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Flying the Knife Edge: New Guinea Bush Pilot
ISBN: 9789881403605 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Silver Medal Winner at the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards in New York, NY, USA. Sometimes it's not about the destination...it's about the journey. 'Flying the Knife Edge' is the story of an ordinary man experiencing extraordinary things as a pilot in Papua New Guinea in the 1990s. After an untimely exit from the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Matt McLaughlin took a leap into the unknown, travelling to Papua New Guinea to work as a missionary pilot. He soon switched from missionary to mercenary, and over the next three and a half years, as... Silver Medal Winner at the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards in New York, NY, USA. Sometimes it's not about the destina... |
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Black Magic and Gremlins: Analog Flight Simulations at NASA's Flight Research Center. Monograph in Aerospace History, No. 20, 2000 (NASA SP-2000-4520)
ISBN: 9781780393223 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2000 as volume 20 in the NASA "Monograph in Aerospace History" series. This study contains photographs and illustrations.
First published in 2000 as volume 20 in the NASA "Monograph in Aerospace History" series. This study contains photographs and illustrations.
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Help from Above: Air Force Close Air Support of the Army 1946-1973
ISBN: 9781780394428 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2003 by U.S. Air Force History and Museums Program. In this book the author looks at close air support during the period 1946-1973, during which technological advances in the form of jet aircraft, weapons, communications, and other electronic equipment played significant roles. Doctrine, too, evolved and this very important subject is discussed in detail. Illustrated.
First published in 2003 by U.S. Air Force History and Museums Program. In this book the author looks at close air support during the period 1946-1973,...
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Convair F-102: Delta Dagger
ISBN: 9780764310621 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With vivid detail and many exclusive photographs, Wayne Mutza chronicles the Convair's F-102 Delta Dagger's unsteady course through history, from its inception to present-day survivors. Presented for the first time are the fascinating details surrounding the F-102 in the air defense role, special projects, its unconventional use during the war in Southeast Asia, service with foreign air arms, the Air National Guard and its extensive involvement with the drone program. Special features include a detailed listing of each aircraft's assignment history and many of the insignia associated with the...
With vivid detail and many exclusive photographs, Wayne Mutza chronicles the Convair's F-102 Delta Dagger's unsteady course through history, from its ...
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Loach!: The Story of the H-6/Model 500 Helicopter
ISBN: 9780764323430 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Don't be fooled by the small size of the H-6/Model 500 helicopter. In the scout role in Vietnam, OH-6As and their aircrew became legends for their high-risk work in the low-level environment. Wayne Mutza presents the small, dynamic helicopter's story in this well-written, superbly detailed, and lavishly illustrated volume. Much of the OH-6A's combat record in Vietnam is told in firsthand accounts. Mutza offers fascinating insight to the helicopter's controversial beginning, its development, and its service with the Army National Guard, the Army's flight demonstration team, worldwide...
Don't be fooled by the small size of the H-6/Model 500 helicopter. In the scout role in Vietnam, OH-6As and their aircrew became legends for their hig...
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The Doolittle Raid
ISBN: 9780887403477 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It was the biggest gamble of World War II, but Lt. Co. "Jimmy" Doolittles legendary bombing raid on Tokyo gave America the morale boost it needed in the wake of Pearl Harbor. This is the full story as told by the Doolittle Raiders official historian. Carroll Glines is also the author of Attack on Yamamoto.
It was the biggest gamble of World War II, but Lt. Co. "Jimmy" Doolittles legendary bombing raid on Tokyo gave America the morale boost it needed in t...
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Painted Ladies Modern Militar
ISBN: 9780887403927 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Todays nose art has become the rule and not the exception throughout the bomber and tanker fores of Strategic Air Command, and although Tactical Air Command frowns on non-standard markings of any sort, several TAC gained Air National Guard units have artwork on their aircraft.
Tradition plays a large part in modem nose art. As shown in Randy Walkers new book cartoons and sexy ladies have returned. Names like "Memphis Belle," "Chow Hound" and "Maid in the USA," that once went to war on B-17s and B-24s are now carried by B-52s and FB-111s, as well as many other modem aircraft. This modem nose... Todays nose art has become the rule and not the exception throughout the bomber and tanker fores of Strategic Air Command, and although Tactical Air C...
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The 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base 1972
ISBN: 9780887407987 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new book covers the 388th TFW; a Composite Wing based at Korat RTAFB, Thailand, consisting of fighters, Wild Weasel aircraft, airborne jamming aircraft and AWACS aircraft. The author flew 133 combat missions in Southeast Asia in 1972, and was assigned to the 469th TFS, one of the two F-4E squadrons of the 388th TFW. The book discusses in detail the Wing, the Squadrons and the aircraft they flew: the F-4. F-105G Wild Weasel, A-7D, EB-66, EC-121, and C-130. Also covered are the mission types, as well as operations of the Wing during the Linebacker Campaign over North Vietnam. Narratives of...
This new book covers the 388th TFW; a Composite Wing based at Korat RTAFB, Thailand, consisting of fighters, Wild Weasel aircraft, airborne jamming ai...
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Whistling Death: the Test Pilot's Story of the F4u Corsair
ISBN: 9780887407321 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whistling Death is the true story, by the test pilot, of the rush to produce the F4U Corsair, the Navy fighter that brought America air superiority over the Japanese Zero in World War II. Here is the crash program - complete with crash landings - powered by the dedicated men and women of the home front who designed and built this revolutionary, tide-turning airplane. Boone T. Guyton, an experimental test pilot at Chance Vought during and after World War II, flew 105 types of aircraft in 45 years as a pilot.
Whistling Death is the true story, by the test pilot, of the rush to produce the F4U Corsair, the Navy fighter that brought America air superiority ov...
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The 54th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
ISBN: 9780764352393 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Lockheed C-130 and Its Variants
ISBN: 9780764353338 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This revised, expanded edition chronicles the development and career of the world's predominant military airlifter, from its origins in the depths of the Cold War through the present day. It includes new information and pictures on current variants, along with updated appendices with present day units and active aircraft. Over 190photographs show the "Herk" in a varietyof roles and paint schemes: coverage includes gunships, electronicwarfare and reconniassance models, testbed and special use aircraft, andNavy models. Close-up detail photos of several variants will be ofinterest to scale...
This revised, expanded edition chronicles the development and career of the world's predominant military airlifter, from its origins in the depths of ...
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Corsair Down!: Tales of Rescue and Survival during World War II
ISBN: 9780764362248 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Black Lion One: Topgun Trailblazer Capt. John Monroe Hawk Smith in Command of Vf-213
ISBN: 9780764363443 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Tac Recon: US Air Force Tactical Reconnaissance Combat Operations from Wwi to the Gulf War
ISBN: 9780764365232 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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101 Hours in a Zeppelin: Ernst August Lehmann and the Dream of Transatlantic Flight, 1917
ISBN: 9780764366413 / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Vulture's Row: Thirty Years in Naval Aviation
ISBN: 9780764300479 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Told in anecdotal form, Vultures Row tells a fascinating story about an important period covering nearly one half of the entire history of U.S. naval aviation. "Vultures Row" is an area dubbed by naval flyers, on the island structure of an aircraft carrier where pilots who aren flying can overlook carrier launchings and recoveries on the deck below.
This new book by acclaimed author Paul Gillcrist is a series of true stories about the U.S. Navy carrier aviation from the perspective of a Navy pilot who spent thirty-three years directly involved in that exciting profession. The book begins... Told in anecdotal form, Vultures Row tells a fascinating story about an important period covering nearly one half of the entire history of U.S. naval ...
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Six Months to Oblivion: The Defeat of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force Over the Western Front 1944/1945
ISBN: 9780887403484 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book covers the last chapter, the decline and fall of the air defense of Germany. It is a diary of losses and a chronicle in which the fighter pilot plays the lead. It tells of the young men who joined their squadrons full of optimism and derring-do, only to give their lives to no purpose in a last desperate endeavour.
Its focal point is the controversial Operation "Bodenplatte" on the morning of New Years Day 1945, an operation in which the German fighter force received its final mortal wound - losing some 230 aircrew in less than 4 hours, the fighter units suffered their most severe... This book covers the last chapter, the decline and fall of the air defense of Germany. It is a diary of losses and a chronicle in which the fighter pi...
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With Chennault in China: A Flying Tiger's Diary
ISBN: 9780764302879 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Heres the story of how a handful of young Americans, fighting with improvised equipment, commanded the air against superior enemy forces and won Written by a radio operator who served as a member of the AVG (American Volunteer Group) throughout their existence, this fascinating, intimate story of General Claire Lee Chennaults "Flying Tigers" is loaded with original photographs and numerous first-hand accounts from the authors personal diary. Its all here - the whole story of how the AVG shot down over 650 Japanese plane using obsolete P-40s and a communications network that covered China...
Heres the story of how a handful of young Americans, fighting with improvised equipment, commanded the air against superior enemy forces and won Writ...
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Desert Flyer Vol. I: The Log and Journal of Flying Officer William Marsh
ISBN: 9780764303470 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Killed in a flying accident in February 1944, Flying Officer William Marsh left behind a personal insight into the life of a desert flyer. Desert Flyer follows Bill Marsh from his early days as a schoolboy, through his RAF training in England and Canada, joins him in his first operational squadron and ultimately his life in North Africa. Originally posted to No. 605 Squadron, Bill Marsh was to have served in the unit in the Far East. However, fate dictated that he was destined for the desert war. He joined No. 274 Squadron and flew Hurricane fighter/bombers against Rommels forces in the North...
Killed in a flying accident in February 1944, Flying Officer William Marsh left behind a personal insight into the life of a desert flyer. Desert Flye...
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Stuka
ISBN: 9780887402166 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covers the variety of German aircraft used in assault, bombing and anti-tank roles - Bf 110, Ju 87, Fw 190 et al.
Covers the variety of German aircraft used in assault, bombing and anti-tank roles - Bf 110, Ju 87, Fw 190 et al.
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