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Oscar Garden: An Tale of One Man's Love of Flying by Annamaria Garden
$45.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: near fine
One day in 1930, a man walked into a department store in London and bought an aeroplane. Having just learned to fly, Oscar Garden dreamed of flying to Australia. In his newly purchased aeroplane, he did just that. This adventure and myriad others this risk-taker embarked on are recounted in this book. O ...Show more
Spitfire VC vs A6M2 Zero-Sen: Darwin 1943 by Peter Ingman; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Cover Design by, Illustrator)
$34.99 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: Duel Ser.
The little-known yet fascinating story of when two of the most iconic aircraft of World War II dueled in the skies above Australia. Fully illustrated with detailed full-color artwork, this is the gripping story of two iconic aircraft facing off against each other above Australia. Just weeks after Pear ...Show more
Classic Planes by Ivor Wilkins
$85.00 NZD
$95.00 (10% off)
Category: Aviation
New Zealand has long held a passion for its aviation history - the bravado, ingenuity and trailblazing spirit says a lot about who we are. Classic Planes celebrates that legacy, from the first fledgling beginnings to the present day. With eloquence and colour, bestselling author Ivor Wilkins itraces the ...Show more
Higher: 100 Years of Boeing by Russ Banham
$75.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
Over the course of a century, the Boeing Company has grown from a small outfit operating out of a converted boathouseâproducing a single pontoon plane made from canvas and woodâinto the world's largest aerospace company. The thrilling story of the celebrated organization is one filled with ambition, ...Show more
My Throne A Cockpit by Owen Williamson
$19.99 NZD
$39.99 (50% off)
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: Near Fine
When your office is the cockpit of a topdressing aeroplane, it's hard not to think of your seat as a throne. As your daily commute takes in the grandeur of the mountains, the beauty of the sunrise and the sight of the world going about its business below, ...
Flight Path Dunedin: A History of Aviation in Otago by Jim Sullivan
$49.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
Did New Zealand aviation begin in Arrowtown in 1869? Did a Dunedin man make New Zealand's first flight in 1910? The story of aviation in Otago throws up some intersting questions and the answers, along with the detailed history of Dunedin's airports at Green Island, Taieri and Momona, provide a fascinat ...Show more
The Spitfire: An Icon of the Skies by Philip Kaplan
$89.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
The magnificent Vickers Supermarine Spitfire, together with its able partner the Hawker Hurricane, saved Britain from Nazi invasion in the summer of 1940 and irrevocably changed the course of the Second World War. This new book from Philip Kaplan celebrates one of history's most important weapons in a g ...Show more
Topgun by Dan Pedersen
$24.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
When American fighter jets were being downed at an unprecedented rate during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy turned to a young lieutenant commander, Dan Pedersen, to figure out a way to reverse their dark fortune. On a shoestring budget and with little support, Pedersen picked eight of the finest pilots ...Show more
Flying Kiwis: A History of the OE by Jude Wilson
$45.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: Very Good
This first book-length history of the OE (Overseas Experience) phenomenon is based on the oral accounts of several hundred New Zealand travellers, representing every decade of the OE and supported by the ephemera of popular culture that surround it, including advertising and overseas media material. Fly ...Show more
Avro Lancaster by Jarrod Cotter; Paul Blackah
$29.99 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: Haynes Icons Ser.
During the Second World War, RAF Lancaster bombers took the conflict into the very heart of Hitler's Third Reich, and flew some of the most daring operations of the war. Surprisingly, of the 7,377 Lancasters built, only two survive today, one in Britain and one in Canada. Produced with the full coopera ...Show more
How Airliners Fly : A Passenger's Guide by EVANS JULIEN
$39.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
In this revised third edition Julien Evans explains, in straightforward everyday language, about the airframe and the engines, the flight deck and the controls, how the aeroplane is flown and the routines followed. If you are one of the millions of airline passengers who take to the air daily and have n ...Show more
Teach Yourself to Fly: The Classic Guide to Flying a Plane by Nigel Tangye
$24.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
'An airman's vanity is a most curious thing.'Nigel Tangye was a British hero; journalist, author, airman, teacher, and possibly even spy. What better man to help you learn to fly?First published in 1938, Teach Yourself To Fly was not only one of the very first Teach Yourself books to be published but th ...Show more