Review by Sven Atkin. This book charts the story of an incredible woman through the trials and tribulations of British Forces life and the career path she chose within the Royal Air Force. It takes you through the author’s early life, growing up in Northern Ireland, joining the RAF and her subsequent training as an... Continue Reading →
The Airplane Graveyard – Brandi Mueller and Alan Axelrod
Review by Nick Veronico. Take a scuba diver with an excellent eye for underwater photography who is also a US Coast Guard-rated boat captain and add an extensively published author with a background in the First and Second World Wars and you’ve got the recipe for a great book. Then toss in more than 100... Continue Reading →
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird – Jim Goodall
Review by Takis Diakoumis. Long out of service, the SR-71 Blackbird continues to represent an engineering feat yet to be rivalled by any other aircraft program. Conceived within the secret confines of the famed Lockheed Skunk Works, the SR-71 was designed to fly higher and faster than any vehicle or weapon that might threaten it... Continue Reading →
Me262 Hitler’s Jet Plane – Mano Ziegler
Review by Andrew Kitney. The Me 262 has always held a fascination, being the world’s first operational military jet, with so much potential, but falling foul of Hitler’s interference in his ‘miracle weapon’, and German bureaucracy. The type has perhaps received less attention in books than it might have so I was looking forward to... Continue Reading →