them they destroyed bridges, viaducts and even Hitlers impregnable U-boat pens.In this unique book, introduced by Dams raid survivor, George Johnny Johnson, ... Read more

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  • Test Pilots of the Jet Age

    Men Who Heralded a New Era in Aviation

    by Colin Higgs, Bruce Vigar ...
    Eleven daring test pilots recount their experiences at the forefront of aeronautical innovation in this oral history of the Jet Age.In the years after World War II, a select band of British test pilots risked everything in the quest to fly further, faster, and higher than ever before. Their vital work made our modern age of air transport possible. This book captures the stories of eleven such ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Achtung Spitfire! (True Combat)

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    `Shimmering in the morning sun, wave upon wave of bombers, driving for London. Stepped above and behind, the serried ranks of Messerschmitts. Covering mile upon mile of sky, as far as the eye could see. It was at once magnificent and terrible. I broke hard into attack, pulling the Spitfire into a climbing, spiralling turn as I did so…`Read about the development of the Spitfire in Taking to the ... Read more

    $1.85 CAD

  • Vulcan Test Pilot

    My Experiences in the Cockpit of a Cold War Icon

    by Tony Blackman ...
    In this memoir, the author of Nimrod: Rise and Fall details his experience testing the UK's strategic bomber while flying for Avro during the Cold War.In 2007, a restored Avro Vulcan Mark 2—XH558—took to the skies to help commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands conflict. To coincide with this, the memoirs of one of its test pilots, Tony Blackman, was published to great acclaim.Tony flew ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Infamous Aircraft

    Dangerous Designs and their Vices

    by Robert Jackson ...
    An in-depth look at some of the 20th century's notoriously terrible aircraft.Many aircraft, some famous and some rare, gained a reputation for being difficult to fly and sometimes downright dangerous. This book looks at some of the worst culprits over a period spanning World War I to the age of supersonic flight. The following aircraft are included . . .B.E.2: The Royal Flying Corps went to war in ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dambusters

    Operation Chastise 1943

    by Douglas C. Dildy ...
    Series Book 16 - Raid
    In May 1943 a specially established RAF squadron made its permanent imprint on military aviation history by flying a high-risk, low level, nighttime attack against German hydro-electric dams vital to the Nazi armaments industry in the Ruhr Valley. A comparatively tiny part of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris' four-month-long “Battle of the Ruhr” this one raid had an impact totally out of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Phantom from the Cockpit

    Flying the Legend

    by Peter Caygill ...
    This history of the legendary military fighter jet.The McDonnell Douglas F-four Phantom was the outstanding aircraft in many of the Western World's air forces during the 1960s and 70s. It played a key role in the Cold War and saw action in Vietnam. It first flew in 1958 and went into operation with the US Navy in 1960. During its long front-line life it flew in the roles of an interceptor, fighter ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • More Testing Times

    Test Flying in the 1980s and '90s

    by Wing Commander Mike Brooke AFC RAF ...
    Following his first three successful books, describing his long career as a military pilot, Mike Brooke completes the story with more tales of test flying during the 1980s and '90s. During this period his career changed to see him take control of flying at Farnborough and then at Boscombe Down, as well as off-the-cuff delivery missions to Saudi Arabia, 'bombing' in the name of science in the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mosquito Bomber/Fighter-Bomber Units 1942–45

    by Martin Bowman ...
    Series Book 4 - Combat Aircraft
    Truly an example of engineering ingenuity born out of the desperation of war, the legendary 'all-wooden' Mosquito was perhaps the best twin-engined fighter-bomber of its size to see action in World War 2.The first bomber variant to enter service was the B Mk IV, initial examples of which were issued to No 2 Group's No 105 Sqn at Swanton Morley, in Norfolk, in November 1941. Considerably faster ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD