Had to buy this one; not just is he the singer of my all-time favourite band, the man also is type-rated on the 737,747 and 757, and owns a Bucker Jungman and a Fokker Dr1 which he flies during...
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Had to buy this one; not just is he the singer of my all-time favourite band, the man also is type-rated on the 737,747 and 757, and owns a Bucker Jungman and a Fokker Dr1 which he flies during...
Picked up a used copy of 'The lost squadron' by David Hayes at a armour event today. Looks like a good book.
Here's one I had to add to my already overstocked bookshelfs:
Have read the first three chapters, and so far I like it. Very thorough and well written.
Added two more Haynes' manuals to my library :The Avro Lancaster and the Panavia Tornado. Love these books, fun to read and plenty of good photos and information.
The only downside is that I...
Added two more Haynes manuals to the collection, the Avro Vulcan: http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=51201&langId=-1
and the...
A few new, relatively cheap, additions to my library; Farewell MD-11 about the last MD-11 flying passengers for the KLM, the long history KLM had with Douglas (Flying all types from the DC-2 till the...
Missed the opportunity today to buy a 1904 first edition of a book written by Albert Santos-Dumont......... Also a 1969 reprint of the Jane's all the world's aircraft 1913.... Should have...
I can't even remember the Dutch GP, Mike... And until last August, I had never been to Zandvoort! But the Historic GP won me over, I will definitely be going back there this year!
Watched the DVD...
Or maybe she would have helped you with your shelf space & cash problem by putting the rest of your collection on ebay, Mike..
Slightly off-topic (Even though I see big engines, wings and long...
I'm in need for more shelve space too Mike, guess my next purchase will be a second bookcase!
Made another trip to my favourite store yesterday, and came back with some more books including the one on top of my list:
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Another visit to my favourite store with my birthday money and a discount coupon (Even my family knows where I like to do my shopping!) and came home with three books:
Two more volumes of the...
Bought part 2 of the Fokker G-1 history books today; part 1 focussed on design and production, part 2 tells the operational history. Well over 500 pages in two books with a lot of unique photos. ...
It's somewhere in the queue Rob, just need to find some time..
Three new additions arrived this week; the first is the latest part of the 'Dutch profile' series, dealing with the Douglas DB-8A/3N in Dutch service. Some personal interest there, as a brother of an...
Here are some photos of my copy of 'Fate is the hunter' and some info about its first owner, withthanks to this site: http://www.au.af.mil/au/goe/eagle_bios/1989/asjes_1989.asp
Asjes died in...
Finally bought myself the 'Nachtjagd war diaries' volume 1&2 written by Theo Boiten, and published by Red Kite. Had to drive all the way to Schiphol and back, but I managed to get the last complete...
Thanks for the info; I found Womack's book too, but right now I'm more interested in the Nachtjagd. Former Fliegerhorst Deelen (And the 'Diogenes' command center) is less than 10 miles from here...
No new aviation books here, but I did preorder a book about the first hundred years of Dutch aviation. Hope it will arrive before christmas!
I'm also looking at good books about the 'Nachtjagd';...