Author: Dominique Breffort Publisher: Casemate Publishers ISBN: 9782352500339 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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The first French operational Mach-2 fighter has served in an impressive number of air forces from the Sixties to the present day, in numerous versions of Mirage III and 5 delta combat aircraft. Every variant and every livery - 20 different cockades or so - are included in this new book on the ubiquitous French fighter which gained worldwide fame.
Author: Robin Higham Publisher: Texas A&M University Press ISBN: 9781585442416 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 456
Book Description
In this precise, interpretive and informative volume, Higham looks at everything from the roots of strategic bombing and tactical air power to the lessons learned and unlearned during the invasion of Ethiopia, the war in China and the Spanish Civil War. He also considers the problems posed by jet aircraft in Korea and the use of Patriot missiles in the Persian Gulf. He covers anti-guerrilla operations, doctrine, industrial activities and equipment, as well as the development of commercial airlines.
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The first French Mach-2 fighter has been servicing in an impressive number of air forces from the Sixties to date, in unnumerous versions of Mirage III and 5 delta combat aircraft. Every livery -- 20 different cockades or so -- is featured. Illustrated
Author: Keith Raymond Meggs Publisher: ISBN: Category : Aircraft industry Languages : en Pages : 632
Book Description
"An encyclopaedic, four-volume work on every aircraft type proposed, designed, or manufactured in Australia, from Lawrence Hargrave's experiments in the 1880's, through to the authors self-imposed cutoff point in the mid-1980's. The four-volume work lists over 540 aircraft types as well as detailed histories of the companies involved in their construction. Coverage is multi-faceted, being technical, operational, historical, industrial, and political. Along with the text is the most comprehensive collection of photographs, technical drawings, and diagrams yet assembled into the one reference work, many of which have never before been seen outside the original source. Exhaustively researched over the past 40 years by the well-known aviation personality Keith Meggs, a man uniquely placed to write on all aspects of Australian aviation from construction through to operational flight. All volumes are superbly indexed and cross-referenced with the main text reinforced by extensive and detailed endnotes. Aircraft enthusiasts, pilots, aeronautical engineers, manufacturers, industrialists, universities, and other technical institutions, "Australian-built aircraft and the industry" is a must have for your reference library. In Volume One the fourteen chapters cover the following activities: Hargrave, Taylor, the Commonwealth Prize, Early Experimenters, Duigan, WWI Activity, AA&ECo, 1924 Lightplane Competition, LASCo, QANTAS, WAA, RAAF Randwick, Individual Builders 1918-1939, AMSCo, MSB, Matthews Aviation, General Aircraft Co, Cockatoo Dockyard, Tugan Aircraft, Harkness & Hillier, De Havilland (Aust) - part 1, Industry proposals, and other snippets."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Dominique Breffort
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