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GENERAL (www.airtransportpubs.com). German and captured British 3 Gloucester Close, Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 2018. 226pp. Illustrated. £499. and American aircraft. Petersfield, Hants GU32 3AX, (44-90460/N9246B) IHS Jane’s All the World’s ISSN 2052-0174. UK (www.mmpbooks.biz). concluding with a directory of Aircraft: Development & The latest edition of this HISTORICAL 2018. 72pp. Illustrated. £15. aircraft ‘warbird’ collections Production 2018-2019. informative directory for the air ISBN 978-83-65958-06-8. and restorers, illustrated Edited by P Jackson et al. IHS transport industry recording Over 160 contemporary throughout with numerous Markit, IHS Global Limited, country-by-country the contact photographs and other colour colour photographs. Sentinel House, 163 Brighton numbers/emails/addresses markings diagrams illustrate Road, Coulsdon, Surrey CR5 of 1,000s of airlines, ground this detailed study of the first Neville Duke’s Book of 2YH, UK. 2018. 1074pp. handling agents, regulatory supersonic fighter aircraft to Flight. Edited by E Lanchbery. Illustrated. £912. ISBN 978-0- authorities and industry enter service with the Polish Cassell and Company Ltd, 7106-3275-3. suppliers and associations Air Force. . 1958. 116pp. The latest edition, around the world. Illustrated. updated throughout, of this The Winged Gospel: A companion volume key reference work for the Fly Now!: a Colorful America’s Romance with to Neville Duke’s Book of industry recording Story of Flight from Hot Aviation. J J Corn. The Johns Flying (Cassell and Company detailed programme and Air Balloon to the 777 Hopkins University Press, Ltd. 1954), beginning with technical summaries of ‘Worldliner’. J Gernstein Baltimore. 2002. xvi; 208pp. the personal recollections current civil and military London. National Geographic Illustrated. ISBN 0-8018- of Neville Duke describing aircraft programmes (884 Society, Washington, DC. 6962-5. particular experiences of his in number produced by 548 2007. 192pp. Illustrated. ISBN An informative history flying career, the Treble One companies and eight major 978-1-4262-0290-2. of the major impact which Hawker Hunter Mk6 aerobatic subdivisions of some of those Over 100 colour First Through the Clouds: aviation had on the American unit, the work of the Royal companies) with detailed reproductions from the poster the Autobiography of a people – and the expectations Air Force Institute of Aviation data summaries. The volume collection of the Smithsonian Box-Kite Pioneer. F W it raised – during the 1920s Medicine at Farnborough, – which is alphabetically Institution National Air and Merriam. Air World Books, Pen and 1930s at the time of the the College of Aeronautics at arranged by country and Space Museum illustrate this & Sword Books, 47 Church trailblazing endurance flights of Cranfield, aircraft carriers, Air illustrated throughout with pictorial history of the evolution Street, Barnsley, S Yorkshire Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Whaling Ltd (established by colour photographs and line of air transport operations S70 2AS, UK. 2018. xi; 147pp. Earhart among others, the Alan Bristow) and early space arrangement diagrams – around the world through the Illustrated. £19.99. ISBN 978- development of women pilots exploration are among the concludes with overview tables lens of how airlines promoted 1-52672-616-2. in the US a particular focus. subjects discussed. summarising air-launched and marketed themselves. Originally published in missiles, aero-engines, auxiliary 1954, a welcome new edition Warbirds Alive: the World’s The Boys’ Book of Aircraft. power units (APUs), propellers, AIRWORTHINESS AND of the autobiographical Top 25 Flyable Historic L C Bagley. Blackie & Son aircraft floats and emergency MAINTENANCE memoirs of an early pilot from Military Aircraft. P Coggan. Limited, London. c.1954. 32pp. systems. the pioneering days of aviation Midland Publishing, Hinckley. Illustrated. Initial Airworthiness: recalling his life as a flying 2004. 128pp. Illustrated. ISBN Includes artists’ Wrecks & Relics – 26th Determining the instructor at Brooklands and 1-85780-143-1. impressions of the Percival edition. K Ellis. Crécy Acceptability of New his subsequent experiences A compilation of detailed Sea Prince, Rotocoach Publishing, 1a Ringway Trading Airborne Systems – Second during WW1 training pilots for individual aircraft histories Mk3 with stub wings, Estate, Shawdowmoss Road, edition. G Gratton. Springer. the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) describing the restoration to Atlantic, Ilyushin Il-28 and Manchester M22 5LH, UK. 2018. xxi; 425pp. Illustrated. and Royal Naval Air Service flying condition of surviving Saab Lansen among others. 2018. 380pp. Illustrated. £129.99 ISBN 978-3-319- (RNAS). Includes Foreword examples of particular military £18.95. ISBN 978-1-91080- 75616-5. by Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip aircraft types including the PERFORMANCE 915-0. Joubert de la Ferte. Messerschmitt Bf109E-7 The latest edition of this AVIATION ART (WNr3579 ‘White 14’/ updated reference work for the – 1957 to N81562), aviation enthusiast recording Aviation: a History through present: an insight into (G-BPIV)/F.2B Fighter concise individual aircraft Art. P Handleman. Ian Allan the design, construction (D8096/G-AEPH), North histories of over 5,000 aircraft Publishing, Shepperton. 1994. and operation of the all- American P-51C Mustang held in aviation museums 216pp. Illustrated. ISBN American jet airliner that (42-103831/N1204)/P51-D and other collections around 0-7110-2297-6. became the face of 1960s Mustang (45-11507/N921), the British Isles arranged by The history of American air travel. Owner’s Workshop Boeing B-29A Superfortress Ajoy Kumar Kundu, country and then by county. aviation is portrayed through Manual series. C Kennedy. (44-62070/N529B)/B-17G Mark A. Price and David Riordan the stories behind over 100 Haynes Publishing, Sparkford, Flying Fortress (44-83575/ AEROMODELLING paintings from the American Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ, N93012), Consolidated Theory Society of Aviation Artists UK. 2018. 188pp. Illustrated. B-24J Liberator (44-44052/ and Practice of Grumman F-14 Tomcat. which are produced in colour £25. ISBN 978-1-78521- N224J), Gloster Gladiator Aircraft Performance Spotlight On series Aerospace Series . throughout. Includes Foreword 136-2. (L8032/G-AMRK), Bell Editors Peter Belobaba, Jonathan Cooper and Allan Seabridge M Ribero. Published by Stratus, by Walter J Boyne. Illustrated throughout with P-63 Kingcobra (42-69021/ , on behalf of Mushroom numerous colour photographs N163FS), B.1 Model Publications, 3 FLIGHT TESTING and other diagrams, a history (PA474), Hawker Nimrod I Gloucester Close, Petersfield, of the commercial jet aircraft S1581/G-BWWK)/Hurricane Theory and Practice of Hants GU32 3AX, UK (www. On Special Missions: the – the Dash 80 prototype IIa (P3351/ZK-TPL)/Sea Aircraft Performance. A J mmpbooks.biz). 2018. 44pp. Luftwaffe’s Research and demonstrator aircraft which Hurricane (AE977/N33TF)/ Kundu et al. John Wiley and Illustrated. £19. ISBN 978-83- Experimental Squadrons first flew on 15 July 1954 Sea Fury FB11 (VD930)/ Sons, The Atrium, Southern 65958-02-0. 1923-1945. J R Smith et al. – which was to operate as a Hind (K5414/G-AENP), Gate, Chichester, West Sussex Produced for Classic Publications, Hersham. passenger-carrying airliner for Curtiss P-40E Warhawk PO19 8SQ, UK. 2016. xx; aeromodellers, a compilation 2003. 128pp. Illustrated. ISBN over 55 years, incorporating (NZ3009/ZK-RMH)/P- 664pp. Illustrated. £62.50. of detailed colour diagrams 1-903223-33-4. detailed descriptions of the 40C Warhawk (41-13390/ ISBN 978-1-119-07418-2. recording the aircraft markings Illustrated throughout aircraft’s systems, engines, N2689), Goodyear F2G-1 used on the famous Grumman without with numerous military variants, cockpit and Super Corsair (BuNo88457/ fighter by various air forces contemporary photographs flight operations. N5588N)/FG-1D Corsair around the world. and other markings diagrams, (BuNo92471/N773RD), For further information a detailed large-format history Mikoyan Gurevich MiG- Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero contact the National AIR TRANSPORT incorporating the recollections 19P & PM MiG-21F-13. (5347/N46770), Martin Aerospace Library. of pilots who were involved Polish Wings 24 series. L B-26 Marauder (40-1464/ T +44 (0)1252 701038 Airline Directory 2018. of the Vershuchsverband Musialkowski. Published by N4297J, or 701060 Edited by J Holmes. Air Luftwaffe Trials and Research Stratus, Poland, on behalf of LF.Vb (BM597/G-MKVB), Transport Publications Ltd Unit and their flight testing of Mushroom Model Publications, Northrop N9M-B (N9MB) and E [email protected]

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