Aviation Paperbacks 1991 Price: £13.99 ISBN: 0 586 21257 4 1991 Front Cover: Col
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Aviation Paperbacks 1991 Price: £13.99 ISBN: 0 586 21257 4 1991 Front cover: col. illus. of models. Classic aircraft designs from the Gloster Gladiator to 91/crn.1 Coronet Books the ‘Stealth’ Bomber. Self-assembly models The Wrong Side of the Sky, Gavin Lyall, with full instructions. Cover photographs by Coronet Books, Hodder and Stoughton John Knight First published 1961 by Hodder and Rear cover: col. photos, description of Stoughton. Coronet edition 1991. [vi] 7-236 contents [237] [238] blank [239-240] adverts. Notes: Contents: Gloster Gladiator, Fairey Printers: Clays Ltd, St Ives plc Barracuda, Hawker Hurricane, Boeing B.52 Price: £3.50 Superfortress [sic], Mitsubishi Zero, ISBN: 0 340 54416 3 Messerchmitt Bf.109E, Lockheed U.2R, Front cover: col. illus. DC.3 and the Acropolis Northrop B.2 ‘Stealth’ Bomber Rear cover: synopsis and extract from review Copy: ex Kilmarnock and Loudoun Libs. 91/lio.1 Lion Books Notes: Adventure novel Wings Like Eagles, Clive Langmead, A Lion Book 91/gol.1 Goodall Publications Published by Lion Publishing plc, Oxford, first Beyond the Dams to the Tirpitz, The Later edition 1991. pp. [vi] 7-217 [218-219] blank Operations of 617 Squadron, Alan W. Cooper, [220-224] adverts. Goodall Publications Ltd, London & St Albans Printers: Cox & Wyman Ltd, Reading First published 1983 by William Kimber. First Price: £3.99 Goodall Publications paperback edition 1991. ISBN: 0 7459 2119 1 pp. [viii] 9-198 [199-200] adverts. Front cover: col. photo of Hughes 500 PK- Printers: BPCC Hazell Books, Aylesbury MAK Price: £3.50 Rear cover: David Marfleet, Helicopter pilot ISBN: 0 907579 15 9 of the year 1991. At 09 30 on 1 August 1989 Front cover: painting by Peter Coombs the Soba Valley in the mountainous heart of Lancasters attacking the Tirpitz Iryan Jaya was struck by a massive earthquake. Rear cover: synopsis. … there was no hope of escape. Unless a Alan Cooper is a noted aviation historian. His helicopter would risk the devastation and fly in books include ‘The Men who Breached the to help. … tells this climatic true story … Dams’, ‘Bombers over Berlin’, ‘The Battle of Clive Langmead is a writer, producer and the Ruhr’. broadcaster. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, he has spent much of his life traveling. After an early 91/grf.1 Grafton Books career sailing the world as a ship’s navigating William Hoffer and Marilyn Mona Hoffer, officer, his more recent work has been for the Freefall, Grafton Books, A Division of BBC in Europe, Africa and the United States, HarperCollins Publishers first as a journalist, then as a presenter for First published in Great Britain by Simon & Radio 4 and producer for BBC Television. Schuster 1989. Published by Grafton Books Now independent, he runs his own production 1991. pp. [viii] 9-240 and training company, Langmedia, with his Printers: Collins, Glasgow wife Elizabeth. They have three sons and live Price: £3.99 an unquiet life in the Malvern Hills. ISBN: 0 586 21065 2 Front cover: col. painting by Chris Moore of 91/nel.1 New English Library Air Canada Boeing 767. From 41,000 feet to Force of Eagles. Richard Herman Jnr. zero: a true story of survival [not held] Rear cover: synopsis [engine failure and [2] original edition emergency landing of Air Canada Boeing 767] [not held] Copy: ex Cunninghame District Lib. [3] Coronet Books Force of Eagles, Richard Herman Jnr, 91/grf.2 Grafton Books Coronet Books, Hodder and Stoughton Michael Johnson, Paper Planes 2, Grafton, An First published in the USA 1990 by Donald I. Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Fine Inc; first published in Great Britain 1990 A Grafton Original 1991. 34.5 x 26cm. pp. [vi] by Hodder and Stoughton. New English 7-141. Photos, diags. col. press-out parts for Library edition 1991. Coronet edition 1994. paper models pp.44-141 pp. [vi] vii-x 1-390 Printers: Stige, Turin Printers: Cox & Wyman Ltd, Reading Price: £5.99 ISBN: 0 340 62492 2 Front cover: col. painting F.15, review quote Rear cover: synopsis, small reprodn. of front cover painting Richard Herman Jnr. Retired from the US Air Force in 1983 with the rank of Major after serving for twenty-one years. He has flown over 200 combat missions himself and was stationed in Vietnam, West Germany and Great Britain. He has flown the F-4 and C-130 and received five medals, including the Bronze Star. He and his English-born wife now live in Fair Oaks, California 91/war.1 Warner Books Wings for the Valiant, Robert W. Sisk, Warner Books, a Time Warner Company © 1989. Published by arrangement with J. Flores Publications, Miami. First printing January 1991. pp. [viii] 1-179 [180-181] [182- 184]. Photos Printers: [not identified] Price: ISBN: 0 446 36017 1 Front and rear covers: wrap-round photo of troops and helicopters. Cover design by Don Puckey Front cover: “A chopper pilot’s eyewitness account of helicopter combat in Vietnam” Rear cover: synopsis Robert W. Sisk presently works as a contract pilot. He first learned to fly fixed-wing aircraft in 1962. In 1965 Sisk enlisted in the U.S. Army under the Warrant Officer Flight Training Program. After graduation from rotary-wing flight school, he served two years in Southeast Asia, accumulating over 1,800 flying hours. His first year was spent flying assault helicopters with the 1st Air Cavalry. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star and 23 air medals. His last assignment in the Army was as a test pilot for weapon systems on helicopters. SJ. 14.3.07 .