EE Canberra RAE 'Raspberry Ripple' test-beds by peter dancey
Price: $1.99 USD. 4560 words. Language: English. Published on May 1, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Military.
Aircraft testing began at Upavon and continued at Martlesham Heath until moving to Boscombe Down Wilts to expand its activities. Among the many types used by the A&AEE RAE establishments were the EE Canberra that by the nature of its 4-segment construction was a highly suitable test-bed modified especially for the various post-war AI radars for the TSR 2 Lightning and ADV Tornado at RAE Bedford

HAL Indian Aerospace - A History by peter dancey
Price: $2.99 USD. 3540 words. Language: English. Published on April 28, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Military.
This book traces the history of HAL India when it formed in WW II with British assistance to help with wartime aviation needs in the region and the Pacific War. All of its indigenous fixed and rotary-winged projects are detailed as well as licenced production. Its aspirations in the civil field to build an airliner maybe in conjunction with Boeing and to sell its products world-wide if possible.

F-4 'Down' Rescue at Ban Phanop by peter dancey
Price: $1.99 USD. 4600 words. Language: English. Published on April 21, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Military.
Many combat pilots of the USAF USN and Marine Corps who saw action during the Vietnam War owed their live to the activities of the Sikorsky Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopters Douglas A-1 Skyraiders and MDC F-4 Phantom II. During the rescue at Ban Phanop to recover two downed crew of a F-4 which took 3 days, 12 BUFF and 7 A-1 sustained severe damage before the two survivors were picked up.

Soldiers’ Tales - As told to the folks back home by Barbara Hayes
Price: $1.99 USD. 26230 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books on April 20, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Military.
Genuine tales told by soldiers from the Boer War of 1899 to Afghanistan in 2011. The clear unvarnished truth from men who were in the tranches of World War I, who flew bombing missions over Germany in World War II, who were captured by the Japanese, who invaded Suez in 1956, who met Russians in the Cold War and much else besides.

In-Flight Refueling the Origins in WW II by peter dancey
Price: $1.99 USD. 8290 words. Language: English. Published on April 19, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Military.
In the late 1930s the technique of refueling in flight offered considerable advantages for both civil and military transports. Civil trials began in August 1939 and the application for military types especially VLR bombers was obvious nonetheless it was not until SAC post-WW II decided to deploy B-29 and B-50 that the military decided that tanker airplanes as today serve as force multipliers.

Our Name Wasn't Written - A Malta Memoir (1936-1943) by David Vernon
Price: $2.99 USD. 46680 words. Language: English. Published on April 16, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Military.

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This is the memoir of a young mother struggling to feed, clothe and house her family on “the most bombed island on earth” — Malta, during World War II. Written by two generations of eye-witnesses to the destruction wrought on the strategically vital island of Malta by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

USN VA-42 Grumman A-6 Intruder pilots tribute by peter dancey
Price: $2.99 USD. 2710 words. Language: English. Published on April 14, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Military.
Once the Grumman A-6 Intruder was the only US Navy attack plane that could fly in all-weathers this small combat plane able to carry a massive bomb-load to the enemy complete its mission and return to the carrier. This is the story of a CVN attack mission with a graphic description from an A-6 pilot the intense concentration of take-offs at night with a full load and the relief of the 'thump'...

Chadwick 'Roy' designer of Avro airplanes by peter dancey
Price: $2.99 USD. 2620 words. Language: English. Published on April 13, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Military.
The airplane that established the Avro Company was designed in WW I by A V Roe the Avro 504 biplane trainer that was later adapted as a night-fighter for Home Defense. Subsequently a great number of Avro designs were the work of 'Roy' Chadwick who's first WW II twin R-R Vultee-engined bomber the Manchester was a failure that became the successful Lancaster with its post-war Lincoln and Shackleton

Cold War Red Stars in East Germany by peter dancey
Price: $2.99 USD. 1980 words. Language: English. Published on April 12, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Military.
During the 'Cold War' the Soviets based their 16th Air Force in East Germany and until the collapse of the USSR in 1991 had several thousand fixed and rotary-winged airplanes based on East German soil. When the Berlin Wall came down the Germans wanted the Soviets to leave and they did eventually but not without cost Read about the occupation and the withdrawal and a typical day on a Soviet base.

Russian Test Pilot - Anatoli Kvochur A biography by peter dancey
Price: $1.99 USD. 3620 words. Language: English. Published on April 12, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Military.
In Soviet Aviation under Joseph Stalin and post WW II the 'Cold War' and Glasnost the testing of Soviet military civil and experimental types have always been of great interest to me(see other Smashwords Editions on this subject. Many Soviet test pilots have received the highest honors for their work in this field of aviation. Anatoli Kvochur was a leading CIS test pilot this is his story...

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