Posted by Kate on May 6, 2008
As someone of you might already know I am a bit of a Battle of Britain nut, so I was recently intrigued to hear that the surviving female members of the Air Transport Auxiliary are expected to be honoured with...
Posted by William on May 1, 2008
Well, Phil may have started something with his post on April 24; I had a birthday (rather bigger than his) coming up four days later and thought I should see what I could find. If you want to see what...
Posted by Mike on April 21, 2008
As I mentioned in a previous post, Fighting High Magazine is a great free aviation e-zine. Steve Darlow has just emailed to tell me that the second issue is available to download here. Once again it is a great read...
Posted by Mike on March 27, 2008
I have just been sent details about a fantastic new online aviation magazine, Fighting High. It is completely free to download and is well worth a look. Fully illustrated and with production values rarely seen in a free online magazine,...
Posted by John on March 15, 2008
This weekend Osprey USA had a booth at the Westchester Radio Aero Modeler Association's "WRAM" show in White Plains, NY. For too long, the focus of our marketing in the U.S. has been on the Wargaming, Toy Soldier and Armor...
Posted by Joe on March 6, 2008
Later this year, Osprey will be releasing a book on the 23rd Fighter Group, that famous unit of American flyers who painted their planes with sharksmouths and led a guerrilla war against the Japanese from secret bases within China. 126...
Posted by Mike on December 14, 2007
Aircraft of the Aces 15 Soviet Aces of World War 2 "Lt Col S F Dolgushin claims yet another kill in his Lavochkin LA-7 White 93" Illustrated by Iain Wyllie
Posted by Mike on December 2, 2007
Aircraft of the Aces 37 Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front "Erich Hartmann flying a winter-camouflaged Gustav in search of his only non-JG 52 victory of the war." Illustrated by Iain Wyllie
Posted by Mike on November 7, 2007
At last years IPMS Telford event a customer came up to me and asked me if I had Osprey Aircraft books. At the time I was standing next to a spinner packed with our Aviation titles so I pointed at...
Posted by Mike on November 3, 2007
Next weekend (10th and 11th November) Osprey are attending IPMS Scale Modelworld 2007 at the International Centre in Telford. Primarily an aviation modelling show, I was lucky enough to go along with a stand last year and it was a...
Posted by John on October 27, 2007
We're very happy over here in the New York office that the first volume of Osprey's newest series has sold out of its first print run in the United States! We think that Duel 1: P-51 Mustang vs Fw 190...
Posted by Mike on October 25, 2007
Simone suggested that it might be a nice idea to have a regular-ish slot on the blog where you get to hear about the doings of an Osprey illustrator, focusing the scribbling on a particular piece of illustration. I’m into...
Posted by Mike on August 20, 2007
On Sunday 22nd July I hauled myself out of bed and set off for Blenheim Palace. But, I had no intention of spending the day wandering through majestic halls and gorgeous gardens. I was there to attend the air display...
Posted by Kate on July 25, 2007
Some of you might have caught a news story a couple of weeks ago telling the incredible story of Glacier Gal; nearly 65 years ago this P-38 was one of eight planes to ditch in the dangerous environs of Greenland...
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