Boeing 707/720 by Jim Winchester
$25.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: Airlife's Classic Airliners | Reading Level: very good
The Boeing 707 was the first aircraft to convince the world's airlines that jet propulsion was the way ahead. During its long life it has served with most of the principal international carriers and derivatives have seen service in many guises with military air services around the world. The aeroplane b ...Show more
Operation Trojan Horse: The true story behind the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years by DAVIS, STEPHEN
$16.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: near fine
**Soon to be a major TV drama** The true story behind the secret of Flight 149 and the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years. On 1 August, 1990, British Airways Flight 149 departed from Heathrow airport, destined for Kuala Lumpur. It never made it there, and neither did its nearly 4 ...Show more
Sundowner of the Skies - Oscar Garden, The Forgotten Aviator by Mary Garden
$30.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: new
In the early morning of 16 October 1930, Oscar Garden taxied his tiny open-cockpit Gipsy Moth across London's Croydon aerodrome and, with a wave of his hand to the only person there to farewell him, took off. He had carpet slippers on his feet and a packet of sandwiches on his lap. His plan was to fly t ...Show more
Charles Kingsford Smith and those Magnificent Men by Peter Fitzsimons
$16.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: good-very good
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is one of Australia's most beloved heroes. In an action-packed life, the indomitable 'Smithy' went from fighting as a soldier among the carnage of Gallipoli and the Western Front, to taking to the skies against the likes of the Red Baron - for which he won the Military Cross ...Show more
Paul Owen Test Pilot by Paul Owen
$14.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good
Test Pilot is the autobiography of Paul Owen, an award-winning motoring journalist and motorsport author who is truly living the petrol-head's dream. In his role as chief editor for New Zealand Autocar Magazine, Paul regularly jets to some distant and exotic location to report on the launch of - or to r ...Show more
Beckoning Skies: A Pilot's Story by Bryan Elliot Young
$20.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good
Beckoning Skies is the story of Flight Lieutenant Bryan Young, who served in both the RNZAF and the RAF during World War II. Taken from his logbook and his diary, the author recounts his experiences in a style that is compelling and poignant. His travels covered much of the globe, from his flight traini ...Show more
Portrait of an Air Force - The Royal New Zealand Air Force 1937-1987 by Geoff Bentley
$40.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good
On Extended Wings - An Adventure in Flight by Diane Ackerman
$7.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good
Wednesday Bomber Boys RAF Bomber Command Association New Zealand by Wheeler, P. J.
$20.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: Very Good