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Aviation History Book Review: Winged Victory
Winged Victory by V.M. Yeates This is absolutely the best novel on World War I aviation bar none, not only because it is rigorously authentic but because it is beautifully written. The irony is that the author, V.M. Yeates, a Sopwith Camel pilot for the RFC and RAF, wrote it when he was very ill …
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Aviation History Book Review: The God Machine
The God Machine: From Boomerangs to Black Hawks, The Story of the Helicopter by James R. Chiles, Bantam Books, New York, 2007, $25. From its unusual title to the final page, this is a fascinating history of the development of the helicopter and its use in peace and war. Not only does Chiles review the …
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Aviation History Book Review: Berlin Airlift
Berlin Airlift: The Salvation of a City by Jon Sutherland and Diane Canwell, Pelican Publishing, Gretna, La., 2008, $24.95. The division of Germany after World War II into four occupation zones, with Berlin buried deep inside the Russian sector, was not an amicable one. The Soviets harassed vehicles on the supply route to Berlin at …
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Aviation History Book Review: Red Baron
Red Baron: The Life and Death of an Ace by Peter Kilduff, David & Charles Ltd., Cincinnati, Ohio, 2007, $30. As the highest-scoring fighter pilot of World War I, Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, more widely known as the Red Baron, has been the subject of countless books—a good many of them focusing on the controversy …
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Aviation History Book Review: Pan American Clippers
Pan American Clippers: The Golden Age of Flying Boats by James Trautman, Boston Mills Press, 2007, $49.95. The story of Pan American Airways and the magnificent flying boats that marked the beginning of international air travel has been told many times, but not with the illustrative detail that James Trautman now brings us. He captures …
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