The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes Volume 2 - by Joe Coles (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Fascinating, well-informed, irreverent, and witty articles from the highly respected military aviation Hush-Kit blog, and great slabs of new and exclusive material make up this sequel to the much-loved Volume 1.
- About the Author: Joe Coles has been writing about aviation for over twenty years.
- 256 Pages
- History, Military
- Series Name: Hush-Kit
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Book Synopsis
Fascinating, well-informed, irreverent, and witty articles from the highly respected military aviation Hush-Kit blog, and great slabs of new and exclusive material make up this sequel to the much-loved Volume 1. Explore even more of the thrilling world of warplanes.
This is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book crammed with well-researched articles, utterly readable histories, listicles, interviews, illuminating diagrams and much more. Beautifully designed, with world-class photography, and bespoke illustrations of history's most spectacular flying fighting machines. Meet the Popinjay, the worst fighter never to see the Second World War; discover how the weird Vickers Wellesley saved the world; delve into the world's first (and best) Jungian guide to electronic warfare and countermeasures; and take a deep dive into the many advanced features of the Westland Whirlwind fighter. And experience a whole roaring hangar of other aeronautical madness!
The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes: Volume 2 is an extremely entertaining, and at times subversive, celebration of military flying.
Review Quotes
"This volume is as brilliant as the first. It's smart, irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny but also the best-informed writing about aircraft you could ever hope to read. Genius." -- James Holland, historian, author and broadcaster
"Hush-Kit is back! Supersonic, under the radar and with a tighter turning circle than all the other plane books out there, nothing beats Hush-Kit." -- Al Murray, comedian and actor
"Joe Coles is the only aviation writer I read. This book is thrilling!" -- Eva Wiseman, writer and journalist
"Terrific . . . A seat-of-the-pants balance between wit and knowledge, humour and reflection." -- Jonathan Glancey, architectural critic and writer
About the Author
Joe Coles has been writing about aviation for over twenty years. In this time he has been the editor of a bestselling aviation periodical published around the world, contributed journalistic and historical articles to many leading publications and created Hush-Kit, a widely respected and deeply irreverent online magazine. He lives in Bristol, UK.