074941 - AIRS & GRACES: Classic Aircraft Moods (Sale - £4.50 - RRP £12.99)

By Martin Bowman

Martin Bowman is among the best-known aircraft photographers in the country. This book portrays many of the best of his photographs taken at classic air displays and one-off shows throughout Britain and sometimes further afield. These superb quality photographs not only show the beauty and grace of classic and historic aircraft in flight, but also capture much of the detail so beloved of aircraft buffs. The Author - Martin W Bowman. His interest in WWII and contemporary aviation was fired by the proliferation of US and RAF air bases in his native East Anglia. A widely respected military historian who has written over seventy books on aviation and other related subjects. All have been built up from many years of painstaking and fact-finding research, interviews and correspondence with contributors in America, Europe and throughout the world. His quest has taken him to all parts of the world, to 21 countries, including the USA, Africa, Australia and Russia and the world's war zones of Mogadishu, Somalia and Bosnia. He lives in Norwich, Norfolk, England and is active in historical research concerning East Anglia and the many RAF and USAAF squadrons that were based there during the War. He also has a passion for flying in military aircraft and driving British Racing Green sports cars.

From Great War restored biplanes to modern jet fighter aircraft, over 120 photographs portray the excitement of flight.