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The Secret Horsepower Race

The Secret Horsepower Race - Western Front Fighter Engine Development

Calum E. Douglas | English | hardback | 480 p. | 2020

Sunbeam Aero Engines

Sunbeam Aero Engines

Alec Brew | English | paperback | 160 p. | 2020

The Merlin: The Engine That Won the Second World War

The Merlin: The Engine That Won the Second World War

Gordon A. A. Wilson | English | hardback | 256 p. | 2020

Vee's for Victory! - Allison V-1710 Aircraft Engine

Vee's for Victory! - The Story of the Allison V-1710 Aircraft Engine, 1929-1948

Daniel D. Whitney | English | hardback | 472 p. | 2004

Jet - Frank Whittle and the Invent of the Jet Engine

Jet - Frank Whittle and the Invention of the Jet Engine

John Golley | English | paperback | 344 p. | 2009

Jet Engines - Fundamentals

Jet Engines - Fundamentals of Theory, Design and Operation

Klaus Hunecke | English | hardback | 224 p. | 1997

Making Jet Engines in World War II

Making Jet Engines in World War II - Britain, Germany, and the United States

Hermione Giffard | English | hardback | 336 p. | 2016

Pegasus- The Heart of the Harrier (Hardback)

Pegasus - The Heart of the Harrier Pegasus (Hardback)

Andrew Dow | English | hardback | 352 p. | 2009

The Jet Engine (5th Edition)

The Jet Engine (5th Edition)

Rolls-Royce | English | paperback | 288 p. | 2015

Turbojet History and Development 1930-1960 (Vol 2)

Turbojet History and Development 1930-1960 (Volume 2)

Tony Kay | English | hardback | 272 p. | 2007


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