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  • Master of Airpower

    General Carl A. Spatz

    by David Mets ...
    “A valuable and long-overdue biography of one of America’s greatest soldiers.”—ParametersThe story of Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz’s life is more than a biography of one of America’s great military leaders. It is a history of the development of airpower, and a fascinating, inside look at the long, difficult struggle to win autonomy for the U.S. Air Force. Spaatz earned his wings in 1918, when flying ... Read more

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  • The British Fleet Air Arm in World War II

    by Mark Barber ...
    Series Book 165 - Elite
    A concise history of the Royal Navy's air arm during World War II, from their Arctic convoys, to the battle of Malta, and the last raids on Japan.Amazingly, the Admiralty only had 406 operational pilots and eight carriers when war broke out, but a mere six years later there were over 3,000 operational pilots and 53 aircraft carriers patrolling the seas in every theatre of the war. This book charts ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen

    by John Weal ...
    Series Book 20 - Aviation Elite Units
    The 'storm troopers' of the Luftwaffe, the elite Sturmgruppen units comprised the most heavily armed and armoured fighter interceptors ever produced by the Germans.Their role was to smash like a mighty fist through the massed ranks of USAAF daylight bombers. Only volunteers could serve with these elite units, and each pilot was trained to close with the enemy and engage him in extremely short ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • SR-71

    The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane

    by Richard H. Graham ...
    A pictorial history of the legendary Lockheed spy plane, written by one of its pilots and "filled to the brim with information and revelation" ( Seattle Post Intelligencer Travel for Aircraft blog).At the height of the Cold War in 1964, President Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to strategic reconnaissance. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flew more than three-and-a-half times the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Air War in the Falklands 1982

    by Chris Chant ...
    Series Book 28 - Combat Aircraft
    The war fought between the United Kingdom and Argentina in 1982, for the possession of the Falkland Islands, was probably the last 'colonial' war that will ever be undertaken by the British.This book shows how the key to British success was the speed with which the British gained and then maintained air superiority over the islands and the waters around then with their small force of Sea Harrier ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Sopwith Pup Aces of World War 1

    by Norman Franks ...
    Series Book 67 - Aircraft of the Aces
    An illustrated history of the Pup, the forerunner of the hugely successful Sopwith Camel, and the aces that flew it.The first proper British fighting scout, the first Pups – the Royal Naval Air Service – arrived on the Western Front in 1916. Although regarded as a 'nice' aeroplane to fly, pilots who used it in combat gained much success during the first half of 1917. The Royal Flying Corps also ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • B-2A Spirit Units in Combat

    by Thomas Withington ...
    Series Book 64 - Combat Aircraft
    The B-2A 'Spirit' was an aircraft conceived to fight the Cold War but which has proved invaluable to both the 'New World Order' and more recently the 'War on Terrorism'.The combination of low-observability, precision strike, range and payload flexibility has made the 'Spirit' the weapon of choice when America hits its enemies at the start of a campaign. Spirits have fired the first shots of ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • He 111 Kampfgeschwader on the Russian Front

    by John Weal ...
    Series Book 100 - Combat Aircraft
    An illustrated combat history of the He 111, with its distinctive glazed nose, which came to symbolise the German mastery of the skies in the early war years, especially the Russian campaign.The twin-engined He 111 was the mainstay of the Luftwaffe's bomber arm at the start of World War ll. Accompanied by the Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber, it provided the aerial striking power for all the early ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Kamikaze

    To Die for the Emperor

    by Peter C. Smith ...
    In this brand new publication from eminent historian Peter C. Smith, we are regaled with the engaging and often incredibly disturbing history of the Kamikaze tradition in Japanese culture. Tracing its history right back to the original Divine Wind (major natural typhoons) that saved Japan from invaders in ancient history, Smith explores the subsequent resurrection of the cult of the warrior in the ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fighting Hitler's Jets

    The Extraordinary Story of the American Airmen Who Beat the Luftwaffe and Defeated Nazi Germany

    by Robert F. Dorr ...
    Fighting Hitler's Jets brings together in a single, character-driven narrative two groups of men at war: on one side, American fighter pilots and others who battled the secret "wonder weapons" with which Adolf Hitler hoped to turn the tide; on the other, the German scientists, engineers, and pilots who created and used these machines of war on the cutting edge of technology. Written by Robert F. ... Read more

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  • The YF-23 So Smooth, Stealthy, Yet So Unwanted

    by David Myhra ...
    The YF-23 was an unconventional-looking aircraft, with diamond-shaped wings, a profile with substantial area-ruling to reduce drag at trans-sonic speeds, and an all-moving V-tail. The cockpit was placed high, near the nose of the aircraft for good visibility for the pilot. The aircraft featured a tricycle landing gear configuration with a nose landing gear and two main landing gear. The weapons ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Space Shuttle Launch System 1972–2004

    by Mark Lardas ...
    Series Book 99 - New Vanguard
    The Space Shuttle is one of the oldest and most famous manned launch systems – the only launch vehicle used for a longer period of time is the Russian R-7 booster.By the start of the third millennium, the Space Shuttle had carried crews into space over 85 times. Although not a military structure, the Shuttle had been sold as an all-purpose launch system to be used jointly for military and civilian ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD