My library just grew again 2014...

[TallEng]

Bought that new Aviation Classics title on the Shackleton, and have to say I'm disappointed. I was hoping for alot more......seems ( to me ) to be alot of filler and not enough about the aeroplane itself !?

You could try Either:
COASTAL COMMAND LEGEND: Avro's Maritime Reconnaissance Bomber - THE SHACKLETON Paperback – 1 Jan 2005 (lots of pictures and profiles. More an operational history of the Shack) approx 108 pages

Or Avro's Maritime Heavyweight: The Shackleton Hardcover – 1 May 1990
by Chris Ashworth  (Author) (more a complete history) approx 245 pages

I can recommend both I guess it depends on how deep your pockets are
But don't remember any mention of other possible users.

Regards
Keith

[zenrat]

Not a new buy but i've just got round to reading it.
Weird Aircraft by Peter Henshaw.  As the title suggests it looks at some of the less conventional directions aircraft design took.
It's well written and well illustrated but unfortunately the two seldom intersect - you find yourself wishing for pictures of what is being described or wondering what the thinking was behind the pictured aircraft.

So a bit dissappointing really.  Lucky I only paid a few dollars for it pre-loved.

[zenrat]

"The four small, square ended propellers turned slowly one by one, and became four whizzing pools.  The low hum of the turbo-jets rose to a shrill smooth whine.  The quality of the noise, and the complete absence of vibration, were different from the stuttering roar and straining horsepower of all other aircraft Bond had flown in.  As the Viscount wheeled easilly out to the shimmering east-west runway of London Airport, Bond felt as if he was sitting in an expensive mechanical toy.
There was a pause as the chief pilot gunned up the four turbo-jets into a banshee scream and then, with a jerk of released brakes, the 10:30 BEA flight to Rome, Athens and Istanbul gathered speed and hurtled down the runway and up into a quick, easy climb."

Ian Fleming, From Russia With Love, Chapter 13.

[PR19_Kit]

"The four small, square ended propellers turned slowly one by one, and became four whizzing pools.
Ian Fleming, From Russia With Love, Chapter 13.

Square ended props on a Viscount? I don't think so..............

And they're turbo-props too, not turbo-jets.

[Pedant mode off]

[Nick]

"The four small, square ended propellers turned slowly one by one, and became four whizzing pools.
Ian Fleming, From Russia With Love, Chapter 13.

Square ended props on a Viscount? I don't think so..............

And they're turbo-props too, not turbo-jets.

[Pedant mode off]

If you take away the 'square-ended props' part, he'd be talking about the Tay Viscount in airline service.... a true whiffer!

[PR19_Kit]

"The four small, square ended propellers turned slowly one by one, and became four whizzing pools.
Ian Fleming, From Russia With Love, Chapter 13.

Square ended props on a Viscount? I don't think so..............

And they're turbo-props too, not turbo-jets.

[Pedant mode off]

If you take away the 'square-ended props' part, he'd be talking about the Tay Viscount in airline service.... a true whiffer!

And a 4 engined one as well. 

[Spey_Phantom]

bought at the Belgian Modelforum membersday:

Ingolf Meyer's Luftwaffe Advanced Aircraft Project to 1945 (Volume 1: Fighter & Ground attack aircraft, Arado to Junkers)

[Captain Canada]

Thanks for the tips on the Shackleton titles ! I'll have to check those out.

As for the mag, it's actually better than I thought it was ! The early history of the company is quite insightful.

[rickshaw]

Drawn in the style of Herge' Tin Tin, this is a good, rollicking read.   If you love Tin Tin, you'll love this.   

[McColm]

I too have a copy of Aviation Classics , Avro Shackleton. Just thumbs through it. Good coloured pics for detailing. I'll have a proper read back on nights this Thursday.
I also grabbed a copy of Aviation Archive- British Jet Airliners. Packed with photos, cutaways and colour profiles. Covers the Comet, Trident, VC10 & VC7, BAC One Eleven, Concorde, BAe 146 , Nene Lancastrian, Ghost Lancastrian, Nene Viking and the drawing board.
A must read for the Whiffer

[zenrat]

Anyone read "Gone to Russia to Fight - The RAF in South Russia 1918 to 1920" by John T Smith?

[NARSES2]

I've got it and the one on the Northern incursions as well (The Day We Nearly Bombed Moscow) Not read either but have flicked through them. Both look very interesting

[PR19_Kit]

A pristine card back copy of 'Sigh for a Merlin' spotted by Mrs_PR19 in a local charity shop for £1.50. 

[zenrat]

Thanks Chris.

[Nick]

Command and Control by Eric Schlosser. A chilling look at the history of the US nuclear weapons arsenal, how they fumbled their way into mass producing the atom bombs, the inter-service rivalry vs the civilian control and the numerous accidents that happened. Interspersed with this history is the in-depth story of one event, the fire in the Titan II missile silo north of Damascus, Arkansas in 1980.

It is frightening to realise just how lucky we were not to have an accidental nuclear explosion anywhere in the USA or NATO sphere. Definitely a must-read.