[464] | | MID-AUGUST 2009 NEW TITLES/RELEASES | |
Aviation (newly released, available now):| Austrian has been featured with its long haul fleet on routes to Asia, Australia and North America. The 4th program takes you on its short & medium haul network and features the A319 and A321 on flights to Bucharest, Paris and Sarajevo. As in previous programs, the pilots at Austrian always take ... | |
| Since the last edition of abc Air Traffic Control in 2005, there have been many changes in the air traffic control industry in the UK and UK-related airways. Air traffic has continued to increase rapidly resulting in more complex air traffic control systems which have to meet demand, as well as ... From the series abc … | |
| This is a comprehensive and definitive work of reference on the Halifax, one of Britain's most famous wartime bombers. Handley-Page has been associated with the building of bomber aircraft since World War 1 and ultimately, no fewer than four out of every ten heavy bombers built in Great Britain ... | |
Buses (newly released, available now):| Developed in the late 1970s as a wholly-British competitor to British Leyland's Titan, the Metrobus immediately gained success nationwide. Its fortunes would increase on the back of Leyland's troubles with its own Titan, and by the end of production in 1986 London Transport had 1,440 vehicles in ... | |
Maritime / Military (newly released, available now):| A periodical offering a broad coverage of shipping history built around well-produced photographs. Contains excellent data on shipping fleets, their operation and vessels. Articles include: Prince Line Post-1945 Round-the-World Service and Tramping; W.N. Lindsay Ltd of Leith Part Three; Liberty ... From the series Ships in Focus Record | |
Railways & Tramways (newly released, available now):| Brian Lambert has been involved in model railways for many years. As with so many modellers it all began back in the 1950s with a basic oval layout. A few years later he was able to have a ‘train set' layout permanently set up in his bedroom, followed in his early teens by a medium-sized layout in ... | |
| Jim Lester started his career as a cleaner at Nine Elms in 1957. As would be expected he passed through the ranks, becoming fireman, and then passed fireman by the very end of the steam age. Ordinarily this would be both a story and a path trod by countless others before, but Jim's tale is ... | |
| This second volume of A History of the London & Birmingham Railway concerns a section of landscape from Bletchley to Rugby high on the uplands of central England with the challenging prospect of Kilsby Ridge. The railway engineering role of the town of Wolverton as a ‘New Town' settlement has to be ... | |
| This is the fourth book of footplate memories from the 'Bolton Engineman'. The book comprises a fully illustrated journey from Bolton, through Wigan Wallgate, Pemberton, Orrell, Rainford, Kirkby and Fazakerley, to Liverpool Exchange. The infrastructure and train services are covered in detail with ... From the series Scenes from the Past | |
| This book looks at the history of the Standard Railway Wagon Co's Heywood works and the wagons built mainly for the UK Private Wagon industry, but including some significant exports, from the mid 1960s until closures in 1992. The book begins with a brief history of the works and then look at ... | |
| The dramatic true story of hardship, violence and debauchery behind the building of Ribblehead Viaduct. For years the dominant sounds at Ribblehead were the bleating of sheep and the croaky calls of grouse. Then came the railway engineers and their men, linking Settle with Carlisle. Thunderous ... | |
| Castleford lies on the very edge of the concealed coalfield and the earliest coal extraction was to the west where the coal measures outcrop on the surface. These workings were served by tramroads but the opening of the York & North Midland Railway in 1840, and then subsequent lines, opened up the ... | |
| Following the success of the enchantingly written and highly personal account of a lifetime's love of the steam railway in A Friend in Steam the author by popular request has dipped into his extensive picture archive to bring us this companion volume. His more than 60 years' experience as ... | |
| The Severn Bridge Railway was more than once linked with that of its contemporary, the first Tay bridge: but whereas the Tay failed structially and quickly, the subject of this book failed commercially and protractedly. The Severn Bridge lasted for eighty years until 1960 when two drifting barges ... | |
| There were three ‘generations' of Great Western four cylinder express power. In the middle, between the Stars and the Kings, but greatly more important in terms of numbers and the breadth of their usefulness, were the Castles. They could be regarded as the high water mark of Great Western, or ... From the series Book Of The | |
| The year 1963 was a momentous one for steam on BR. Finally, the tide of diesels could no longer be ignored and even the biggest and best of passenger steam power was now only too obviously under threat. This series almost by definition chronicles the decline of steam and on ‘the GN' (that bit of ... From the series Steaming Sixties | |
| Rose Grove is a nice horticultural sort of name for a place, a bit like Botanic Gardens and Bushbury, but during the late 1960s it meant something very different to railway enthusiasts. There was smoke, steam, oil and general grime at a certain place on the outskirts of Burnley, together with a ... From the series Steaming Sixties | |
Aviation (newly released, available now):| Cougar Airlines started operations in March 2001. The company operates a fleet of 3 Boeing 727-200 'Super 27s'. The Super 27 is developed from the B727 with more powerful Pratt and Whitney 217 engines. This allows the aircraft to climb faster and cover a greater distance than the basic 727. The ... | |
| Air Canada becomes the 212th airline to join the World Air Routes series and 9th airline featured from the Star Alliance group. Air Canada is Canada's largest airline and the world's 9th largest passenger airline by fleet size. Currently Air Canada operates 30 Boeing 767-300ERs. This program takes ... | |
| Air France, the world's 3rd largest airline for international passenger transport, operates a fleet of 373 aircraft to 300 destinations in more than 90 countries. The Airbus A330 is the newest addition to the fleet with 8 aircraft planned for operations around the world. . On this program we ferry ... | |
| Air Europe is one of Europe's finest airlines specializing in scheduled and charter flights to far away resort destinations. The first part of this program takes you on a transatlantic route as you fly from Italy to 2 destinations in Cuba with the Boeing 777-200ER while the second part is filmed on ... | |
| Before and during the war, the Luftwaffe used or adapted virtually every one of its major front line aircraft types for all manner of essential support roles, be it within the ambulance, communications, headquarters or observer services. The main interest in such aircraft lies in the wide variety ... | |
| Much has been said and written about the Tu-95, known as the Bear, which to some is the personification of the tell-tale Soviet threat. In recent months the Tu-95 has been the source of great anxiety for the US with operational exercises coming close to American borders, causing much consternation ... From the series Famous Russian Aircraft | |
| With an unmistakable design and classic natural metal finish the English Electric Lightning is a powerful example of the enormous capabilities of post-war British aeronautical design. First developed in response to a requirement in 1947, English Electric's design was so radical that it was ... | |
| Air Atlanta Icelandic is a leading ACMI operator in the world with over 20 years experience of wet-leasing. Today the airline operates around 30 aircraft, mostly Boeing 747s, and employs around 1000 people. | |
| Euro Atlantic Airways, based at Lisbon Airport, operates worldwide charter flights as well as services for many other airlines. STP Airways is the new airline of Sao Tome and Principe, an Island off the coast of Africa. In this program you will fly in the cockpit of the Boeing 757 roundtrip from ... | |
| In the 1st program Fine Air's Director of Operations will take you from Miami to 2 destinations in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Join the crew in dispatch for preflight briefings, follow the various checklists, hear the communications with ATC. Besides pointing out the route of flight, our Captain ... | |
| Airplane enthusiasts all over the world agree that St Maarten is one of the most spectacular airports to enjoy these days. Reasons for that are the final approach and touchdown and very low pass over the beach, sand blasting during takeoff and sharp turn to avoid the mountain, water at the start ... | |
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