Aviation Books

**Ralf Roggeveen** · December 1st, 2010, 12:48

Yes, we are deep in it.

It's more like, er, 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.

***lefty*** · December 1st, 2010, 13:12

Then you must have this one to put the icing on the cake......

**Ralf Roggeveen** · December 2nd, 2010, 02:25

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

, but he did it!). Bet you've got that...

***lefty*** · December 2nd, 2010, 03:29

Yup !

***lefty*** · December 9th, 2010, 03:04

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 ????

***Moses03*** · December 28th, 2010, 11:23

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.

The 335 is one of my favorite aircraft designs so it makes sense to have a volume dedicated to it.

***PRB*** · February 5th, 2011, 12:58

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.

***delta_lima*** · February 8th, 2011, 10:16

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,

**sbp** · February 8th, 2011, 10:52

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

sbp.........

***lefty*** · February 8th, 2011, 11:01

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.............

***delta_lima*** · February 8th, 2011, 18:06

Originally Posted by lefty

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.............

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

***lefty*** · February 8th, 2011, 21:49

Try this site for a review of each book - scroll down....

http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique1.html

***delta_lima*** · February 9th, 2011, 08:57

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

***lefty*** · February 9th, 2011, 09:41

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.)

**RL Wilkinson** · February 12th, 2011, 02:50

Not a book as such, but a link to the Flight Magazine archives where you can download pdf's of every copy from
Attachment 30948 to Attachment 30947

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/index.html