Wrecks and Relics 28th Edition

Ken Ellis

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Crecy Publishing
04 April 2022

Military aircraft; Aircraft: general interest

Now remarkably in its 28th edition, ever since it was first published in the 1960s every edition of Wrecks & Relics has been eagerly sought after by aviation enthusiasts, restorers and curators alike. It is renowned as the go-to source charting the highlights, changes and trends in the preservation of the aviation heritage of the British Isles. With in-depth coverage of more than 700 locations across the UK and Ireland, it charts over 5000 aircraft including their potted histories, build and arrival dates.

Wrecks & Relics is the only publication required to discover the incredible aeronautical treasures found across the United Kingdom and in Ireland. It provides a trusted, comprehensive rundown of museums and their exhibits - static or flying - workshops, military 'gate guardians', stored and instructional airframes. It also reveals redundant airframes being used for the most unlikely of purposes, including for 'glamping' and at paint-ball sites.

Each edition is illustrated with both colour and black and white photographs and fully indexed making easy the task of where to go over the weekend, or where to find an extant example of a favourite aircraft. Whether it travels in the car or sits on the bookshelf, this new and fully revised edition of Wrecks & Relics will continue to be the most useful and accurate companion to the aviation heritage of the British Isles, which will be referred to again and again.

By: Ken Ellis
Imprint: Crecy Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9781800351387
ISBN 10: 1800351380
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 04 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Child-of-the-Fifties, Liverpudlian Ken Ellis has written on aviation topics since 1972, when his first article appeared in (the original) Aviation News. He has scribbled for Key Publishing's FlyPast since its prototype days in 1981 and edited the journal in two sessions, totalling 24 years. Among many other roles for Key, he launched AirForces Monthly in 1988, was editor of Air Enthusiast 1990-2003, and produced more 'one-off' special publications than he cares to remember! Outside of FlyPast, Ken is best known for Wrecks & Relics, the biennial 'bible' of the UK preservation movement. Written by Ken since 1974, Wrecks & Relics is now in its 28th edition. Between 2011 and 2017 Ken wrote a well-acclaimed trilogy devoted to Britain's aviation museums: Lost Aviation Collections, Great Aviation Collections and Local Aviation Collections. His two-volume Testing to the Limits, devoted the British aircraft industry's test pilots, appeared in 2015 and 2016. All of these titles are published by Crecy. Ken is author or co-author of a dozen other titles. Ken got his private pilot's licence in 1991, driving a variety of 'puddle-jumpers' and, very occasionally, bigger metal. Airshow commentary is something he's enjoyed since the early 1980s; his favourite event is the award-winning Old Buckenham Airshow. An avid gardener, Ken is killing less plants year-on-year. He lives in the People's Republic of Rutland with former wing-walker Pam and a cat called Rascal.