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  • SUPERMARINE SOUTHAMPTON
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    SUPERMARINE SOUTHAMPTON
    JO HILLMAN / COLIN HIGGS
    "Largely photographic coverage of the graceful 1920s flying boat designed by R.J. Mitchell of later Spitfire fame . . . A nostalgic look back." —Helicopter International The Supermarine Southampton was the first flying boat to be designed for the RAF after the First World War. Produced between 1924 and 1934, it entered into RAF service in 1925 and became the second longest serv...

    $229.00

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  • WINGATE'S MEN
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    WINGATE'S MEN
    COLIN HIGGS
    This volume of rare WWII photographs offers a vivid chronicle of the exploits and operations of the famous British special forces unit stationed in Burma.   The Long Range Penetration Groups, more commonly known as the Chindits, were possibly the most famous fighting formations of the Second World War's Burma campaign. Colonel Orde Wingate began the operations deep within enemy...

    $191.78

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  • DE HAVILLAND COMET
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    DE HAVILLAND COMET
    COLIN HIGGS
    "A first-rate review of the history of the world's first commercial jetliner, its early difficulties and their rectification" ( Firetrench). The world got a little smaller in July 1949 when the first jet-powered airliner took to the skies barely four years after the end of the Second World War. Not only was the de Havilland Comet 1 was a lot faster than previous airliners, but ...

    $159.00

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  • WINGATE'S MEN
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    WINGATE'S MEN
    COLIN HIGGS
    This volume of rare WWII photographs offers a vivid chronicle of the exploits and operations of the famous British special forces unit stationed in Burma.   The Long Range Penetration Groups, more commonly known as the Chindits, were possibly the most famous fighting formations of the Second World War’s Burma campaign. Colonel Orde Wingate began the operations deep within enemy...

    $179.00

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  • TEST PILOTS OF THE JET AGE
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    TEST PILOTS OF THE JET AGE
    COLIN HIGGS / BRUCE VIGAR
    Eleven daring test pilots recount their experiences at the forefront of aeronautical innovation in this oral history of the Jet Age. In the years after World War II, a select band of British test pilots risked everything in the quest to fly further, faster, and higher than ever before. Their vital work made our modern age of air transport possible. This book captures the storie...

    $249.00

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  • RACE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
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    RACE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
    BRUCE VIGAR / COLIN HIGGS
    "Reveals their race across the Atlantic in stunning pictures . . . includes a first-hand account from Captain Brown of his world-first flight." — Daily Mail Online   It was Tuesday, 15 July 1919 and for the residents of Clifden on Ireland's west coast this was not to be a normal day. Just before 08.40 hours, descending out of the gloom, came a large, twin-engine airplane lining...

    $229.00

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  • THE DAMBUSTER'S SQUADRON
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    THE DAMBUSTER'S SQUADRON
    COLIN HIGGS / BRUCE VIGAR
    They were the Dambusters the pilots and crew of the RAFs elite 617 Squadron. They flew the most difficult missions. They breached the Dams! They sank the Tirpitz! They were the only squadron to drop the immense Grand Slam bombs and with them they destroyed bridges, viaducts and even Hitlers impregnable U-boat pens.In this unique book, introduced by Dams raid survivor, George Jo...

    $274.00

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