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What's New at the
Spitfire Emporium...
THE
TOMCATS ARE HERE!
CLICK HERE
Coming
Soon....
finally- a
beautiful die cast Avro Arrow - in 1:72 scale!
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS or to pre order
JUST IN!
We just bought a collection of
mostly sold-out aviation art - great signatures and great artists - Taylor,
Trudgian, Wooton, Krebs, Postlethwaite and others -to see it,
CLICK HERE
Also just
arrived....more books - great for gifts!
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 HARVARD! the North American Trainers in
Canada
We just bought the last copies
available of this
book. It is sold out at the publisher. It is the
ultimate book on the Canadian Harvard and will only get
rarer.
by David C.
Fletcher & Doug McPhail
The first
comprehensive book on the North American Harvard and its varients in
Canada....the only country to produce, import and export large numbers of
the type.50,000 words, carefully researched, authoritive and readable...sure
to please any Harvard buff.
hardcover, 11 1/2" X 9, 208 pages.....1410....$50.
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CANADIAN
AIRCRAFT of WWII by Carl Vincent
Illustrated by Terry Higgins
This brand new publication is a
complete lavishly illustrated guide to the wide variety of types used by the
RCAF
$29.95 |
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DRAGONS ON BIRD
WINGS - by Vlad Antipov & Igor Utkin
The combat history of the 812th
Soviet Fighter Air Regiment
$39.95 |
TWO NEW Aviation books
from CANAV by Canada's foremost aviation writer - Larry Milberry...
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AVIATION IN
CANADA - the Pioneer decades - by Larry Milberry
The first general interest book
devoted solely to Canada's beginnings in flight from a balloon ascent in
1840, through Douglas McCurdy and the "Silver Dart". This book takes us up
to and including Canada's great contribution to WWI.
hardcover, 176 pages.....$50. |
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AVIATION IN
CANADA - the Formative Years - by Larry Milberry
This book continues the saga of
Canada's flying heritage begun in "Aviation In Canada - the pioneer
decades". This book covers the inter-war years, from barnstormers to bush
piloting, as well as Canada's first Airlines, flying the mail and the early
airports.
hardcover, 224 pages.....$50. |
plus restocks on the following,
also from CANAV and Larry Milberry...
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The Canadair SABRE
by Larry
Milberry
Covers the 1815
Canadair built Sabres...service in the RCAF, RAF, USAF, the Luftwaffe,
etc...600+ photos, production and accident lists and much more. "The
Aviation literary event of the year.", says AIR FAN...."Another super book
from Larry Milberry...rates a strong 10", from AAHS.
Hardcover...1361....$40.00
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"CANADA'S
AIR FORCE AT WAR AND PEACE"
(volumes
1, 2 and 3)
by Larry
Milberry
The grandest,
most comprehensive RCAF history ever published! Three giant volumes, each
300 pages (9" X 12"), 650,000 words, 2000 photos in the set. Volumes 1 & 2
chronicle the story from world war 1, through the inter war years to the
end of world war 2. Volume three covers the post war years. A must have for
enthusiasts or anyone who ever served!
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Hardcover.....volume 3.....$75. (CDN)
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Hardcover.....volume 2.....$75 (CDN)
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Hardcover.....volume1.....$75. (CDN)
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Three
great new books...
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The De Havilland
Canada
DHC-1 Chipmunk
The poor man's Spitfire
by Hugh Shields, Rod Brown, Jose
Goncalves, Rod Blievers
A massive authoritative work on
Canada's beloved post war trainer. Lavishly illustrated with countless
documents and stories. The authors are all Chipmunk owners and experts on
the subject. 9X12", hardcover, 440 pages, SBGB Publishing.....$69.95
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A Man
Called Hal
by Ken Arnott
A Canadian wartime biography -
the story of Typhoon pilot Squadron Leader Harold Orville Gooding.
Fascinating historical and technical look at an RCAF
career......1179.....$25. |
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North American's T-6
A Definitive History of the World's Most Famous
Trainer
Hagedorn. This lavishly illustrated book examining one of the world's
favourite World War II aircraft - the North
American T-6 Texan, which served for several decades as an advanced military
trainer for more than 80 nations - includes detailed documentation on every
T-6 variant used by the U.S. Army Air Force or U.S. Navy as well as all
foreign T-6s. 228 pages, 300 B&W and 30 color photographs, 85 illustrations,
9"x 9", hardcover......$32.95
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ARROWS TO THE MOON- Avro's Engineers and the Space Race
by: Chris Gainor
How the demise of Canada's national dream contributed to one of the greatest
triumphs in American history. Tells for the first time the story of the
Canadian and British engineers from Avro Canada who played key roles in
putting Americans on the Moon and in building today's U.S. space program,
including the space shuttle and the International Space Station. Other
Canadian contributions to Apollo and a chapter on the Canadian space program
are also included.
“Space history at its best . . .” . . . Spaceflight - British Interplanetary
Society$28.95
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Airliners!
Due to popular demand, we now carry die-cast
airliners, in mostly Canadian Schemes...CLICK
HERE
Just in....
New from JS International (previously
known as 21st Century Toys)
(Updated July 31, 2009) Their
first releases under this name:
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1:18 scale F4U CORSAIR - Greg
"Pappy" Boyington of "Black Sheep Squadron"
fame...$89.95
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1:18 scale P-38 Lightning
"Putt Putt Maru" - beautiful paint scheme!.....$107.95
A Stuka will be arriving
within a week or two
A
VERY SPECIAL RELEASE for 2009!
2
Canadian CF-18 Hornet models
A VERY
limited edition from
The Franklin Mint
CLICK FOR DETAILS
A new book about the late Canadian Spitfire
pilot Charley Fox 1920
- 2008
 "The Day of the Flying Fox" by Steve
Pitt
Only $20.
ISBN13: 9781550028089
Width: 8 Inches
Height: 8 Inches
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Canadian World War II pilot Charley Fox, who recently passed away, at the age
of 88, had a
thrilling life, especially on the day in July 1944 in France when he spotted a
black staff car, the kind usually employed to drive high-ranking Third Reich
dignitaries. Already noted for his skill in dive-bombing and strafing the enemy,
Fox went in to attack the automobile. As it turned out, the car contained famed
German General Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, and Charley succeeded in wounding
him.
Rommel, who at the time was the Germans' supreme military commander in France
orchestrating the Nazis' resistance to the D-day invasion, was never the same
after that. Author Steve Pitt focuses on this seminal event in Charley Fox's
life and in the war, but he also provides fascinating aspects of the period,
including profiles of noted ace pilots Buzz Beurling and Billy Bishop, Jr., and
Great Escape architect Walter Floody, as well as sidebars about Hurricanes,
Spitfires, and Messerschmitts.
Author
Steve Pitt's first children's book, Rain Tonight: A Tale of Hurricane Hazel,
was nominated for the Silver Birch, Red Cedar, and Rocky Mountain Awards.
Recently, he published To Stand and Fight Together: Richard Pierpoint and the
Coloured Corps of Upper Canada. He lives in Toronto.
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COLD WAR TECH
WAR
The Politics of America's Air Defense
by Randall Whitcomb
Cold War Tech War explores the geo-political, technical and economic aspects
of the Avro Canada story. Author Randall Whitcomb reveals for the first time
anywhere several exciting design proposals of the Avro company while putting
the company and its technology into an international context.
Global intelligence angles are explored from pre-WW II through the Cold War
period. Focus is on bi-lateral issues with the Americans, with some
pertinent American statesmen and industrialists receiving special attention
for their roles in issues at the heart of our story. Recently released
official information on the Avro C-102 Jetliner and CF-105 Arrow present
their cancellations in a new light. Over a half-Century of deception by
various governments, intelligence agencies and individuals is documented and
given relevance in view of today's geo-political mileau. As in the author's
first book, Avro's engineering is shown to have been visionary--and still
inspiring in the 21st Century.
$29.95
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