Pen Sword Aviation imprint: 311 books
by Don Berliner
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Don Berliner, a prolific aviation author, puts pen to paper once again to provide us with a definitive overview of the most important, influential, and iconic racing aircraft of the last century. The book looks at the incredible variety, growth, and rapid expansion of this area of aviation design...
1 Group Bomber Command
An Operational Record
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
During the period immediately before the Second World War, the RAF modified its command structure to rationalize for rapid expansion. Bomber Command was divided into six operational groups, each flying the same type of aircraft, including Wellingtons, Sterlings, and Lancasters. Chris Ward presents...
Trailblazer in Flight
Britain's First Female Jet Airline Captain
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2013
Yvonne Pope Sintes only ever wanted to fly. But in the 1950s, very few women were allowed into the male dominated world of aviation. Whilst many women were consigned to the role of house-wife, Yvonne chose a different path. Her dream was to join the ranks of the Royal Air Force, crisscrossing international...
Colours in the Sky
The History of Autair and Court Line Aviation
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
It's impossible to tell the story of Court Line without telling that of Autair, founded by helicopter pioneer William 'Bill' Armstrong. Autair itself was an offshoot of his global helicopter operation, but Bill also had his finger in many aviation 'pies' including a multitude of operations in Africa,...
Fabulous Flying Boats
A History of the World's Passenger Flying Boats
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
The history of the development and operations of flying boats in the early twentieth century is a vibrant one, full of colourful characters and experimentation. In 'Fabulous Flying Boats', Leslie Dawson captures this spirit of dynamism, reminding us of the most successful early pioneers of the seaplanes...
Missing: Believed Killed
Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson, Glenn Miller and the Duke of Kent
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
The uncertain fates of Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson and Glenn Miller have fascinated readers and aviation historians ever since they disappeared. Even today, more than half a century after their final flights, what happened to them is still the subject of speculation, conspiracy theory and controversy....
From the Spitfire Cockpit to the Cabinet Office
The Memoirs of Air Commodore J F ‘Johnny’ Langer CBE AFC DL
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Air Commodore John Langer's career has been eventful to say the least. During the Second World War he flew gliders in India in preparation for airborne assaults in Burma, one of the most perilous landscapes to pass across during this time. Post-war, he served on a fighter squadron in Germany and in...
Cockpit Commander: A Navigator's Life
The Autobiography of Wing Commander Bruce Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Previously self-published by the author, this book charts the course of a dramatic career as a Wing Commander. Living through one of the most dynamic periods in military and Aviation development history, Bruce Gibson saw events play out from his elevated aerial position. His fascinating story will...
Sailor
Battle Of Britain Legend: Adolph Malan
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
I do not think that Malan could join a squadron without improving it, however good it was. Not by sword waving, but by a strength of mind and integrity that are at once recognizable and effective...he was the best pilot of the War' – Air Commodore Al Deere, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C.
Malan was...
The Millionaires' Squadron
The Remarkable Story of 601 Squadron and the Flying Sword
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Imagined by an aristocrat in White's Club, London in 1925, a part-time squadron of wealthy young men with their own private aircraft was incorporated into a newly-established combat-ready Auxiliary Air Force, first as bombers, then fighters. The pre-war years combined serious training with frivolity...
by Graham Simons
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland was one of the world’s true pioneers of powered flight, a man as important to Britain in aviation terms as the Wright brothers were to America. From humble beginnings, he went on to develop some of the finest aircraft to see action during the First World War, before...
by Graham Simons
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
This new volume from the respected and well-regarded aviation historian and author Graham Simons is sure to appeal to all aviation enthusiasts, including as it does a wide array of historical sources and archival information drawn together into one consolidated volume – the closest to a definitive...
The Airbus A380
A History
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Every 7 minutes, an A380 takes off or lands somewhere in the world...
The Airbus was initially designed and developed in order to provide a contender to the Boeing's growing monopoly of the skies in the biggest large-aircraft market in the world. Ambitious in design, the undertaking seemed mammoth....
Surviving Fighter Aircraft of World War Two
Fighters: A Globel Guide to Location and Types
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
This is a guide to the existing WWII aircraft to be found in aviation museums throughout the world. Each DPS contains a colour photo of an example of the aircraft as viewed in an aviation museum, examples of different marks (wartime shots in mono) and a textual resume of the type with statistics.
The...