The British Rail Class 142 Pacer was a marriage of bus and rail technology introduced at a time when a cost effective train was required for the network. In the mid-1980s the 96 trains presented a fresh image in a period when the UK railway system was in need of investment. The fleet has lasted over thirty years and is due to be retired by 2020.
Employed by the European Community in Yugoslavia the author was tasked to report on the breaking of the arms embargo. Danger lurked as he conducted a beach and airport reconnaissance and interviewed war criminals. Closing in on the embargo busting he was ordered to falsify his daily reports in order to hide the evidence. He refused and resigned.
At Hatfield Aerodrome de Havilland created the WW2 Mosquito, the first multi role combat aircraft. De Havilland companies pioneered turbojet development, leading to the Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner. De Havilland developed guided missiles and the Blue Streak rocket. The DH 108 was the first aircraft exceed Mach 1 outside the ......
The Evolution and Service Career of the Specialist Boeing C-135 Series with the 55th Wing and Associated Units
U.S. military C-135 spy planes flying intelligence, airborne command, treaty compliance, nuclear monitoring, weather monitoring and other tasks. The aircraft, places, missions, people, operating worldwide sorties, close to opponents such as Russia and China. 60 years of operations, history, and personal stories of super spooks.
Great War Special Agent, a history of the times: schemes of railway moguls; foreign railway adventures; steps towards WW1; final Eastern Front strategy; Russian interventions; plundering in Paris; fire at Smyrna; mingling with the famous: Prince Wilhelm, Queen Marie, Edward Grey, Ion Bratianu, Leon Trotsky, Kemal Ataturk, Lord Cowdray, Ian ......
This book follows the evolution of ocean liner design, its grandeur and occasionally its lower-class simplicity. There are the lavish suites, staterooms, even the austerity of third class and steerage. But mostly it is the luxury columned lounges, marble fireplaces, the chandeliers and the palms that are featured on these highly illustrated pages.
An Illustrated History of The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
Primus in armis, 'first in arms', the motto of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, Britain's senior regiment of volunteer cavalry raised in 1794 against the threat of French invasion. This new, illustrated history is an important military and social record of 200 years of service and will appeal to anyone with an interest in the British Army.
In 1933 an Englishman leased a derelict British cavalry barracks in co. Kildare from the Irish government to build a rope factory. When war came in 1939 Ireland remained neutral and faced both German invasion and a British trade embargo. Desperate measures were needed to ensure that Irish farmers never ran out of twine to gather the harvest.
Many books about airfields have been written but this one covers most of them in one volume. It describes 1700 airfields and provides details of the activities carried out, based units and current status of military bases, civil airfields and farm strips. Over one hundred photographs are included, most of which have not been published previously.
