Post-WWII

An action-packed ride through the history of aircraft. "The Aircraft Book" is all about the men, machines, and landmark technology behind the most iconic aircraft from the Supermarine Spitfire to the Concorde

Between 1945 and 1990 the Western Allies mounted some of the most audacious and successful intelligence collection operations of the Cold War. Conducted in great secrecy, aircrews flew specially modified transport and training aircraft along the Berlin Air Corridors and Control Zone to gather intelligence on Soviet and East German military targets in the German Democratic Republic and around Berlin.

Looking Down the Corridors provides a detailed account and analysis of these operations and their unique contribution to the Cold War.

First issued to airmen in 1952, this reprint of The Air Ministry's Sea Survival pamphlet includes emergency advice to crew operating over sea regions. 

With original illustrations and text, these survival guides provide an insight to military survival techniques from a by-gone era.

With original illustrations and text, these survival guides provide an insight to military survival techniques from a by-gone era.

With original illustrations and text, these survival guides provide an insight to military survival techniques from a by-gone era.

With original illustrations and text, these survival guides provide an insight to military survival techniques from a by-gone era.

The sequel to the best-selling The Lightning Boys, Lightning Boys 2 continues the theme of tales from pilots and other crew connected with this iconic aircraft, giving a rare insight into postwar fighter operations.

Vulcan Boys is the first Vulcan book recounted completely first hand by the operators themselves. It tells the story of the aircraft from its design conception through the Cold War when it played out its most important job as Britain's nuclear deterrent; before unbelievably, at the end of its service life, also playing a significant role, with its bombs and missiles, in liberating the Falkland Islands for which it gained much celebrity. 

The English Electric Canberra first came into production in the late 1940s and has since played a hugely significant part in world events.