The history of some of history's most interesting, and strangest, flying boats! High Hulls delves into the stories of beautiful and unusual aircraft from a vanished time. Both ship and plane, these machines covered the globe in the 1930s and 1940s, performing a multitude of tasks. This book reveals the history of over thirty of these amazing ......

There were no mission limits for a pilot in the Pacific during World War II; unlike in Europe, you flew until it was time to go home. So it was for James "Jug" Curran, all the way from New Guinea to the Philippines with the 348th Fighter Group, the first

4 fold-out large-format (650 x 297 mm) scale plans for 1/32 scale modellers of the RAF's renowned twin-engine fighter-bomber aircraft of World War II.

4 fold-out large-format (650 x 297 mm) scale plans for 1/32 scale modellers of the German WWII twin-engined bomber aircraft, version A.

Born in the 1950s when the Cold War was rapidly escalating, the subsonic Blackburn Buccaneer was designed as a carrier-borne strike aircraft, which eventually went on to serve both the Royal Navy and the RAF. The Buccaneer entered service with the Royal Navy in 1962 and was capable of operating from aircraft carriers to deliver nuclear weapons as ......

The Hawker Typhoon and later the Tempest both powered by the Napier Sabre engine, brought an increased combat capability to the RAF in WW2, to face the advanced designs coming into service with the Luftwaffe. It was not enough to match the German combat capabilities, as for success Britain had to exceed the performance of the enemy fighters.

4 fold-out large-format (650 x 297 mm) scale plans for 1/32 scale modellers of the German WWII twin-engined fast medium bomber with its distinctive "greenhouse" nose.

4 fold-out large-format (650 x 297 mm) scale plans for 1/32 scale modellers for the early (1938-1939) C & D production variants of the Luftwaffe's WWII twin-engine fighter-bomber.

One of America's most famous aircraft, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress continues to form the backbone of the US nuclear deterrent, and it has also become the nation's principle heavy tactical bomber. It has filled this role since the the early years of the Cold War, the heavy bombing raids during the Vietnam War, and recently in Iraq and ......