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RailwaysThis unique series of three programmes documents an extraordinary rail journey of over 20,000 kilometres right across Russia from Saint Petersburg on the Baltic Sea in the West, to Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean in the Russian far East. During the course of this marathon steam expedition we ...Keywords: russia, russia, saint, petersburg, vladivostok, ocean, russian, marathon, trans-siberian, russia, siberian, saint, petersburg, vladivostok, siberian, baikal-amur-magistral, haulage, russia, sakhalin, mammoth, petersburg, ural, siberia, tayshet, russia, asia | |
RailwaysThis unique series of three programmes documents an extraordinary rail journey of over 20,000 kilometres right across Russia from Saint Petersburg on the Baltic Sea in the West, to Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean in the Russian far East. During the course of this marathon steam expedition we ...Keywords: russia, russia, saint, petersburg, vladivostok, ocean, russian, marathon, trans-siberian, russia, siberian, saint, petersburg, vladivostok, siberian, baikal-amur-magistral, haulage, russia, sakhalin, trans-siberian, siberia, tayshet, lake, baikal, chinese, vladivostok, russia, asia | |
AviationDetailed analysis of aircraft purchases made in North America by the British Commonwealth and European democracies, and the subsequent operation of the Lend-Lease Acts and Canadian Mutual Aid, whereby thousands of aircraft were delivered to many Allied countries including the Soviet Union. There is ...Keywords: america, lend-lease, america, commonwealth, lend-lease, canadian, whereby, soviet, america, phil, butler, hagedorn | |
AviationThis book examines a decade which saw much change in the world air travel scene. In a collection of images from all over the globe, over 60 different types of aircraft are featured, ranging from venerable propliners still hard at work to the undoubted queen of the skies, Concorde. The 1980s saw ...Keywords: queen, concorde, airbus, mcdonnell, douglas, soviet, bloc, russian, bureaux, closer, caledonian, package, peak, charter, airline, gerry | |
AviationThe ‘Red Star' series has developed into a comprehensive library detailing the development of Soviet and Russian aircraft from World War 2 through to the 21st century. The series has become required reading for all those interested in the history of aviation and, in particular, the development of ... From the series Red StarKeywords: antonov, an-12, star, star, soviet, russian, soviet, star, an-12, doctrine, soviet, mid-1950, troop, soviet, airlift, warfare, turboprop, bureau, oleg, antonov, an-8, four-turboprop, an-12, soviet, counterpart, lockheed, c-130, an-12, an-10, medium-haul, an-12, airlifter, worth, combat, an-12, russian, soviet, bloc, moreover, an-12, china, shaanxi, an-12, yefim, dimitry, komissarov | |
AviationMaking use of the Coanda effect to improve wing lift and field performance, the An-72 twin-turbofan tactical airlifter was intended as a state-of-the-art successor to the An-26. First flown in 1977, it was not until the mid-1980s that production began in Khar'kov. The many variants covered include ... From the series Red StarKeywords: antonov, star, coanda, improve, an-72, twin-turbofan, airlifter, state-of-the-art, an-26, mid-1980s, khar, an-74s, an-74tk-300, yefim, dimitry, komissarov | |
AviationExtensively illustrated review of this family of Soviet transports in both civil and military use. Besides the original An-24, development into the An-26 military freighter, An-30 survey aircraft and An-32 'hot and high' variant is also described. From the series Red StarKeywords: antonov, turboprop, star, soviet, an-24, an-26, freighter, an-30, an-32, komissarov, komissarov | |
RailwaysBorn in Dundee in 1816, by 1840 Sutrrock was involved with Brunel and Gooch in running the Great Western Railway's Locomotive department at Paddington and subsequently in establishing the company's major works and new town at Swindon. Written by his great-great-grandson, Tony Vernon, this intimate ...Keywords: archibald, sturrock, pioneer, dundee, sutrrock, brunel, gooch, paddington, swindon, great-great-grandson, vernon, biography, sturrock, vernon, scottish, paddington, swindon, swindon, doncaster, citizen, adviser, yorkshire, doncaster, sturrock, sturrock | |
RailwaysWithin this volume the late Brian Webb covers Armstrong Whitworths involvement in the development of diesel traction on the banks of the River Tyne from the beginning of the 20th century until 1937 when the company ceased production of diesel railway motive power. This company was well ahead of ...Keywords: armstrong, whitworth, pioneer, webb, armstrong, tyne, pioneer, export, far-away, argentina, brazil, ceylon, india, australia, armstrong, webb, armstrong, whitworth, america, india, armstrong, whitworth | |
AviationWritten by a leading expert in World War 2 air operations on the Eastern Front, this is the last in a quartet of books that together gives total coverage of air battles in this theatre of war from 1941 to 1945. It details the final phase of air operations in the East from late 1943, and then ...Keywords: berlin, quartet, theatre, german, dnepr, azov, german, cherkassy, soviet, army, mid-1944, romania, autumn, poland, courland, vistula, soviet, winter, berlin, in-depth, eye-witness, biography, christer, bergstrom, equivalent, heeresgruppe, mitte, collapse, heeresgruppe, mitte, soviet, crimean, viii, lvov-sandomir, luftwaffe, germany, oder, berlin | |
AviationIn 1783 the Montgolfier brothers made history with the first hot-air balloon flight, and so began the era of flight and man's love affair with the skies. In this book, LTC Rolt (the pioneer of industrial history) takes us on a journey through the history of ballooning. sprinkled with lively ...Keywords: hot-air, balloon, rolt, pioneer, lunardi, blanchard, samuel, balloon, intrepid, women, wright, heavier-than-air, kittyhawk, float, rolt, cameron, rolt, ardua, astra, hydrogen, peril, showmen, balloon | |
MilitaryAlthough a huge setback the fall of Britain's last foothold in the northeast Mediterranean in May 1941 was not a wholesale German success either. Heavy losses meant it would be the last time German paratroops were to be used for such an assault while the six week delay in launching the invasion of ...Keywords: crete, setback, foothold, northeast, mediterranean, german, german, assault, delay, russia, first-hand, geroge, chronology, crete, crete, garrison, merkur, naval, crete | |
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