Miscellaneous

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...

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...

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...

For over 75 years, London Airport (Heathrow) has been Britain’s No.1 international airport. For the first 30 years of its life, most of the movements were made using propliners. Author and photographer Tom Singfield first visited the airport as a...

Bizjets of the World 2023 lists each business jet by country of registration, then alphabetically listing each aircraft by current registration, aircraft type, manufacturers serial number, previous registration, year of build and owner/operator. Over 360...

The lineage of VQ-1's World Watchers can be traced back to two PBY-5A Catalina Black Cats modified for electronic reconnaissance during World War II. In October 1951, the unit was formally established as the Special Electronic Search Project (SESP) at...

An updated version to celebrate 75 years of Heathrow Airport in softback now.