The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindberg, and the Epic Age of Flight by Winston Groom
35.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
This is the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond, including daring military raids and su ...Show more
The Complete Guide to Drones by Adam Juniper
30.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
The only thing growing faster than the drone market is the amount of misinformation about them. Almost overnight popular drones like the instantly reconginsable DJI Phantom have created a billion-dollar industry, with a foothold in everything from movie-making to the toy market. This book shows you ever ...Show more
Harrier by Jonathan Glancey
29.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
"The British designed and built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-art fighter plane technology with a helicopter's ability to land vertically the Harrier has played an indispensable role for the RAF and Royal Navy in a number of con ...Show more
The Story of an Aviator (The Explorer's Library) by Clint Twist
29.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
Spitfire : The biography by Jonathan Glancey
30.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. An aircraft imbued with balletic grace and extraordinary versatility, it was powered by a piston engine and a propeller, yet came tantalisingly close to breaking the sound barrier. First flown in 1936, the Spitfir ...Show more
The Colour Encyclopedia of Incredible Aeroplanes by Philip J. Jarrett
26.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
Spiffing gift book for aviation fanatics everywhere. Hello chaps! You know, I've spent the best years of my life in dogfights flying some of the world's finest aeroplanes - now I find all my favourites are in this jolly old book, "The Colour Encyclopedia of Incredible Aeroplanes". From my old chariot th ...Show more
The Spitfire: Icon of a nation by Ivan Rendall
40.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
Designed to be the best fighter in the world the creators of the Spitfire married science, technology and art to create both 'a thing of beauty' and a deadly weapon that changed the course of the war. 'You don't just strap yourself in, you buckle the Spitfire on, like girding on armour...'Squadron Leade ...Show more
Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men by Peter FitzSimons
40.00 NZD
55.00 (27% off)
Category: Aviation
Known to millions simply as 'Smithy', Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was one of Australia's true twentieth-century legends. In an era in which aviators were superstars, Smithy was among the greatest and, throughout his amazing career, his fame in Australia was matched only by that of Don Bradman. Among oth ...Show more
100 Years of Flight in New Zealand by Museum of Transport And Technology
82.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
From the earliest beginnings of powered flight, aviation has played a vital role in the developement of New Zealand and its interactions with the rest of the world. This book tells that story in stunning photographs sourced from the world's best photographers and chosen to show our journey from the ea ...Show more
Fly By Wire : The geese, the glide, the miracle on the Hudson by William Langewiesche
29.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
On January 15, 2009, a US Airways Airbus A320 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport in New York, when a flock of Canada geese collided with it, destroying both of its engines. Over the next three minutes, the plane's pilot Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger, managed to glide to a safe landing in the Hudso ...Show more
In the Cockpit II by National Air and Space Museum
50.00 NZD
55.00 (9% off)
Category: Aviation
Capitalizing on the success of "In the Cockpit", Collins Design will partner again with the National Air and Space Museum to publish a book on the most significant World War II planes in the museum's collection. World War II is a highly popular publishing genre, and national accounts have asked for a fo ...Show more
In the Cockpit by Eric F Long
55.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
Inside 50 History-Making Aircraft The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in the US holds the country's premier collection of historic aircrafts. Each entry includes archival images of the craft and authoritative text that places each one in the context of the development of aviation technology an ...Show more
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