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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 – the Company and the Tom Wenham, Rod Simpson & Malcolm Fillmore NEW

Auster Aircraft has a long and distinguished history, starting with its formation as British Taylorcraft in 1938 and end - ing with its absorption into in 1960.The Auster was not, strictly, a new design since it had its origins in the American Taylorcraft two seater. However, World War II gave it a welcome momentum which led to more than 1,600 artillery spotter being built for the British and other air forces. The Rearsby factory was at maximum production during the war - but, as with all other aircraft manufacturing plants, it found a sudden collapse in military orders when peace came. However, there were returning flyers keen to keep their skills alive and the Autocrat and its successors were successful, not only in the UK but also across the world. Using the same basic airframe, the Auster constantly changed its shape and the 180hp Husky of 1960 was a very different animal from the original 55hp Taylorcraft Model C.

Austers were sold all over the world and were used for many tasks including crop spraying, aerial advertising and joyriding. The company also developed new models including the very successful AOP.9, and the less successful Agricola, Atlantic and Avis. This is the story of an iconic aviation company and classic which live on in the hands of enthusiastic owners today.

256 pages, 350 colour and b/w photos, 12 pages of line drawings, Full production listing of all Austers built.

Members: £29.95 Non-members: £39.95

THE 748 - The Full Story of the 748, Andover & ATP Richard J Church

From war-torn southern to the Canadian Arctic, from the pampas of Argentina to the Indian Himalayas, the Avro 748 family earned a reputation for versatility and ruggedness. First flown in 1960, 381 748s were built – 89 of them in India. These, plus the Andovers and the Advanced (ATPs) which succeeded them off the Chadderton and Woodford lines, are covered in this book. Numbers of the 748 family are now fast depleting as more economic types appear.

This volume updates and hugely expands on the monograph on the 748 that was published by Air-Britain in 1986.

It describes the development of each type, gives performance and dimensional data, and provides detailed individ - ual histories of all the aircraft. Details of every operator and their use of each aircraft are given, together with detailed line drawings (including of little-known projected versions) and a comprehensive selection of photographs. A search - able CD includes the histories of each aircraft in linear format and full operator histories. A4 hardback. 304 pages. More than 300 photographs, of which over half are in colour, plus drawings.

"Richard Church’s comprehensive, well-illustrated history of the 748, Andover and the ATP does full justice to them. I strongly recommend this book to those interested in the types.” Stephen Skinner in Aerospace, the Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Members: £34.95 Non-members: £47.50

THE COMPLETE CIVIL THE SQUADRONS AND UNITS AIRCRAFT REGISTERS OF THE FLEET AIR ARM OF PERU Theo Ballance, Lee Howard & Ray Sturtivant Detailing all known civil aircraft registra - tions used in Peru since the early 1930s. The result of unparallelled research using This 192-page A4 softback contains over information gathered from a wide range of 250 photos (monochrome and colour) and sources, including Museum and National has a bonus USB Memory Card with a fur - Archive records, Squadron and Flight ther 490 images. diaries, Navy Lists, individual Flying Log Books, aircraft records, reference works, It includes histories of both the OA- and photographic records, contemporary OB- series aircraft totalling over 2,000 reg - newspaper reports and the magazines, istrations. as well as listing over 700 non-Peruvian registered aircraft reports and websites of various naval and aviation historical societies known to have been operated in Peru, or by Peruvian companies. All and associations, THE SQUADRONS AND UNITS OF THE FLEET registrations are indexed by type and operator. AIR ARM is the standard and most authoritative reference work on the subject. The registration systems are explained and illustrated, as are the two historic airports of Lima. Throughout 512 pages of information, much of it never before pub - lished, are contained brief histories of every Naval Air Squadron - REDUCED PRICE Members: £19.95 Non-members: £25.00 including Australian, Canadian and Dutch squadrons where these have been numbered in the 700- and 800-series - aircraft- and heli - copter-capable ships, bases, Battle Honours, Trophies and Awards, AIR-BRITAIN SECOND-HAND MAGAZINE detailed sections on Flights and notes of many of the AND BOOK MART Schools, Sections and Units that have supported the Fleet Air Arm for more than eight decades, illustrated throughout by more than 800 pho - + AIR-BRITAIN MAGAZINE BACK ISSUES tographs and, for the first time in one volume, over 180 squadron, ship (2016 AND EARLIER) and unit badges, mostly in colour.

Go to www.air-britain.com/magmart.pdf Members: £34.95 Non-members: £47.50 FLEETS 2018 CIVIL AIRCRAFT REGISTERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 2018

The full annual edition of Airline Fleets pro - Acknowledged as the most comprehen - vides coverage of almost 2,500 fleets. It is sive aircraft register published for the UK. indispensable for the serious enthusiast. Lists all current G-, EI-, M-, 2-, ZJ-, alloca - tions plus overseas registered aircraft 800 pages of fleet lists, jet and based in the UK & Ireland. in non-airline use, airline two/three- letter designators, operator Full C of A details, alphabetical index by index and airport three letter codes. New type, military serials decode, British data spot marked. Gliding Association registers with C of A details. Also includes preservation regis - Hardback. A5 size. 816 pages. ters, museums and private collections. Comprehensive unbeatable reliability NEW NEW A5 hardback. 656 pages.

Members: £22.95 Non-members: £28.95 Members: £21.50. Non-Members: £27.00

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.

Members: £9.95. Non-Members: £12.50

AIRLINE FLEETS UK& IRELAND QUICK REFERENCE 2018 QUICK REFERENCE 2018

Annual edition of this very successful title. This 168-page title in our long-established The content gives the fleets of all the oper - QR range includes: ators you are likely to see with jet and tur - - UK, Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey and bine equipment at any of the world's major Jersey current civil registers airports down to approximately the size of - UK and Ireland current military serials a Jetstream. - UK-based US military serials - Comprehensive listing of 1200+ over - Nearly 170 countries and 1700 operators seas-registered aircraft based in the UK & in 304 pages. A5 soft-back format. Ireland - The best listing of the airfields and strips at which UK and Irish registered aircraft are based, and which aircraft were based there at the time of going to INCLUDES LISTING COVERING CORPORATE & VIP AIRLINERS press, plus tower frequencies - UK & Ireland Aircraft Museums and the aircraft to be seen at them, plus web addresses Members: £9.95. Non-Members: £12.50 - 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 SOPWITH DOVE. - A SPORTING DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 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 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. One of famous 1984 edition - it is intensely its first offerings was the Dove, a sporting revised and greatly expanded to over 700 two-seat biplane said to be based on the pages, with some 140 colour photos much-loved Pup fighter of 1916 but actual - added to an extensive new black and ly having more in common with the later white selection. Snipe. Drawing on the expertise of numerous The author’s detailed history of this previously poorly-recorded type, of specialists from around the world, this book contains the results of which only a few were built, includes the unique single-seater which painstaking research on civil aircraft, and is supported by a wealth of Bert Hinkler planned to fly to , the Doves exported to , previously unpublished information on military using the USA, UK, Australia and , and the reproduction Dove now to be based Canada, Australia, south-east Asia and elsewhere. with the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden. A fine set of scale drawings by Mick Davis rounds off this monograph, which is profusely Full details of the known histories of almost 11,000 aircraft that were illustrated and features many hitherto unpublished photographs. built in the are provided, with added sections on the Russian Li-2 and Japanese production, as well as the various Turbo Members £14.95 Non-Members £19.95 conversions.

There is also an invaluable registration-c/n cross-reference and exten - ON THE WINGS OF A GULL sive details of the many operators of this iconic aircraft. PERCIVAL AND David W Gearing Members: £42.50 Non-Members: £63.75

The full story of Percival and Hunting air - DOUGLAS DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 - VOL.3 craft: the record-breaking Gull family, the 75th ANNIVERSARY Proctor, the Prentice, the Prince and Jennifer Gradidge Pembroke, the Provost and Jet Provost, and finally the BAC Jet Provost T5 and the Nobody has documented the iconic Strikemaster. Douglas DC-3 more thoroughly than Air- Britain. Douglas DC-1, 2, 3 - Volume 3 More than 1,000 photographs, many not elaborates on the landmark volumes pub - published before, 32 pages of them in lished in 2005 and reveals thousands of colour, 3-view drawings, with full produc - additional details. It includes a treasure tion lists of all Percival and Hunting types. A special book on a fasci - trove of diverse articles about the type, nating manufacturer. A4 Hardback with dustcover. 416 pages including over 250 black & white photos from the 32 in colour . 1930s to the present, most published for Members:£29.95 Non-members:£44.95 the first time, plus memorabilia. A must for all fans of this incredible aeroplane. TRUCULENT TRIBES. TURBULENT 272 pages + 32 pages in colour. SKIES. THE RAF IN THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST 1919-1939 Members:£29.95 Non-members:£44.95 Vic Flintham RETRIBUTION AND RECOVERY In 1920 the fledgling was German Aircraft and Aviation 1919-1922 tasked with enforcing British rule in Lennart Andersson and Ray Sanger Mesopotamia, an area roughly correspon - ding to modern-day and . This With the end of the First World War in 1918 tough assignment involved flying in and the beginning of punitive reparations, extreme climate – sometimes over per - the Inter-Allied Commission of Control ilous terrain - dealing with tribes that were began to roam its way far and wide across often hostile, and struggling to keep inade - ; its mandate: to seek out and quate aircraft and vehicles operational. destroy all German aeronautical material and military aviation production facilities. The RAF succeeded, and it is arguable that its dedication ensured that Britain continued to have an independent air force at a time when Airfields and factories were surveyed, defence spending was being savagely cut. This book covers not only technical advances made by aeronautical Mesopotamia, but the whole of the Middle East, Egypt and East Africa. designers and engineers assessed. The Commission’s inspectors tar - It includes the RAF’s support for the pioneer long-distance flyers and geted every aspect of aviation-related activity - from aircraft and air - early airline services. ships to aero engines; instrumentation and wireless equipment through to armament - as part of the Allies’ systematic demilitarisation The types illustrated include the DH.9A, F.2b, Short 184, Snipe, of Germany. Focussing specifically on the effect that the Armistice O/400, Vimy, Vernon, Victoria, Nighthawk, Wapiti, terms and the provisions of the Peace Treaty had on the German avi - Fairey IIIF, Rangoon, Southampton, Blenheim, Gordon, Demon, ation industry, Retribution and Recovery details for the first time how Gladiator, Hind and Wellesley. There are also wonderful images of many of the wartime and post war civil designs found officers and men at both work and leisure, armoured vehicles, aircraft their way to other parts of the world, sometimes by surprising means. carriers, and of course the airfields. This visual feast is rounded off by Hardback A4. 288 pages. 504 images mono throughout. four glorious full-page colour paintings and 22 maps. REDUCED PRICE Members: £29.95. Non-Members: £45.95 A4 hardback. 320 pages + index. 560 photographs.

Members £34.95 Non-Members £52.50 - The Post-War Years MILES AIRCRAFT THE EARLY YEARS Reading and Newtownards The Story of F G Miles and his 1945-1948 Peter Amos Aeroplanes 1925-1939 Peter Amos The culmination of decades of meticulous research, this massive volume tells the The full story of one of the most radical story of Miles Aircraft during arguably its British designers and most innovative but certainly its most diffi - manufacturers creator of the distinctive cult period. series of monoplanes and the Magister up to World War Two. Peter Amos concludes that the collapse of the company was orchestrated by a finan - A4 hardback. Dustcover. 448pages which cial advisor to the company. He also include 10 in colour argues that the M.52 would have achieved supersonic flight, ahead of the Americans, had the project not been Members: £34.95. Non-Members: £52.50 cancelled. MILES AIRCRAFT - The Wartime Years This volume cover the Messenger, Aerovan, Gemini, Marathon and Production, Research & Development Merchantman, the Martinet Trainer conversion for the Royal Navy, During World War II plus all of the company’s many design studies.Detailed individual his - Peter Amos tories of all aircraft produced in this period, plus reproductions of advertisements and numerous technical drawings are provided. There This second volume continues the story are more than 600 photographs, many of which have not been pub - with the trials and tribulations of Miles lished before. Aircraft during the Second World War. The accompanying CD contains much additional material on the The stories of the Magister and the Master demise of the company and production of various types, and many are completed and for the first time the full hundreds of additional photographs. A4 448-page hardback book + range of prototypes CD. Available separately, the Appendices on the CD have been pro - and the vast extent of Miles projected duced as a 352-page softback book. designs and innovative ideas are detailed. This includes the "X" series of transport aircraft and concludes with the first part of the story of the Miles M.52 High Speed Research Aircraft. A4 hardback with dustjacket and appendices all on CD Members: £34.95 Non-members: £47.50 Prior to Rolls Royce divesting its interest in Phillips and Powis Aircraft in April 1941, F G Miles had concerned himself mainly with technical (Printed appendices also available - see website) matters but, with the business back in the hands of the Miles family, F G had to turn his attention to administration, so George Miles took over the duties of Technical Director and Chief Designer. In fact George was responsible for many of the wartime and post-war designs.

Covering the large scale production of training aircraft and target-tow - ers this volume also focuses on Miles’ problem with the Ministry of Aircraft Production and its attendant bureaucracy.

History of SOUTHERN AIRCRAFT Uniquely, the story is supported by a fully comprehensive history of (GATWICK) LTD, 1939 - 1962 each individual aircraft built during the period. 432 pages including 16 in colour. by Peter Amos & Brian Buss

In 1935, John Coxon set up Southern A4 hardback with dustjacket, including appendices on CD Motor & Aircraft Company, which in November 1938, moved to Members: £34.95 Non-members: £47.50 to undertake the sale and maintenance of light aircraft and shortly afterwards, it changed its name to Southern Aircraft (Gatwick) Ltd. On the outbreak of war in DROVER September 1939, the company became Australia’s Outback Workhorse part of the Civilian Repair Organisation and handled a large variety of different aircraft, besides designing and Flying across the Australian Outback, manufacturing components for RAF aircraft. Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands, the story of the Drover by Post-war, Southern Aircraft (Gatwick) Ltd, purchased various surplus acclaimed Australian author Geoff RAF aircraft for refurbishment and sale and undertook other engineer - Goodall, demonstrates that it was not a ing activities until Gatwick Airport was closed for redevelopment in Dove with an extra engine, but a replace - 1954. ment for the pre-war Dragon. The issue with the variable pitch propellers, is exam - This book, derived from detailed research and with full support of the ined together with the attempts to solve Coxon family archives, comprehensively describes the history and this and the subsequent fitting of Lycoming growth of the company from its inception in 1935 to its final demise in engines. the 1960s. It particularly covers in detail all the aircraft handled along with a large number of previously unpublished photographs. The type’s service with Qantas, TAA, the Royal Flying Doctor Service and subsequent third level operators is dealt with in detail. There is a £16.95 comprehensive production history, drawings by Juanita Franzi and over 160 photographs, many not published before.

Members: £14.95. Non-Members: £19.95 .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 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

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 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 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

TURBOPROP AIRLINER PRODUCTION AMCAR LIST - Vol.1 American Civil Aircraft Review AJ Aviation Publishing (October 2016)

Turboprop Airliner Production List -Vol. 1 This quarterly magazine, available in has been totally revised and updated. Part paper format, covers all daily USA, CANA - 1 gives full production and service histo - DIAN & BRAZILIAN Register updates. ries of EVERY FEATURED AIRCRAFT that has entered service since the start of We currently have in stock issues from the Turboprop age. Each aircraft is listed Number 130 to 152 inclusive. by manufacturer and type in construction number sequence. Each individual entry Pease go online to see a summary of then lists line number (where applicable), the major aircraft reviews in each issue. sub-type, and first flight date where http://www.amcarusa.com/nextis.htm known. The entry then goes on to list every registration carried by the airframe, owners and delivery dates, leases, When ordering, please specify the issue number(s) you require. crash or withdrawal from service dates and any other relevant infor - mation. £8.50 each ADDITIONAL INFORMATION There is a complete cross reference of registration to c/n for every fea - *Issue 148 Jan17 = Culver Aircraft. Historical N register tured aircraft.. ATR.42, ATR.72, BAe ATP, BAe Jetstream 31, BAe *Issue 149 Apr17 = Jetstream 41, , Canadair CL-44, DHC-8, DHC-8 400, Callair - the full story. Piper PA-39 C/R Production Lists Fairchild F-27A, Fairchild FH-227, Handley Page Herald, Lockheed *Issue 150 Jul17 = McCulloch - the full story. Electra, Vanguard, & Viking DHC-6 Twin Beech 65 Queen Air (LC) production lists Otter 400. *Issue 151 Oct17 = 88pp with first historical Canadian Aircraft Register + 3 downloadable pdf supplements Turboprop Airliner Production List - Vol. 1 is available in a handy A5 *Issue 152 Jan18 = Beech Queen Air Production List. Annual size, softback. Historical US Aircraft register. Issue 153 - due into stock now £16.45 PROPLINER ANNUAL 2018 WRECKS & RELICS 26th Edition (2018) The new 2018 edition of Propliner Annual. • The latest fully updated edition of this definitive guide to the aviation Propliner Annuals continue the publication heritage of the British Isles, now in its of the former quarterly magazine which fifth decade unfortunately terminated in 2015. • Fully illustrated throughout • The essential companion for Place your order through Air-Britain now every aviation enthusiast

£13.95 This must-have touring guide and trusted reference source to the aviation museums, , collections and relics in the British Isles has been in constant demand for over five decades. Now BLACKBUSHE in its 26th edition, Wrecks & Relics is regarded as all that’s needed to - 's lost airport 1942-1960 discover the incredible aeronautical treasures and the aviation her - itage of these islands. This new history of contains a wealth of information on the County-by-county coverage features over 700 locations and includes operations of the various based units dur - details of more than 5,000 aircraft, including service use, build and ing World War II, detailing operations and arrival dates. The highlights, changes and trends of Britain’s aviation losses. heritage are related in depth, making Wrecks & Relics the faithful com - panion of enthusiasts, operators, and curators alike. This new history of Blackbushe Airport contains a wealth of information on the With extended photographic coverage, Wrecks & Relics is the com - operations of the various based units dur - prehensive rundown of museums and their exhibits, operators, ing World War II, detailing operations and restoration workshops, military ‘gate guardians’, stored and instruc - losses. The book then goes on to cover tional airframes and redundant aircraft being used for the most unlike - the operations, trials and tribulations of the various independent air - ly of purposes. All this and more is packed into the book’s easy-to-use, lines that started their life at Blackbushe, their histories and their portable and user-friendly format. diverse fleets of aircraft of the period, mainly well used hand me downs, as well as in the latter days, a smattering of new aircraft. There Binding: Hardback; Dimensions: 210mm x 148mm; Pages: 368; is also coverage of the US Navy operations from Blackbushe, and their Photos/Illus: 200 Photos aircraft. There are well over nearly 250 photographs, both colour and £19.95 black & white, some of which may have seen the light of day in the dis - tant past, as well as a goodly number from new sources. Douglas DC- 3/C-47s, Douglas DC-4/C-54, Vickers Vikings, Vickers Viscounts, W&R LOCAL AVIATION COLLECTIONS Bristol 170s, , Handley Page Hermes & Avro The UK's Regional Aeronautical Yorks galore, to name but a few, as well as the odd C-46 Commando Treasures Ken Ellis and Short Stirling and a selection of the diverse military types to visit. There are fleet lists for resident airlines (during their time at Britain has a wealth of museums of all Blackbushe), and a listing of other aircraft also based at Blackbushe sizes, all with incredible exhibits, yet the over the years. There is also a selection of what the author considers 'big' collections tend to get the limelight. All interesting air craft visiting Blackbushe during its civilian tenure. over the UK are amazing aircraft collec - £16.50 tions, containing aircraft of world, national or regional importance, many of which the Airliners in Belgium curators of the national institutions would love to have.

An Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw publi - With region-by-region coverage, the back - cation - 'BCARG Special 16' grounds of the formative museums of Great Britain are highlighted Revised edition May 2017 along with the pedigrees of their most significant exhibits. Included are such icons as the de Havilland Aircraft Museum - home of the This publication tells the story of each indi - Mosquito; the , Museum - headquarters of Sopwith, vidual aircraft operated by Sabena on their Hawker and Vickers; the Helicopter Museum - the world's largest rotor - helicopter network. craft collection and - shrine to flying-boats and the Spitfire. 70 pages. History plus Black/white photos of each aircraft listed. Across Britain are many local collections that helped to pioneer this country's incredible aviation heritage and the role of enthusiasts is £15.00 highlighted with a profile of the first of them all - the Northern Aircraft Preservation Society and its lineage. Among the 'regionals' are the PK- NETHERLANDS REGISTER and Galloway, Solway, North East, Newark, Norfolk and 1929-42 (written in Dutch) Suffolk, Yorkshire and Berkshire museums. This book, in A4 format with 56 pages gives a detailed overview of all aircraft Smaller collections have incredible stories to tell, for example the which to 1942 (the capitulation of the Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum - the home of British flight Dutch East Indies) in the Dutch-Indies air - test; the RAF Air Defence Radar Museum - devoted to the vital 'mag - craft register. The registry gives a fascinat - ic eye' of the Battle of Britain, the Glenn Miller Museum - at the airfield ing picture of civil aviation activities in from which the band leader departed to his doom and Fort Paul Dutch East Indies, especially because Armouries - dominated by the enormous Beverley airlifter. there is also an overview given of the air - Over 150 museums and their most important exhibits are profiled with craft which before 1929 (when the registry over 250 photographs, both archive and in full colour. Like the other was "opened") were used, and a descrip - titles in the series, Britain's Local Aviation Treasures is a unique refer - tion is given for each aircraft type with the ence for anyone interested in Britain's aviation heritage and it provides backgrounds of the use and users in Dutch inspiration for a tour of discovery of the 'unknown' gems of the UK. East Indies. Returns a piece of aviation history, which is now far behind us, brought to life. £10.00 Hardback, 224 pages, 180 B/W & 96 colour photos £19.95 Air-Britain members may also buy Air-Britain books at members prices (over the counter) from the AJ Aviation at West Drayton, Aviation Retail Direct at Heathrow, and The Aviation Bookshop at Tunbridge Wells - membership card required

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