These
days so many airliners look alike, but this has not always been the case.
Classic Airliners details 76 types including the Douglas DC2, the Avro York,
Shorts Solent flying boat, right through to Concorde and the 747.
Coverage is international
including the USA, UK, France, Russia and others. Each aircraft has 2 pages
devoted to it including 3 half page glossy photos and a half page of text.
The text is informative, not just dry stats but a real insight into the
aircraft, it's place in the market and it's history. The photos are of good
quality, all in colour and many are air to air shots.
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British
Light Aircraft 1920-1940
Let's
not beat about the bush, this is an expensive book, but it's also a great
book. This book traces the development of the aircraft of the period,
the industry, the firms. It also demonstrates how the development of the
engine was a key factor that puch the aircraft in particular directions.
If you are an enthusiat for antique light aircraft then this is a must
have book. The author, Arthur Ord-Hume demonstrates a massive insight
into these issues on every page. This book describes in detail the crucial
events that formed the industry and created the aircraft we know and love.
In addition to familiar aircraft, only the most expert will fail to find
new types that they have not previously come across.
The book starts at
the end of the first world war and describes the unusual trading conditions
that occured and explains the effect these had on the light aircraft industry,
both for and against. Other chapters tackle subjects such as, the aircraft,
the manufacturers, the engines and many other topics, but in every case
it is more than dry facts, it is also the history, the reasons, the pro's
& cons. This book takes the facts and weaves them into a history that
can be understood and which makes an interesting story where we understand
what happened and also why. Despite the price this book represents good
value for money. Arthur Ord-Hume is working on more books in this series,
if he keeps up this superb quality then we are in for a treat.
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British
Commercial Aircraft 1920-1940
This
is the second book in a planned series by Arthur Ord-Hume. It is an
amazing book, a masterwork in fact! So little survives of pre-WW2 commercial
aircraft in either museums or film that many of us know little of commerical
aviation in that period. This book will enlighten you to the golden
age of aviation that existed, when commercial aviation was pure luxury
and routes were being pioneered. Yet there are parallels with current
commercial aviation with smaller aircraft being used as feeder airliners
bringing passengers together to the larger aircraft for the longer routes.
Again, this is an
expensive book, but superb value for money.
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Possibly
the funiest book about flying ever written! This true story is an amazing
tale of a man who has no interest in flying but thinks that it would help
him attract women, he only later discovers how wrong that idea was, but
by then the flying bug has bitten. The story takes us from novice, through
learning to fly, buying a plane with a group of excentric like minded
characters and through various adventures, generally resulting in repairs
to the plane, if not complete replacement. If ever the authorities discover
the real names of the pilots involved then there will some licences lost
pronto! This tale introduces us to a range of characters, from the despairing
flying instructor, the poseurs of the advertising world, the love of his
life "lift girl", to the mad but inspiring experienced flyer
Lester. 
