The Camera On Series made available many rare images, as in the case of this book where the book is enriched by photographs from private German sources. This volume reviews the Wurzburg Radar that was a critical part of the command and control system built by the Germans in an attempt to counter the growing streams of Allied bombers. – Very Highly Recommended.
The Spotlight On Series is famous amongst modellers and achieves a very high standard of unique full colour illustration. This volume displays the unique and incredible Me 163 rocket fighter. – Very Highly Recommended.
This is a special interest book in which the publisher excels, the fifth in a new series, INSIDE. This volume contains impeccably drawn colour illustrations of the instrument panels of a selection of major WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft. – Very Highly Recommended.
The Camera On series features text primarily as captions and extended captions in support of a unique collection of images, often from private collections and rarely previously published. This volume contains some 140 photographs of German equipment struggling through mud, a particular problem on the Eastern front as ice melted to cause flooding and waterlogged terrain. – Very Highly Recommended.
This new addition to the Polish Wings series covers three important aircraft that are virtually unknown outside the old Soviet Union and its satellites. The unique and rare images are supported by clear succinct text in the English language. – Most Highly Recommended.
The author is an aviation journalist and photographer with over 40 years experience, who has produced a unique reference work. The first flights of more than 120 aircraft types and their variants. – Most Highly Recommended.
The National Railway Heritage Awards celebrates its 40th Anniversary and this new book provides an important record of the efforts to restore British rail heritage. The focus on heritage preservation is often on the locomotives and rolling stock but equally important is the work to restore and preserve the fine architecture. – Very Highly Recommended.
Nicely timed book from a Special Interests publisher as the Johnson Government prepares to continue sluicing billions down the HS2 drain. The Great Central main line is a classic of the dither and delay of British public transport planning in the second half of the Twentieth Century. – Very Highly Recommended.
An affectionate history of one of the greatest airlines in flying history. The formation of BAOC on the foundations of British Imperial Airways introduced the world to a new level of passenger transport, including the Comet, the world’s first jet airliner. – Very Highly Recommended.
Pan American Clippers opened up luxury long distance travel by air, captured in this revised and expanded edition of a popular history. The Pan Am Clippers pioneered long distance passenger flight, along with the British Imperial Airways. – Very Highly Recommended.