A First-Hand Account of the Top-Secret Mission That Launched Operation Desert Storm
Before stealth bombers flew from Missouri to Tehran and back, battle-worn B-52s pushed crews and machines to the brink in a history-making, out-and-back combat strike. It set the gold standard for global reach—and forever changed the face of modern warfare.
A Global History of Aviation and Flight Attendants
Women and the Jet Age is a global history of postwar aviation that examines how states nurtured airlines for competing political and economic goals during the Cold War. While previous histories almost exclusively stress US and Western European aviation progress, Phil Tiemeyer examines how smaller, poorer states in socialist Eastern Europe and in ......
Lamar Underwood has collected some of the finest writings, both fact and realistic fiction, to lay bare the drama of human beings coping with the skills needed to direct their machines through the vastness of the skies. With contributions from: Charles Lindbergh, Ernest K. Gann, General Chuck Yeager, Leo Janos, Tom Wolfe, Mary Lovell, etc.
The 1933 Chicago World's Fair, the Golden Age of Aviation, and the Rise of Fascism
In Broken Icarus, author David Hanna tracks the inspiring trajectory of aviation leading up to and through the World's Fair of 1933, as well as the field of flight's more sinister ties to fascism domestic and abroad to present a unique history that is both riveting and revelatory.
How the Eighth Air Force and Its First Missions Changed the Air War in Europe, 1942-43
Step into the cockpit with the daring airmen who launched America's fight for victory in Europe. Known as the Mighty Eighth and more recently as Masters of the Air, the U.S. Eighth Air Force was the most famous American air unit of World War II. From its activation in early 1942 as the VIII Bomber Command through the end of the war, the Eighth was ......
A vibrant history of IWM Duxford's air shows, tracing its evolution across five decades. From super debuts, dazzling flypasts and all-action aerobatics, this pictorial celebration recalls Duxford's golden moments.
ISBN-13: 9781912423637
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
A History of the United States Air Force Featuring the Collection of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Featuring the collection of airplanes, art, photographs, and memorabilia of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, this magnificently illustrated book tells the story of the beginnings of flight, through the creation of the U.S. Air Force as a separate branch of the military, to the ......
One Hundred Defining Moments from the Royal Air Force 1918-2018
2018 marks the centenary of the formation of the Royal Air Force. Founded in the final months of the Great War, this book provides the greatest facts and figures relating to the RAF. Who were the original Aces? What was the longest mission undertaken? How much did the heaviest bomb weigh? Who flew the most sorties? What was the fastest speed ever ......
