Freestyle Mean Machines

Part of a series about big, fast vehicles. Photographs, artwork and fact boxes cover their histories, their uses, and the technology that makes them the best.

The Story of the Boeing Company

In the early years of the 20th century William Edward Boeing summed up his new company’s mission: ''To let no new improvement in flying and flying equipment pass us by.'' And sure enough, in the centu...

Human Performance and Limitations for the Professional Pilot

The most important information needed to perform the multi-functional tasks required by a modern jet is knowledge about the performance and limitations of its crew. This handbook prepares the aspiring...

Trials, Troubles and Triplanes

Spitfire's Forgotten Designer

The Supermarine Spitfire was a classic design, well known for its efforts in defending British shores during the Second World War. However, while Reginald Mitchell is rightly celebrated for his origin...

Battle Of Britain

In time for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, we now have-thanks to Swedish historian Bergstroem-perhaps the most thorough, expert examination of the topic ever written. Illustrated throu...

Warplane 5 - Fokker C.X

Designed in 1933, the elegant looking Fokker C.X was outdated from the start. The type was intended as strategic reconnaissance plane, but was not suited for this task. More modern, twin engined types...

Prestwick Airport Through Time

Prestwick Airport is a major international freight hub and is the only airport in Scotland to be connected by rail. It also has the second-longest runway in Scotland, accommodating all types of aircra...

Jets

Part of a series about big, fast vehicles. Photographs, artwork and fact boxes cover their histories, their uses, and the technology that makes them the best.

Father of the Tuskegee Airmen, John C. Robinson

Across black America during the Golden Age of Aviation, John C. Robinson was widely acclaimed as the long-awaited black Lindbergh. Robinson's fame, which rivaled that of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens, c...