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Rob "Bomber" Henderson - Library
My favourite books and videos
As far as video's go, I have the following films on my shelf :
- Top Gun ( now there's a surprise! )
- Flight of the Intruder
- Wings of the Apache
- Memphis Belle
- Battle of Britain
- The Dam Busters
- Tora! Tora! Tora!
- Airplane! and Airplane! 2
Documentary video's include :
- Top Guns ( RAF Tornado F.3's at Maple Flag ) Discovery Channel release
- Air Power Series, Discovery Channel release
- Wings Over The Gulf, Discovery Channel release
- World Air Power Journal video series
- Military Aircraft Video Report series, by DD Distribution
- Military Aircraft Of The World Vol I / II / III, by Pegasus
- Top Gun ( various military aircraft in action ), by Telstar
- Digital Dogfight - FirePower 2000, by LaserLight
- Allied Aviation Series, by Screen Works
- In The Cockpit Series, by ArtsMagic
- The MiG Killers, by ArtsMagic
- Combat At Sea Collection Series, by Castle Vision
- Top Guns - The Real Story, by MSD Video & 1st Video
I have quite a collection of aviation books, mostly as reference material because of my work as an
aviation artist. Top titles include anything by the World Air Power Journal / Aerospace group ( if you've
never seen any of their publications you really don't know what you're missing! ).
There are quite few big glossy picture books about, but the ones I would recommend on account of the
their stunning photography are :
- Canadian Fighter Pilot by John McQuarrie
- Soviet Wings by Alexander M Dzhus
- The Cutting Edge by C J Heatley III
- Painted Ladies Vol 1 & 2 by Randy Walker
- Super Blue by Katsuhiko Tokunaga
- plus anything in the Airlife & Osprey book ranges.
Among the best reading material (both documentary & biographical), I would highly recommend
the following :
- Luftwaffe - A Pictorial History by Eric Mombeek
- Fighter Combat - Tactics and Manoeuvering by Robert Shaw
- Tests of Character by Donald Middleton
- Combat Kill by Hugh Morgan & Jurgen Seibel
- Top Guns by Hugh McManners ( book accompanies the Discovery Channel series "Top Guns" )
- Test Pilot by Brian Johnson
- Splash One by Ivan Rendall
- Fighter Wing by Tom Clancy
- Fighters Over Israel by Lon Nordeen
- Duel Under the Stars by Wilhelm Johnen ( this guy flew Me110 night fighters )
- Eagle Day by Richard Collier
- Duel of Eagles by Peter Townsend
- and The Story of Air Fighting by J E 'Johnnie' Johnson.
If you go through all these and don't get inspired, enlightened or moved in any way, then there's definitely something wrong with you ( maybe *you* should go back to PacMan or Space Invaders? )
On the lighter side, if you need a laugh you can't go wrong with anything by Bob Stevens - including the titles "If You Read Me, Rock The Tower!", "There I Was...", More "There I Was..." and "There I Was...Flat on my Back" ( all printed by Aeropublishers ). They are crammed full of cartoons & stories all based on real characters & events. You will laugh from beginning to end with these, that's a promise!
But if you want a break from aviation, look no further than the likes of Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson for a touch of pure genius.
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