Airliners

This book is a handy, pocket-sized guide to the tail colors used by airliners from every corner of the globe making it a useful basic aid to the recognition of individual airlines.

This book not only traces the technical evolution of every radial-engine powerplant used over that time span but also includes interesting and fact-filled sidebars that detail what it was like flying aboard each generation of these aircraft.

This book is a photographic record, with extended captions, of new and departed North American airlines during the last decade of the 20th century.

This book explains in detailed, but easy-to-understand, terms how specific advances in aircraft design such as powerplants, aerodynamics, flight control systems, instrumentation, and life-support systems led to ever-improved record-breaking aircraft.

This new book features many famous Axis aircraft from the inter-war period, including the Junkers all-metal transports, the Dornier flying boats, the Fiat CR.20 fighter aircraft, as well as the only Japanese type, the Mitsubishi Betty. Colorful and detailed, this unique history will be of interest to WWII aviation enthusiasts and modelers alike.

Boeing's Model 377 was developed from the World War II B-29 bomber. The Stratocruiser, which set the standards for luxury air travel, represents a romantic era in the golden age of commercial aviation.

This book takes you on a journey through the continuing story of the Boeing 737, from the first aircraft to roll of the production line in the 1960s to the very latest airframes being delivered to major airlines today.

This new book provides an informative perspective on the Concorde program and explores in detail how this great supersonic jet airliner came into being. Concentrating both on the design and development of the aircraft, the book also covers the Anglo-French political and technical collaboration needed to get the Concorde built.

At the heart of this book is the most complete listing of all aircraft currently on the UK Register of Civil Aircraft. More than 21,000 entries range from historic biplanes through the latest airliners. Also covers light aircraft, microlights, helicopters, balloons, and gliders of every type.

Civil Aircraft Markings 2016 lists the common Airline Flight Codes, radio frequencies for major UK airfields and the complete British Aircraft Preservation Council register as well as registration marks, exact aircraft type, and owner or operator.

Civil Aircraft Markings is the most comprehensive and complete listing of all aircraft currently on the UK Register of Civil Aircraft--over 22,000 entries ranging from historic biplanes through the latest jet airliners.

Civil Aircraft Markings 2019 is the most comprehensive and complete listing of all aircraft currently on the UK Register of Civil Aircraft--over 22,000 entries ranging from historic biplanes through the latest jet airliners.

The 2020 edition has been fully revised and updated as usual and has a new and enhanced photographic section. Compiled by one of the UK's most widely respected aviation authors, this classic aviation reference title continues to flourish.

The new 2021 edition of this best-selling annual publication builds on the long history and heritage of the title. First published in 1950, this new edition is the 72nd outing of Civil Aircraft Markings.

Richly illustrated, with tables describing the often extraordinary individual services lives of each-and-every known Douglas DC-3 and C-47, this is a testament to the men and women who, for three-quarters of a century, have sweated, cursed and yet loved these magnificent aircraft.

One of the most knowledgeable authorities on Douglas commercial aircraft, Harry Gann provides an enthusiast-level technical look at the design, evolution, and growth of the famous DC-6 and DC-7 series of aircraft.

Learn the history of the McDonnell Douglas C-9 that was a military version of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 airliner. It was produced as the C-9A Nightingale for the United States Air Force, and the C-9B Skytrain II for the Marine Corps and U.S. Navy.

Through his award-winning artwork, Mike Machat has documented aviation for the past 40 years in ways never before seen, a process made possible by flying in many of the aircraft he painted, and developing life-long personal friendships with pilots of the aircraft he has preserved for history.

Includes water bombers, cargo and South American operations.

Covers 75 years of the Douglas DC-3, float planes and pleasure flights.

This book explores aircraft built before the collapse of the Soviet Union as well as those that have come to dominate Russian sales overseas in the the late 20th century.

This is a rare look at the Sikorsky S-43/JRS-1 "Baby Clippers" flown by Pan American Airways in the 1930s and by the US Navy during WWII. The Navy's JRS-1 flying boats survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and currently, one of those historic surviving aircraft is now being restored by the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center.

This book covers the Tu-54 fully, tracing its development and operational history and describing all known versions and variants, including some unrealized projects that were based on the airplane. Includes a detailed production list, operator lists on a country-by-country basis, accident details, and numerous color photos and line drawings.

This book provides many fascinating insights into a part of the aviation industry which is not often in the spotlight, the world of international heavy lift aviation. It also tells the story of challenging journey the airline company has made from being a subdivision of a secret Soviet enterprise to becoming one of the world leaders in a highly competitive sector of the aviation business.