Fighting the Lethe (Hellenic Air Force out of service aircraft 2010-2011)
Themistoklis A. Vranas

Release Date: December 2011 - My Review
Number of Pages: 152
Number of Photos: 770 in colour
Cover: Softcover
Language: Greek (with English supplement provided extra on reading the charts)
ISBN: 978-960-88120-9-3
Book Dimensions: 29 x 21 cm
Price: 18 Euros

Order from the book's editor and all round good guy Antonios Tsagaratos

Military Aircraft Markings  (Available Annually)
Howard J Curtis

The 33rd annual edition of Military Aircraft Markings will list in alphabetical and numerical order the following military aircraft, covering powered, manned aeroplanes, helicopters, airships and gliders as well as target drones.
The book contains aircraft that carry a UK military serial and are based or might be seen in the UK. It also includes airworthy and current RAF/RN/Army aircraft that are based permanently or temporarily overseas. Aircraft withdrawn from operational use which are retained in the UK for training purposes or preserved in museums and collections. The Irish Army Air Corps fleet is listed, together with the serials of other overseas air arms which might be seen in the UK.
USAF, US Army and US Navy aircraft based in the UK and Western Europe, and types that regularly visit the UK from USA are each listed in separate sections by aircraft type.
Veteran and vintage aircraft carrying overseas military markings but which are based in the UK are also listed. Comprehensive website information for all the museums, locations, air forces, companies and organisations are listed. An invaluable work of reference which will be an essential purchase for all followers of military aviation development both at home and overseas and an ideal pocket guide for this season's air shows.

Details:
Softback | 184 x 120mm | 224pp  
ISBN 978 1 85780 358 7

£11.99 "Available Post Free to UK Post Codes from Ian Allan Publishing"

Civil Aircraft Markings (Available Annually)

I remember getting my first CAM in 1967 and still have it in fact! How things have changed since those days, when registrations were issued in sequence.

Civil Aircraft Markings continues to be the enthusiast's 'Bible' for its detailed and comprehensive listing of every single British registered aircraft, microlight, balloon and glider, plus overseas airliners that can been seen in British airspace. In January 2011, the total number of aircraft on the register was in excess of 20,000 so this is a monumental work of reference. Also included are airline codes for those carriers most likely to appear in or over the UK, and radio frequencies for the large airports are also listed. The information remains easily and instantly accessible, and is alphabetically arranged by aircraft code, and gives model details and owner/operator information.

Details:
Softback | 184 x 120mm | 448pp
ISBN 978 1 85780 357 0

£11.99 "Available Post Free to UK Post Codes from Ian Allan Publishing"

European Air Forces Directory 2010  (Published Bi-Annually)
by Ian Carroll

Mach III Publishing

Essential book for the military aviation historian and aircraft spotter.

This book is just one of a comprehensive range which detail aircraft serials of the Europe's air forces.

Jaguar Squadrons
by Richard L. Ward

Dick Ward’s long-awaited follow-up to Lightning Squadrons of the Royal Air Force has finally arrived, and for the first time in this long-established sequence of titles he considers a postwar combat aircraft in terms of its worldwide service across six different air arms; in this endeavour he has been able to call upon Yves Fauconnier, whose splendid photographs of Armée de l’Air aircraft are shown to advantage in the book, Simon Watson, whose collection of Indian Air Force images is well to the fore, and of course a veritable army of other photographers who have generously permitted their work to be reproduced within. Each air force covered is accorded a separate section, and the squadrons are arranged in numerical order for each nation. The author provides expert commentary on the astonishing range of colour schemes that the Jaguar has sported over the thirty-plus years since it first arrived on the scene, and highlights the various weapons fits and other equipment that it has carried during its career.

210 × 297 mm, 160 pages  in full colour, 445 photographs, 32 artworks
ISBN 978 0 946958 51 1
Price £25.00 net  On sale at Adhoc Publications

Tornado - A History 
by Peter Foster

As the title suggests this book covers the development of the Tornado reconnaisance while is service. Pete has utilised photographs from his extensive personal collection. The later air to air and low level images are exceptional.
The book concentrates on the two dedicated squadrons, II(AC) and XII, the systems they employed, and their worth to the overall structure, interspersed with personal tales of front line operations. Tornado enthusiasts will enjoy the multitude of air to air and ground shots.

Tempus Publishing - The History Press
ISBN 978 0 7524 4514 4 Price £15.99

de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver Calendar 2008 (Available Annually)
By Neil Aird

Anyone who loves the de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver should want to buy this calendar. Neil Aird runs the Beaver wesbite and forum, histories, photographs, Beaver tails in fact everything  to do with the Beaver is to be found here. 

To help finance this grand enterprise Neil produces this very popular Calendar with stunning colour images of Beavers doing what they do best.

Visit the DHC-2 website, buy the calendar and be part of a friendly network of Beaver owners and enthusiasts.