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Library Additions BOOKS Afterburner Library Additions BOOKS GENERAL The Atrium, Southern Gate, Boeing 747: a History – Portuguese Fighter Soviet cosmonauts (Valentin Chichester, West Sussex Delivering the Dream. Colours 1919-1956. L A Vasilyevich Bondarenko, Grigori IHS Jane’s All the World’s PO19 8SQ, UK. 2016. 749pp. M W Bowman. Pen & Sword Tavares and A J Soares. Grigorievich Nelyubov, Vladimir Aircraft: Development & Illustrated. £110. ISBN 978-1- Aviation, Pen & Sword Books. Published by Stratus, Poland, Mikhailovich Komarov, Yuri Production 2016-2017. 118-87098-3. Illustrated with colour on behalf of Mushroom Model Alexeyevich Gagarin, Pavel Edited by P Jackson et al. IHS photographs throughout, Publications, 3 Gloucester Ivanovich Belyayev, Georgy Global Limited, Sentinel House, Analytical Fluid Dynamics a history of the famous Close, Petersfi eld, Hants Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky, 163 Brighton Road, Coulsdon, – Third edition. G Emanuel. commercial airliner which GU32 3AX, UK (www. Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, Surrey CR5 2YH, UK. 2016. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis fi rst entered service with Pan mmpbooks.biz). 2016. 232pp. Vladimir Nikolaysevich Volkov) 1046pp. Illustrated. $1,355. Group, 6000 Broken Sound American World Airways on Illustrated. £35. ISBN 978-83- who tragically died during the ISBN 978-0-7106-3177-0. Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca 21 January 1970 through to 63678-45-6. ‘Space Race’ era, a named Alphabetically arranged Raton, FL, 33487-2742, USA. the 747-8 and the 747-400 Illustrated by numerous plaque and small tin fi gurine by country and illustrated 2016. Distributed by Taylor & Dreamlifter freighter variants. photographs and colour being placed on the Moon’s with colour photographs and Francis Group, 2 Park Square, arrangement/markings surface in their memory by line arrangement diagrams, Milton Park, Abingdon OX14 PROPULSION diagrams, a compilation of astronauts Dave Scott and Jim the latest completely revised 4RN, UK. 632pp. Illustrated. concise operational histories Irwin on 2 August 1971 during edition of this key reference £108. [20% discount available Pioneering American of British (Martinsyde F4/ their Apollo 15 mission. Includes work for the aerospace to RAeS members via Rocketry: the Reaction F4A Buzzard, Hawker Fury Foreword by Eugene A Cernan. industry recording all the major www.crcpress.com using Motors, Inc (RMI) Story, MkI, Gloster Gladiator MkII, current civil and military aircraft AKQ07 promotion code]. ISBN 1941-1972. American Supermarine Spitfi re MkI Infi nity Beckoned: programmes (865 in number) 978-1-4987-1569-0. Astronautical Society (F1A)/MkV, Hawker Hurricane Adventuring Through with detailed data summaries. (AAS) History Series Vol MkIIB/IIC, Bristol Beaufi ghter the Inner Solar System, The volume concludes with AEROELASTICITY 44. F H Winter et al. Univelt, TFX), French (SPAD S7 C1, 1969-1989. J Gallentine. overview tables summarising PO Box 28130, San Diego, CA Morane-Saulnier MS133/ University of Nebraska Press, air-launched missiles, aero- 92198, USA. 2015. 459pp. MS230/MS233) and 1111 Lincoln Mall, Lincoln engines, auxiliary power Illustrated. $95. ISBN 978-0- American (Curtiss Mohawk, NE 68588-0630, USA. 2016. units (APUs), propellers, 87703-619-7. Lockheed P-38G Lightning, Distributed by Combined aircraft fl oats and emergency Bell P-39/P-400 Airacobra, Academic Publishers, Windsor parachute systems. SERVICE AVIATION Republic F-47 Thunderbolt) House, Cornwall Road, military aircraft types that saw Harrogate HG1 2PW, UK. 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Naval Air Service in October University of Nebraska Press, analysis of the US aerospace R B Bhat. CRC Press, Taylor & 1916, a detailed history of the 1111 Lincoln Mall, Lincoln industry placed with the context Francis Group, 6000 Broken squadron’s involvement in a NE 68588-0630, USA. 2016. of global trends in the civil and Sound Parkway NW, Suite number of key areas of confl ict Distributed by Combined military aerospace sectors 300, Boca Raton, FL, 33487- over the past 100 years, Academic Publishers, Windsor (including separate sections 2742, USA. 2016. Distributed focusing on its operations House, Cornwall Road, on the aircraft maintenance, by Taylor & Francis Group, with the Hawker Hunter and Harrogate HG1 2PW, UK. rotorcraft, avionics and airports 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Blackburn Buccaneer and its 296pp. £25.99. ISBN 978-0- industries) and the role played Abingdon OX14 4RN, UK. current role as an advanced 8032-5572-2. by aerospace clusters. 173pp. Illustrated. £55. [20% fl ying training squadron discount available to RAeS operating the BAE Systems Fallen Astronauts: Heroes The Other Space Race: AERODYNAMICS members via www.crcpress. Hawk. Who Died Reaching for Eisenhower and the Quest com using AKQ07 promotion the Moon. C Burgess and K for Aerospace Security. N code]. ISBN 978-1-4987- From the Voisin to the Doolan. University of Nebraska M Smabaluk. Naval Institute 2472-2. Mirage: 100 Years of Press, 1111 Lincoln Mall, Press, 291 Wood Road, French Aeronaut Presence Lincoln NE 68588-0630, USA. Annapolis, MD 21402, USA. HISTORICAL in Peru. A T Gallegos. 2016. Distributed by Combined 2015. Distributed by Eurospan Published by Stratus, Poland, Academic Publishers, Windsor Group, 3 Henrietta Street, Junkers Ju 87. R Michulec on behalf of Mushroom Model House, Cornwall Road, London WC2E 8LU, UK. and M Willis. Published by Publications, 3 Gloucester Harrogate HG1 2PW, UK. 344pp. Illustrated. £36.50. 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