Welcome to Air-Britain
The world’s leading organisation for aviation enthusiasts!
Since 1948, Air-Britain has been bringing together spotters, historians, aviation writers, pilots and photographers - all having a passion for aircraft and aviation. Air-Britain is an international organisation with 3,000 members - many of them outside the UK. It is a registered charity (the Air-Britain Trust Ltd.) run by a board of volunteers who are elected by the members of the organisation.
We publish two magazines - the monthly Air-Britain News and the quarterly Aviation World. We also produce authoritative books for the spotting community - and historical books on a wide range of aviation topics.
Join us here and find out about the many faces of Air-Britain and how it can bring you into the exciting world of aviation.
Airline Fleets 2020 is now in stock
Airline Fleets 2020
Editors: Lyn Buttifant and Chris Chatfield
www.air-britain.co.uk/actbooks/acatalog/AirlineFleets2020--91.html#SID=12
Members price £24.00, Non-members £31.50
This year’s edition of Airline Fleets has again reached 800 pages, covering over 2700 operators in 203 countries.
It is an easy-to-read companion to our best-selling Airline Fleets Quick Reference, covering not only the jet and turbine operators of that excellent book, but piston operators (including helicopters) involved in parcel delivery, tourism charters, oil industry support, emergency medical and some police activities, down to Cherokee Six and Ecureuil size.
Additional information not in AFQR includes immediate previous identities, call-signs, special liveries, fleet numbers, leasing details and major operational bases with the relevant IATA codes. There are 42 pages of indices, including a list of operators removed since the 2019 edition with the explanation, IATA and ICAO operator designators cross-referenced to operator. There are also operator, nationality prefix and airline alliance indices. Most immediately useful is the additional 23-page type-by-type listing of jet and turbine aircraft in corporate, government and military VIP use.
Overall, information received up to 31st March 2020 is included.
Hardback, 800 pages
We have another publication available through our Sales website
Northrop A-17
The complete history of the Northrop attack planes and its export derivatives.
This book offers an overview of an iconic aeroplane. The authors, all specialists in their field, have compiled a comprehensive story and gathered more than 350 photographs, color profiles and maps, thus offering a fascinating view at an aircraft type linking the ‘Golden Age of Aviation’ days with the dark years of World War Two.
220x270mm, softback, 350 photos, 164 pages
Price: £29.50
www.air-britain.co.uk/actbooks/acatalog/NorthropA-17--145.html#SID=15
AirAsia and Qatar Airways have new uniforms for their cabin staff - do they make you feel safer?
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Qatar Airways cabin crew to wear hazmat suits
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All cabin crew for Qatar Airways will wear hazmat suits over their uniforms from now on, while passengers will be required to wear face masks or coverings from May 25.It looks like the Red Arrows will remain in Lincolnshire, with a move just down the road.
The latest edition of Air-Britain News, for May 2020, is now available in electronic form from PocketMags
pocketmags.com/air-britain-magazine.
The printed version is now at the printers and should be posted out before the end of the month.
