[441] | | MAY 2008 NEW TITLES/RELEASES | |
Aviation (newly released, available now):| Air France is one of the world's great airlines. It is a French institution with its own unique style, part of the fabric of the country and well as being the national flag carrier. This history of Air France, published in the year of the 75th anniversary of its foundation, is as much a slice of ... | |
| Albanian Airlines, founded in 1992, operates a fleet of BAe146 aircraft from its main base at Tirana Airport. This program takes you in the cockpit of the BAe146-300 on flights from Albania to Germany, Greece, Italy, Turkey and the UK. Pilots talk in great detail about the company, the aircraft ... | |
| The Yakovlev Yak-38 ‘Forger' was the Soviet Navy's first and only VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing)multi-role combat aircraft. Outwardly similar in design to the British-built Harrier, the first prototype of the aircraft was completed on 14 April 1970 and, following tests, made its maiden ... From the series Red Star | |
| First flown in 1956 and entering service in 1959, the MiG-21 Fishbed has proved to be one of the most successful of all Soviet era jet fighters, seeing service not only with the Soviet air force but with numerous other air forces worldwide. Among jet fighters, the MiG-21 holds a wide range of ... From the series Famous Russian Aircraft | |
| This book was conceived as a personal gift by the last Commanding Officer of an RAF Jaguar Squadron, to the personnel of Number 6 Squadron as a record, primarily through pictures, of their achievements in the final year of the Jaguar's service. Now available more widely, this book nevertheless ... | |
| Air Tahiti is the principal domestic scheduled airline in Polynesia. Service was started in 1953. The airline operates a fleet of 10 aircraft and serves 38 islands from its base at Papeete's Faa'a International Airport. Air Tahiti is the first airline in the world to have obtained EROPS (Extended ... | |
| Penair becomes the 196th airline to join the World Air Routes series. PenAir is Alaska's largest commuter airline, operating a fleet of 40 aircraft and providing scheduled service to 36 communities throughout Southwest Alaska. This program features flights on the Caravan, Goose, Metro and Saab ... | |
| Air Atlanta Icelandic is the largest ACMI service provider in the world operating a wide fleet of A300s and B747s for airlines across the globe. 2008 marks the 10th year of cooperation between Air Atlanta and World Air Routes. After featuring the L1011, B737, B767, B747-100 & B747-200 during ... | |
| Salzburg it not one of the world's largest airports however it is one of the busiest as far as winter ski resorts and as a result attracts a very interesting variety of airlines. The program begins with a landing filmed from the cabin of a CRJ-200. We then take a brief look at the traffic filmed ... | |
Aviation (new to the shop, available now):| KURSK (Book) by Christer Bergstrom |
| Fought in July and August 1943, the Battle of Kursk is widely regarded as the greatest tank battle in the history of warfare. This exceptional new book examines the massive confrontation which raged in the air over the front as the huge German and Soviet armoured forces clashed on the ground. ... | |
| Me 262 Volume 3 continues J. Richard Smith's and Eddie J. Creek's detailed analysis of the world's first operational jet fighter and fighter-bomber. It details planned night fighter variants and covers the night war waged by the Me 262 against the threat of the British Mosquito over Berlin in ... | |
Aviation (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):| The Messerschmitt Bf 110 was the Luftwaffe's prime multi-role heavy fighter. By the time Germany invaded Poland on September 1,1939, ten Luftwaffe Gruppen had been equipped with this heavy fighter. Owing to the limited aerial opposition the Bf 110C was largely employed in the ground-support role, ... | |
| The Luftwaffe's campaign in Scandinavia and the Far North – the Eismeerfront – from 1940 to 1945 can still be regarded as largely ‘uncharted territory' in terms of historical research. Significant photographic material is still emerging and is revealing a treasure-trove of fascinating, previously ... | |
| As World War II came to a close, piston-powered fighter aircraft were at their zenith, and Navy fighters, such as the Grumman F6F Hellcat and Vought Corsair, dominated the skies over the Pacific. As these fighter designs reached their peak, a new propulsion technology was being developed that held ... | |
| This book outlines the development of space technology for military purposes from its very beginnings during World War 2 right up to the latest, most sophisticated systems. The author starts with references to the prewar era, then goes on to discuss German rocketry during World War 2 and their bold ... | |
| As distinct from previous books on the Soviet Air Force in the Second World War, which dwell largely on individual aircraft types, this book takes a closer look at the Soviet Air Force's structure and aircraft fleet. The order of battle is analysed from the top (Air Armies) down to regiment and ... | Expected: 15th July 2008 |
| Following the success of his first 'faction' book, Battle of Britain fighter Ace Tom Neil presents three more fictionalised stories based on real events that could not be told in his biographical works. Questions of Guilt tells the story of an emotionally exhausted fighter pilot being pushed to ... | Expected: 15th July 2008 |
| Experimental and Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters examines the development of fighter airframes and engines since the end of World War II. The book covers each design that reached the hardware development stage and received an 'XF' or 'YF' designation from the Air Force. Sometimes the ... | Expected: 17th July 2008 |
Buses (newly released, available now):| The 2008 Stagecoach Bus Handbook is the Fifteenth edition of this volume dedicated to the various bus fleets of Stagecoach Holdings. Although this book has been produced with the encouragement of, and in co-operation with, Stagecoach management, it is not an official Stagecoach fleet list and the ... From the series Bus Handbooks | |
| The National Express Coach Handbook is part of the Bus Handbook series which details the fleets of selected bus and coach operators. These handbooks are published by British Bus Publishing. Although this book has been produced with the encouragement of, and in co-operation with, National Express ... From the series Bus Handbooks | |
| Southdown, based in Brighton, was one of the most important bus operators in southern England. Formed in 1915 from an amalgamation of three earlier operators, the company became a subsidiary of BET and survived as a separate operator until all of BET's subsidiaries were nationalised as part of the ... | |
| Edinburgh is a city of two halves: the mediaeval city with its twisting lanes dominated by the castle and St Giles and the New Town, constructed predominantly in the 18th century, with its grandiose terraces and wide streets. As well as being Scotland's capital, also called 'the Athens of the ... | |
| The Western National Omnibus Co was formed in 1929 between the Great Western Railway and National Omnibus & Transport Co, inheriting part of National's West Country operations (the other part of these operations passed to Southern National at the same time). The company became a subsidiary of the ... | |
Buses (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):| The Yorkshire Traction Company Limited, universally known as 'Tracky', was formed in 1902 as The Barnsley and District Electric Traction Company Limited. It operated trams around the Barnsley locality until around 1930. In 1928, prior to the trams being withdrawn, the company title changed from the ... | Expected: 15th July 2008 |
| The latest addition to our successful ‘Glory Days' series covers the history of North Western, for which, more than three decades after it disappeared as a major operator, there is still considerable nostalgia amongst both enthusiasts and those who used its services. Many remember the familiar ... From the series Glory Days … | Expected: 15th July 2008 |
Maritime (newly released, available now):| Often ovetrshadowed by its neighbour on the otherside of the Mersey, Birkinhead docks were built in conjunction with those of Liverpool. Their 300-year history is told by Ian Collard, a native of the Wirral and illustrated using many photographs taken by Ian over the past four decades. In the 1950s ... | |
Military (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):| In the spring of 1941, having abandoned his plans to invade Great Britain, Hitler turned the might of his military forces on to Stalin's soviet Russia. The German army quickly advanced far into Russia as the Soviet forces suffered defeat after defeat. With brutality and savagery displayed on both ... | |
| On the afternoon of 17 September 1944, Lieutenant Joseph Enthammer, a Wehrmacht artillery officer based in Arnhem, gazed up to the clear skies, hardly believing what he saw. White ‘snowflakes' appeared to hang in the air. ‘That cannot be' he thought. ‘It never snows in September! They must be ... | |
| D-DAY (Book) by Robert Kershaw |
| Many books have been written about the Normandy landings, but Robert Kershaw brings a new perspective by drawing heavily on German and Allied sources little used in the standard accounts. The actual landings and the subsequent few days of battle often resolved themselves into a multitude of ... | |
| There are few battles in the sometimes bloody history of the expansion of the United States in North American during the Indian Wars that are more famous than Little Bighorn. The romantic view of Custer's last stand against marauding hordes of Indians has achieved iconic status but the reality was ... | |
Other (newly released, available now):| There are few symbols more redolent of the great age of the British seaside holiday than the lines of the pier stretching into the water. For generations of holidaymakers, piers at many of the country's leading seaside resorts provided an extension of the promenade and a focus for a variety of ... | |
Railways & Tramways (newly released, available now):| A Second volume of Jim Clemens visits to the Southern Region from Waterloo to Weymouth via Basingstoke and Woking to Southampton. A Visit to the Isle of Wight is followed by a trip along the Broadstone line to Salisbury. Moguls, Bulleids and Standard Classes abound. From the series Along LMS Lines | |
| The 6½ mile-long single track branch from Watford Junction to St Albans (Abbey) opened on 5th May, 1858. The branch was, from its inception, part of the London & North Western Railway. The St Albans (Abbey) branch started life as a simple country branch, and remained a particularly bucolic affair ... | |
| Robert Billinton strode the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway like a colossus, managing an elephantine department as Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent with a brief to overview the Marine Department, the company's engineering equipment, and 101 other matters that impinged on his ... | |
| Welcome to Austria and the Semmeringbahn- the pioneer of mountain railways in Europe. We have made the ascent over the north ramp and reached the summit. Part 4 starts with a look at the Semmering signalling centre then through the tunnel to the south portal and down the line to Mürzzuschlag where ... From the series Ticket To Ride | |
| Within the Compass of these nineteen books an attempt has been made to describe in Detail the History of the 10,000 or so Locomotives owned at one time or another by L.N.E.R. and the work they have done. The articles on individual locomotive classes are on a uniform basis covering the full history ... | |
| This book provides an informed account of an important but neglected aspect of GWR practice. Based on information drawn from official sources it relates primarily to the period from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s, though reference is also made, where appropriate, to the practice in other periods. ... | |
| This second album of Keith Pirt's Scottish railway slides is compiled from material obtained during his mammouth tour of Scotland in the summer of 1959. The Scenes cover a wide range of locations and include shed and station views as well as action out on the main line. The photography is ... | |
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