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Air-Britain (Trading) Ltd Unit 1A, Munday Works 58-66 Morley Road Tonbridge TN9 1RA +44 (0)1732 363815 Sales@Air-Britain.Co.Uk SPRING 2018 SALES DEPARTMENT Air-Britain (Trading) Ltd Unit 1A, Munday Works 58-66 Morley Road Tonbridge TN9 1RA www.air-britain.co.uk +44 (0)1732 363815 [email protected] Quick Reference Books 2018 See 3rd Page MTQR2018 & BizQR2018 Available Now AFQR2018 Available end March PLEASE NOTE ORDERS INCLUDING AFQR2018 WILL BE DESPATCHED WHEN THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE. PLEASE PLACE ORDERS FOR AFQR SEPARATELY IF YOU PREFER OTHER BOOKS TO BE DESPATCHED IMMEDIATELY. UKQR2018 will follow soon - please check website for availability This booklist shows the latest books & CDs available from Air-Britain. Full details of additional Air-Britain books and more detailed descriptions are shown online BOOKS AT REDUCED PRICE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FALSE DAWN OCEAN SENTINEL THE SHORT THE BEAGLE AIRCRAFT STORY SUNDERLAN D Tom Wenham John F Hamlin Beagle emerged in the mist of a 1960 From the manufacture of the Sunderland October dawn. It was the climax of Peter in several different locations, the type Masefields dream to overthrow the myth of development and operational roles, the Britain not being able to sustain a light air - book moves on to detail the many military craft industry. The company only lasted ten units, British and of other nationalities, with years – a decade of mis-management, which the flying-boat served worldwide. domination of the wrong designs and fear - some boardroom battles, all within a period The individual histories of every aircraft of a national economic crisis. The British are catalogued, including those of government stepped in to help but ultimate - Australian, New Zealand, South African, ly only to steer the company into receivership. French and Portuguese forces. Civil conversions and the development of the Sandringham, Seaford and Solent variants are also covered. The author has diligently researched his subject and has enjoyed Operators, routes and individual histories are fully described. The unqualified access to company papers held within Masefield’s person - Appendices cover a unit/codes/serials index, registration/ serial cross al archive as well as extensive files held at The National Archives. reference and list of civil aircraft names. The story of Beagle, long overdue in the telling, is covered in this defin - Almost 400 black and white images, plus 17 colour photos and 21 itive history. 464 pages. colour side views. REDUCED PRICE Members £29.95 Non-Members £49.95 REDUCED PRICE Members: £19.95 Non-members: £29.95 RETRIBUTION AND RECOVERY THE COMPLETE CIVIL AIRCRAFT German Aircraft and Aviation 1919-1922 REGISTERS OF PERU Lennart Andersson and Ray Sanger Detailing all known civil aircraft registra - With the end of the First World War in 1918 tions used in Peru since the early 1930s. and the beginning of punitive reparations, This 192-page A4 softback contains over the Inter-Allied Commission of Control 250 photos (monochrome and colour) and began to roam its way far and wide across has a bonus USB Memory Card with a fur - Europe; its mandate: to seek out and ther 490 images. destroy all German aeronautical material and military aviation production facilities. It includes histories of both the OA- and OB- series aircraft totalling over 2,000 reg - Airfields and factories were surveyed, istrations. as well as listing over 700 non- technical advances made by aeronautical Peruvian registered aircraft known to have designers and engineers assessed. The Commission’s inspectors tar - been operated in Peru, or by Peruvian companies. All registrations are geted every aspect of aviation-related activity - from aircraft and air - indexed by type and operator. ships to aero engines; instrumentation and wireless equipment through to armament - as part of the Allies’ systematic demilitarisation The registration systems are explained and illustrated, as are the two of Germany. Focussing specifically on the effect that the Armistice historic airports of Lima. terms and the provisions of the Peace Treaty had on the German avi - ation industry, Retribution and Recovery details for the first time how REDUCED PRICE Members: £19.95 Non-members: £25.00 many of the wartime military aircraft and post war civil designs found their way to other parts of the world, sometimes by surprising means. Hardback A4. 288 pages. 504 images mono throughout. REDUCED PRICE Members: £29.95. Non-Members: £45.95 .ROYAL ORCHID – The History of Civil THE GRUMMAN AMPHIBIANS - Goose, Aviation in Thailand Widgeon & Mallard Fred J Knight with Colin R Smith Stephen M Darke with Dr Virachai Vannukul The most comprehensive coverage yet of Grumman’s versatile and distinctive First detailed study of its subject. Goose, Widgeon and Mallard. Detailed Development of all Thai airlines thoroughly coverage of all operators, with details of all and readably documented. More than 380 modifications and conversions. 625 mono - photographs, the majority in colour and in chrome photos, 75 in colour. Plus maps, print for the first time. 76-page complete adverts, brochures, timetables and phila - Thai civil aircraft register. telic items. Detailed histories of all 721 air - frames, including the French-built SCAN- A4 hardback, 272 pages. 30 Widgeons. REDUCED PRICE Members £19.95 Non-members £32.50 Without doubt, the most comprehensive coverage of these iconic air - craft yet. A4 hardback, 480 pages. REDUCED PRICE Members: £24.95. Non-Members: £39.95 MILITARY TRANSPORTS QUICK BUSINESS JETS & TURBOPROPS REFERENCE 2018 QUICK REFERENCE 2018 MTQR 2018 is produced in the established Annual edition of this title. BizQR2018 QR format and lists the worldwide fixed- includes all the world’s civil and military wing military transports and patrol aircraft Business Jets in service at January 2018, fleets. listed in registration/serial order by coun - try. Types range from the largest types down to some of the larger single-engine types such Also includes all BUSINESS TURBO - as the Cessna 208 and PC-12; patrol types PROPS and CORPORATE AIRLINERS in include the Atlantique and the Orion. civil and military service. All known Western, Soviet and Chinese 192 pages. A5 soft-back format. types are included. In addition to aircraft operated by the various air forces, navies and armies, aircraft operated by governmental bodies Over 30,000 entries listed, civil and military. are also included. Data includes serial or registration and c/n, and is presented in order of country, air arm and then serial. In the case of Members: £9.95. Non-Members: £12.50 Russia those aircraft with new style RF-prefixes, serials and associat - ed colour codes are added. For ease of use the aircraft operated by the US air arms are in order of type rather than serial. UK& IRELAND Members: £9.95. Non-Members: £12.50 QUICK REFERENCE 2018 This 168-page title in our long-established AIRLINE FLEETS QR range includes: QUICK REFERENCE 2018 - UK, Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey current civil registers Annual edition of this very successful title. - UK and Ireland current military serials The content gives the fleets of all the oper - - UK-based US military serials ators you are likely to see with jet and tur - - Comprehensive listing of 1200+ over - bine equipment at any of the world's major seas-registered aircraft based in the UK & airports down to approximately the size of Ireland a Jetstream. - The best listing of the airfields and strips at which UK and Irish registered aircraft Nearly 170 countries and 1700 operators are based, and which aircraft were based there at the time of going to in 304 pages. A5 soft-back format. press, plus tower frequencies - UK & Ireland Aircraft Museums and the aircraft to be seen at them, plus web addresses INCLUDES LISTING COVERING CORPORATE & VIP AIRLINERS - Includes all aircraft, gliders, microlights, balloons etc plus - Aircraft carrying only military or period markings cross-referenced to their UK registrations Members: £9.95. Non-Members: £12.50 Prices awaited * AVAILABLE END MARCH * - PLEASE ORDER SEPARATELY * COMING SOON - THIS WILL BE SHOWN ON THE WEBSITE to avoid delay to any other books you order WHEN AVAILABLE TO ORDER * EUROPEAN REGISTERS Airline Fleets 2018 HANDBOOK 2017 The Civil Registers of the British Isles 2018 Business Jets International 2018 The 32nd edition of this market leader cov - will follow later. ers 46 countries west of Russia (excluding UK). Listing all known current powered air - craft, gliders, sailplanes, balloons and Please check the website for availability ulms with all available c/ns and identities included in the printed book and CD.. CD-AIRLINES OF THE BRITISH ISLES SINCE 1919 (CD) NOTE: This year, to make the publication easier to handle, it is made up of two A4- This CD provides a narrative for every size books containing country registration British airline company since 1919, over letters:- 800 in all, together with their fleet lists. These details are complemented by a Part 1: CS- to F comprehensive range of photographs Part 2: HA- to 9H from Air-Britain’s huge photo archive, the vast majority never before published, Also included is a CD of the text only (no Details are included of short-lived ‘paper’ pictures). airlines and those that never got off the ground. The contents of this CD are the The books and CD are one package - product of countless hours’ research over parts 1 & 2 are not sold separately. the past decade and provide a baseline resource for the serious stu - dent and an equally enjoyable experience for the civil aviation and air transport enthusiast. By releasing it in electronic format, it is fully searchable. REDUCED PRICE REDUCED PRICE Members: £10.00 Non-Members: £10.00 Members: £15.00. Non-Members: £20.00 SOPWITH DOVE. - A SPORTING DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 BIPLANE WITH FIGHTER FOREBEARS THE FIRST SEVENTY YEARS Philip Jarrett Jennifer Gradidge With the ending of the First World War the This massive A4 hard-back book, printed Sopwith Aviation Company was quick to in two volumes to ensure robustness, is produce aeroplanes aimed at the per - not just a new version of Air-Britain's ceived new market for civil aviation.
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