Russell Adams FRPS (1912-2000) was probably the pioneer photographer of the jet age. His dramatic air-to-air photographs of Britain's early jet fighters like the Gloster Meteor and Javelin regularly graced the pages of magazines and newspapers at home and overseas in the 1950s and early 60s. In fact, his photographs remain so popular that they are ...
The name of Neville Duke is well-known in aviation circles, not only as a successful wartime fighter pilot, but as a peacrtime test pilot with the Hawker Aviation Company. During his time in the south of England, North Africa and Italy, he kept a diary. The diaries reveal the innermost thoughts of a fighter pilot as he managed to cope with ...
The name of Neville Duke is well known in aviation circles, not only as a wartime pilot, but also as a peacetime test pilot with the Hawker Aviation Company. This is the story of his career. Duke started the war as a young fighter pilot with the crack 92 Squadron at RAF Biggin Hill, was posted to the Western Desert in 1941, flying the Tomahawks. ...
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 1964
Description: Fair. No Jacket. This book has some shelf wear as well as tanning and marks on the cover and pages. The hinges are broken and the pages may be loose. This book is 383 pages on flight. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Publisher: Cassell
Date Published: 1954
Description: Very Good Condition in Poor jacket. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket has large chunks missing, but is otherwise intact, with both flaps. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges foxed and browned. This grand book, packed with illustrations, takes you inside the cockpit of a a D. ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The John Day Company
Description: Good. B000IZVTAW Hardcover book with dust jacket. withdrawn from a library. The Saga of Flight from Leonardo Da Vinci to the Guided Missile (Hardcover) by Neville, and Edward Lanchbery Duke (Author) read more
Description: This library book is from the submarine library the interior of this first edition is unmarked and clean the exterior is in very poor condition it is worn badly all over the back binding cover is gone yet the book binding is firm the edition is 1961. read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: bluecloth cover with silver title on spine
Publisher: published by Cassell and Co
Date Published: , 1954
Description: , light foxing to endpapers and a couple of pages in text, otherwise book is in good condition in , no dustwrapper jacket. Hardback. 120 pages with black and white portrait frontispiece and black and white photographs throughout. 25 x 19 cm. appx. read more
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