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The Harrier Story DVD & Book Pack
The jump jet was the first vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL) operational jet aircraft developed using the revolutionary vectored thrust Pegasus engine. Following its …
The F-14 Tomcat Story DVD & Book Pack
Designed as the ultimate long range fleet defence fighter interceptor for the US Navy, the Tomcat entered frontline service in 1973 as a replacement for the legendary F-4 Phantom …
The Vulcan Story DVD & Book Pack
An RAF iconic delta wing cold war leviathan the Vulcan is an enduing image. A cornerstone of Britain's nuclear deterrent it later worked as a conventional bomber and saw active …
The Apollo Story DVD & Book Pack
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of Apollo 11 stepped on to the surface of the Moon in July 1969, it marked the pinnacle of eight years of manned spaceflight. Eight short years …
The Classic Military Vehicles Story
This book charts the development of military vehicles from steam-powered tractors to modern main battle tanks. The story reveals how such vehicles have changed the way wars are …
The Mini Story
Very few cars inspire as much affection as the original Mini. It’s the small car everyone loves to eulogise because it oozes energetic fun, classless minimalism and evergreen …
The Tractor Story
Over 100 tractors, stretching back over 100 years — from the first steam engines on wheels produced by ingenious engineers in the garden shed, to the mighty multinational John …
The Wellington Bomber Story DVD & Book Pack
The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber, universally known as the ‘Wimpy’. The only bomber in construction throughout the Second World War, the …
The Stealth Story DVD & Book Pack
This is the amazing story of Lockheed’s Stealth fighter. With its origins in the SR71 Blackbird, XST and Have Blue, the F117 was developed, flown and tested in absolute secrecy …
The F/A18 Hornet Story
The F/A-18 evolved from Northrop's YF-17 in the late 1970s. Production aircraft reached the Navy in May 1980 and the Marine Corps two years later. More than 800 examples would …
The Mosquito Story DVD & Book Pack
When de Havilland proposed, in 1938, an unarmed bomber constructed almost entirely from wood, few would have thought it could become one of the most versatile aircraft of the …