BOOKS

The air base at Waddington has been home to the RAF’s most valuable surveillance, intelligence-gathering, communications and electronic warfare assets for more than three decades. During the 1990s, Boeing E-3D Sentry AWACS and Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R1...

On 12th October 1967, Cyprus Airways flight 284 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near the island of Kastellorizo with the loss of all 66 passengers and crew. At the time it was the worst aviation disaster in Cypriot history. The flight, from London...

A superb account of Russian military aviation in the 21st Century with 144 pages of previously unpublished colour photos and descriptions as experienced by many Russian photographers.

For the first time, this book traces the complete history of the world's first jet airliner, and how this aircraft was developed from the civil airliner the Comet into a succession of military aircraft named Nimrod, which has been the RAF's primary...

By the turn of the century China had reaffirmed its position as one of the world’s leading military powers. With much importance attached to fleet renewal; the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and the Naval Aviation are fielding...

This book traces the history of the former Italian flag-carrier and those earlier airlines that were amalgamated by the state to form a single airline, events that were shaped by Italy's inter-war National Fascist Party that controlled the development of...

The history of Swissair began in 1931 through the consolidation of two airlines, Ad Astra Aero and Balair, and the national airline became known for its financial stability, punctuality, reliability, and excellent in-flight service, and its sobriquet as...

Airline Fleets 2024 Lyn Buttifant and Chris Chatfield - Editors in conjunction with the Air-Britain News Team This year’s edition of Airline Fleets extends to 848 pages, covering 3,118 operators in 202 countries. This book is an easy-to-read,...

Many of us will have fond memories of jetting off on a Dan-Air Comet for that family holiday to Spain, but did you ever fly on a BOAC 747-100? From industry game-changers like Freddy Laker’s ‘Skytrain’, to one of my personal old-school...