Aviation Books

Yes, we are deep in it. :snowman: It's more like, er, Scotland :scotland: than Sherwood! Luckily I don't have to drive far for a while, but even short distances are hazardous.

I posted Alexander Frater a fan letter when Beyond the Blue Horizon came out and he sent a very kind reply. He was Chief Travel Correspondent of the Observer, but now retired and doesn't publish much any more unfortunately.

You may have seen that Empire of the Clouds got 5 roundels (= *****) in the Jan '11 Aeroplane, good news for us! I recommend Air Britain: got the Aden Airways book for about £30 and it's more like £70 in places on the Interweb Thingy.
 
Nice - don't have it yet.

Graham Coster's Corsairville is another good one with a lot about the Imperial flying boats. He also travelled around the world in the 1990s, going on every flying boat still operating (not many :frown:, but he did it!). Bet you've got that...
 
Finally got around to a job I have promised to do for some time now. Bought a laser barcode scanner on the Bay, some software from Collectorz, and set about cataloguing my aviation books.

For insurance purposes, or should the collection have to be disposed of (i.e. when Lefty is gazing at you all from his stool in the Great Lounge Bar in the Skies), this is invaluable. It also indicates how much I've spent over the last few years (not to be divulged to the Boss). Thankfully a good proportion should actually be appreciating in value, although the market ain't great just now for obvious reasons.

Basically it worked very well, although the early stuff has to be manual input. ISBN numbers are a bit of a minefield, with seeming duplicates, multiple identities, etc etc but you get there in the end.

Anyone else tried this ????
 
How has your barcode scanner task come along Mike? Sounds interesting.

Santa brought several books for Christmas. (A few I can't divulge just yet as they will yield some good mystery planes). ;)

The one I dove into right away is Dornier Do 335 Pfeil, The Luftwaffe's Fastest Piston-Engine Fighter by Smith and Creek. It claims to be the definitive source of the 335 and so far I would tend to agree. Dozens of photos I have not seen before.

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The 335 is one of my favorite aircraft designs so it makes sense to have a volume dedicated to it.
 
An excellent read here. As the title suggests, a history of the flying boats. Good stuff. Jablonski also wrote a book on the B-17 which is also good.
 
Etendard tomes ...

All the recent FSX Etendard activity has made me curious about the vol 1 and 2 of these books:

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Does anyone have these? Is vol 2 an update to vol 1, or is each a standalone? at over $100 each to bring them into Canada, I'll have to start saving ... lots ... :)

thanks,
 
Av Books.

A must have : Fate Is The Hunter, by Ernest K. Gann......

sbp.........:salute:
 
Re the Etendard books, DeltaLima, those prices seem to be the going rate - they are almost 60 Euros on Amazon France, where I have bought a few other volumes.

Pretty serious books, I reckon, over 300 pages each, so, I'm afraid.............
 
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Re the Etendard books, DeltaLima, those prices seem to be the going rate - they are almost 60 Euros on Amazon France, where I have bought a few other volumes.

Pretty serious books, I reckon, over 300 pages each, so, I'm afraid.............
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thanks lefty,

I was curious if vol 2 was an update of vol 1, or if each is a complete standalone book, covering the various phases of the plane's operational life over 2 full volumes.

Sorry if I miscommunicated.

Yes, I've trolled ebay - I'd be into them for $100 any way I slice it ...that's clear for sure! :0
 
Thanks lefty - the reviews certainly gave the linguistic portion of my cerebral cortex a workout and a half - but it looks like they are indeed a true vol 1 and vol 2.

Bread and water diet for a few months ... I'll have these in a few months' time! :)

dl
 
Google Translate does an adequate, if sometimes hilarious, job !

My schoolboy French has been shown up by some of my tomes from la Belle France.........

(Not as bad as the Czech ones though.)
 
Going to preorder World's Fastest Four-Engine Piston-Powered Aircraft: Story of the Republic XR-12 Rainbow.

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"Still the fastest multi-engine piston aircraft ever flown, the Republic XR-12 and its competitor, the Hughes XF-11, were well ahead of their time in 1946. Envisioned as a long-range photo-reconnaissance aircraft with a top speed of more than 450 mph, the Republic XR-12 also offered near jet-like performance for the world's airlines with a 44-passenger commercial version named the Rainbow. Using original Republic photos, data, and artwork, the author reveals never-before-published information about the Rainbow airliner. While the clear emphasis of this book is on the Republic airplane, the Hughes XF-11 is also covered and compared in its role as a twin-engine competitor to the more advanced four-engine Republic airplane. Although the XR-12 and XF-11 were among the most elegant-looking aircraft ever built, the Rainbow was considered to be Republic chief designer Alexander Kartveli's ultimate masterpiece. Conversely, the more cantankerous XF-11 almost took the life of its designer and chief test pilot, Howard Hughes."


Another one of my favorite designs. I think the book is due to come out at the end of May or so.
 
The Rainbow is certainly one of the most beautiful aircraft. I am pleased to see that a book on it will become available. Thanks for the heads-up Moses.
 
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