Product Description: This companion volume to Airlife's General Aviation provides a comprehensive reference to all helicopter types and models built since 1945. A short history of the product development of each manufacturer is given, followed by descriptions of each type, both military and civil.

Product Description: This is a comprehensive reference to every type and manufacturer of business and light aircraft constructed in the Western World since World War II. This book identifies: every manufacturer of production general- aviation aircraft and the sequence of ownership changes affecting the various aircraft models and companies; every type of aircraft, including the detailed differences between every model and sub-type; the complete general-aviation panorama - from Luscombe Silvaire to Canadair Challenger, from the Chrislea Skyjeep to the Aviamilano Nibbio; the progressive development of each aircraft type with the first flight dates, prototype registrations and precise model names and designations; and the production quantities of each model that was completed...read more

Product Description: In April 1861, Dick and Tally Simpson, sons of South Carolina Congressman Richard F. Simpson, enlisted in Company A of the Third South Carolina Volunteers of the Confederate army. Their letters home--published here for the first time--read like a historical novel, complete with plot, romance, character, suspense, and tragedy...read more