Overview

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.

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'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 'There is no other aviation writer whose work I look forward to more than Joe Coles. Whether he's revelling in the sheer awesomeness of his subject, challenging conventional wisdom or indulging in wildly entertaining flights of fancy, Joe's incapable of writing anything dull. Another triumph' Rowland White, author of Mosquito and Harrier 809 '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

Author Information

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.

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