BOOKS

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...

Now remarkably in its 29th edition, since it was first published in the 1960s every edition of Wrecks & Relics has been eagerly sought after by aviation enthusiasts, historians, restorers and curators alike. Through five decades of publication under...

Description Area 51, a top-secret military installation hidden in the desert northwest of Las Vegas, has been shrouded in mystery since 1955. Now, aerospace historian Peter Merlin cuts through the myths and conspiracy folklore to reveal in extraordinary...

When de Havilland conceived the DH.125 as a replacement for its successful Dove and Heron, it could not have expected that more than 1,700 would be built over a period of more than 50 years. The 125 family would be built by several organisations and go...

This book provides a snapshot of the Sud Aviation Caravelle’s life through photographs and other images, along with technical specifications, a guide to the different variants and a look at the Caravelle today. It includes large colour images and...

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona, is well known as the location of the US military's massive aircraft storage and disposal site. Lesser known, perhaps, are the numerous aircraft salvage companies that became established...