Country Bibliographies

• General Overviews
• Regional Studies
• The Aviation Industry
• Preserved Aircraft

General Overviews

'British Aviation: The Pioneer Years 1903-1914' [Order this book from USA]
by Harald J Penrose
Published by Putnam & Co Ltd, 19?? ISBN: 037000 1222
* General history.

'British Aviation: The Great War and Armistice 1915-1919' [Order this book from USA]
by Harald J Penrose
Published by Putnam & Co Ltd, 197? ISBN: 037000 1281
* General history.

'British Aviation: The Adventuring Years 1920-1929' [Order this book from USA]
by Harald J Penrose
Published by Putnam & Co Ltd, 1973 ISBN: 037010 0166
* General history.

'British Aviation: The Widening Horizons 1930-1934' [Order this book from USA]
by Harald J Penrose
Published by Putnam & Co Ltd, 197? ISBN: 011290 2979
* General history.

'British Aviation: The Ominous Skies 1935-1939' [Order this book from USA]
by Harald J Penrose
Published by Putnam & Co Ltd, 1980 ISBN: 011290 2987
* General history.

'History of British Aviation 1908-1914' [Order this book from USA] [Order this book from UK]
by R Dallas Brett
Published by ??, 1987 ISBN: 08747 4318 4
* Comprehensive history of the early years.

Regional Studies

'Aviation in Birmingham' [Order this book from USA]
by Geoffrey Negus & Tommy Staddon
Published by Midland Counties Publications, 1984 ISBN: 0904 5971 2
* Well researched history.

'Aviation in Northamptonshire - An Illustrated History'
by Micheal L Gibson
Published by Northamptonshire Libraries, 1982 ISBN: ?
* Well illustrated history.

'Aviation in Ulster' [Order this book from USA]
by John Corlett
Published by Blackstaff Press, 1981 ISBN: ?
* Concise history.

'Aviation: Flight Over The Eastern Counties Since 1937' [Order this book from USA]
by Gordon Kinsey
Published by Terence Dalton, 1984 ISBN: 0 86138 32 0
* History of aviation in East Anglia from 1937.

'Gloucestershire Aviation - A History' [Order this book from UK]
by Ken Wixey
Published by Alan Sutton Publishing, 1995 ISBN: 07509 0747 9
* Well illustrated history.

'Scotland Scanned'
by Paul R Wiggins & Alan J Reid
Published by Central Scotland Aviation Group, 1986 ISBN: ?
* Detailed review of aviation activity in Scotland.

Aviation Industry

'British Aircraft Manufacturers Since 1908' [Order this book from USA] [Order this book from UK]
by Gunter Endres
Published by Ian Allan Ltd, 1995 ISBN: 0 7110 2409 X
*Brief history of each manufacturer - few type details.

'Flight International Directory Part 1: UK & Ireland 1997/98' [Order this book from UK]
by M Ginsberg
Published by Reed Business Publishing, 1997 ISBN: 1 900438 00 3
* Directory of UK aviation companies and services - published every 2 years.

Preserved Aircraft

'Aviation Museums of Britain' [Order this book from UK]
by Ken Ellis
Published by Midland Publishing Ltd, 1998 ISBN: 18578 0078 8
* Pocket guide to all UK aviation museums.

'Wrecks & Relics - 15th Edition' [Order this book from UK]
by Ken Ellis
Published by Midland Publishing Ltd, 1998 ISBN: 18578 0079 6
* Detailed survey of all preserved and surviving aircraft in the UK.

'Duxford: Field of Dreams' [Order this book from UK]
by John M Dibbs
Published by Airlife Publishing, 1992 ISBN: 18531 0227 X
* Pictorial survey of the warbirds at IWM Duxford.

'Shuttleworth - The Historic Aeroplanes' [Order this book from UK]
by David Ogilvy
Published by Airlife Publishing, 1989 ISBN: 1 85310 106 0
* Guide to the vintage aircraft at Shuttleworth.

'The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight' [Order this book from USA] [Order this book from UK]
by Richard Winslade
Published by Osprey Publishing, 1987 ISBN: 0 85045 724 6
* Pictorial of the BoBMF in action.

'RAF Gate Guards' [Order this book from UK]
by Jim Simpson
Published by Airlife Publishing, 1992 ISBN: 18531 0166 4
* Comprehensive pictorial survey of RAF gate guardians.