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Aviation Books to read
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SAC in the UK Just out from Hikoki everything you wanted to know details of deployments etc and great BW and colour photos.
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Hikoki? Do you mean the Crecy one? If so, yes a great book
http://www.crecy.co.uk/sac-in-the-uk
Did you get your signed copy Graham? We went up to Telford to see Robert at the launch
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Hoping for an unbiased review from Graham - please!
Would be especially interested in errors, omissions, etc.
If it gets Graham's "seal of approval" then I'll put it on my Christmas present list . . . . !
Would be especially interested in errors, omissions, etc.
If it gets Graham's "seal of approval" then I'll put it on my Christmas present list . . . . !
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Yes Darren, wish I could have gone as well but unfortunately couldn't make it.Knife 04 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 4:01 pmHikoki? Do you mean the Crecy one? If so, yes a great book
http://www.crecy.co.uk/sac-in-the-uk
Did you get your signed copy Graham? We went up to Telford to see Robert at the launch
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It certainly gets my "seal of approval" and think it would make a great Christmas present for anyone interested in the history of SAC in the UK. Can't be unbiased as I did contribute a little to it but as this has been my specialist subject for over 5 decades I'd give it 99 out of 100. Got lots of great photo's to drool over!
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Thanks Graham. Have put it on list of presents that my wife can give me at Christmas - putting a new camera on it as well might be a bit problematical . . . . but could be worth a try!
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Received "SAC in the UK" from Crecy. Great book. Can recommend it.
Cheers,
Ranger
Cheers,
Ranger
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Can anyone recommend a good book on the F-104 Starfighter? I've trawled through amazon and there's quite a few titles. Ideally I'm looking for a general introduction/overall history of the aircraft but am happily open to more detailed or specific studies. So what book(s) should I buy?
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Laura,
I'd suggest Martin Bowman's Lockheed F-104 Starfighter; A History.The book is a good read as you can expect from this author, but the photographs are very very very bad at times, while the more recent ones are a pure joy to watch.
regards,
Hanzl
I'd suggest Martin Bowman's Lockheed F-104 Starfighter; A History.The book is a good read as you can expect from this author, but the photographs are very very very bad at times, while the more recent ones are a pure joy to watch.
regards,
Hanzl
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I've just finished Shadow Flights by Curtis Peebles.
Well worth a read if cold war reconnaissance is your thing.
Well worth a read if cold war reconnaissance is your thing.
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The Works Bookshop are having a clearance sale. The Feltham branch had Tornado Boys for just £3 today, They had 3 copies left.
rgds
BJ
Always Watching: Always Listening
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
BJ
Always Watching: Always Listening
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
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Recently read 'Fighter Pilot', the memoirs of Robin Old. Great read, including his time in the UK
Also would recommend 'Low Level Hell' by Hugh Mills Jr. Great insight into the OH-6
Also would recommend 'Low Level Hell' by Hugh Mills Jr. Great insight into the OH-6
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"Command & Control" by Eric Schlosser. Built around the 1980 story of the "dropped wrench" explosion at a Titan 2 ICBM silo in Arkansas, it is an exhaustive story of the attempts, and resistance, to establish effective control and safety mechanism for the US nuclear weapons from 1945 onward. There is also a docu-drama of the same name. Chlling stuff and the book especially shows how close things were............
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BUT ITS NOT A PROPER LIGHTNING
BUT ITS NOT A PROPER LIGHTNING
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Thank you for all your recommendations !
Hope there will be an english version for you guys but must have : Northrop NF5, De Historie van de NF5 bij de Koninklijke Luchtmacht (expected Juni 2020)
''the history of the NF5 with NAF''
loved that plane here on EHEH... was in Mil Service @ EHEH when it flew here.
Greetings
Hope there will be an english version for you guys but must have : Northrop NF5, De Historie van de NF5 bij de Koninklijke Luchtmacht (expected Juni 2020)
''the history of the NF5 with NAF''
loved that plane here on EHEH... was in Mil Service @ EHEH when it flew here.
Greetings
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better late than nevermoonstone_laura wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:20 amCan anyone recommend a good book on the F-104 Starfighter? I've trawled through amazon and there's quite a few titles. Ideally I'm looking for a general introduction/overall history of the aircraft but am happily open to more detailed or specific studies. So what book(s) should I buy?
René Francillon's huge tome published by LeLa Presse - 352 pages, 650 photos (French-language text). PDF extract at the link
https://www.aircraft-navalship.com/prod ... vions/3251
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"Category Five"......Colin Cummings
This is an older book, but is a really interesting one for the RAF enthusiast.
It is a catalogue of RAF aircraft losses from 1954 to 2009.
Readers will be familiar with many of the accidents listed in this comprehensive volume.
Interesting to see the accident rate reducing as time passes by.
This is an older book, but is a really interesting one for the RAF enthusiast.
It is a catalogue of RAF aircraft losses from 1954 to 2009.
Readers will be familiar with many of the accidents listed in this comprehensive volume.
Interesting to see the accident rate reducing as time passes by.
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This looks to be a very promising book in the pipeline by a great author : https://www.fonthill.media/products/sup ... eing-c-135
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Can anyone recommend a recent, good book on the B-2 Stealth Bomber that isn't a pictorial/illustrated history? Not that there's anything wrong with those sort of books but I'm really looking for something a bit more substantial - and factual. A quick trawl through amazon suggests that most B-2 books are either a) quite old now (1990s); b) on the short side (often less than 100 pages!); or c) as I nearly discovered to my cost, for kids!
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Rate of Climb by Rick Peacock Edwards is a good read dealing with his time on Lightning’s in Germany,instructing on Lightning’s at Coltishall and Gnats at valley as well as Phantoms on 111Sqn and introduction of the Tornado F2/F3 as OC of the OCU and then Station Commander at Leeming before GW1 and Air Attaché tour in Washington and director of Flight Safety
Cost me £14 from the small South American river onlne
Cost me £14 from the small South American river onlne