Aviation 38

Vergeltungswaffen, arma di rappresaglia, fu un termine coniato durante la seconda guerra mondiale per rappresentare alcune Wunderwaffen, armi miracolose, che la Germania stava sviluppando. Le "armi ……続きを見る

The Lockheed P-38J Lightning aircraft was revolutionary, extremely innovative, thanks to double-girder fuselage, the two Allison V-engines with turbochargers within the tail beams and landing gear i……続きを見る

Nuova edizione aggiornata. Si trattò di una sgradevole sorpresa. I piloti degli Spitfire della RAF avevano respinto la Luftwaffe durante la Battaglia d’Inghilterra e ora, nell’estate del 1941, dovev……続きを見る

L'Hawker Hurricane ("Uragano" in lingua inglese) è stato il primo caccia britannico moderno prima dello scoppio della seconda guerra mondiale. Fino al 1941 l'Hurricane fu l'aereo da combattimento pi……続きを見る

New edition completely revised and updated. The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was a single-seat fighter/bomber used by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War: at the time of its entry into service, in 1941, ……続きを見る

Il Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, soprannominato "Jug" era un cacciabombardiere statunitense dotato di un motore estremamente potente, da 2.000 HP o più, ed era veloce, specialmente ad alta quota. Inolt……続きを見る

Nuova edizione interamente riveduta e aggiornata: giugno 2026. Il Boeing B 29 Superfortress (Super Fortezza) sarà ricordato come l’apparecchio ad aver fatto uso dell’arma atomica in azione di guerra……続きを見る

Il Lockheed P-38J Lightning ("Fulmine" in inglese) era un aereo rivoluzionario, estremamente innovativo, grazie soprattutto alla fusoliera bitrave, ai due motori a V Allison con turbocompressori all……続きを見る

Vergeltungswaffen, retaliatory weapon, was a term coined during the Second World War to represent some Wunderwaffe, miraculous weapons, that Germany was developing. The "miracle" weapons, according ……続きを見る

They all, President Truman, the Army, Air Force, Navy, and the Marine Corps feared the Central Intelligence Agency, yet the president tasked it with doing something that the Air Force would not do. ……続きを見る

Selecting a place called Area 51 in Nevada and beneath a shroud of secrecy, the Central Intelligence Agency first flew the U-2, the Angel knowing at the time that the Russians would most likely shoo……続きを見る

The Central Intelligence Agency founded Area 51 to develop the revolutionary high-flying U-2 reconnaissance plane. Area 51 becomes a station for the Central Intelligence Agency's newly formed Direct……続きを見る

A Ira do Javali é uma coletânea de histórias de um piloto de A-10 Warthog (Javali) em ação durante a Guerra no Afeganistão, operando a partir da Base Aérea de Bagram Airbase com a bela Cordilheira A……続きを見る

At its dawn in the early twentieth century, the new technology of aviation posed a crucial question to American and British cavalry: what do we do with the airplane? Lacking the hindsight of histori……続きを見る

It was the largest seaborne invasion in military history but D-Day could not have happened without the Royal Air Force. When the dramatic events of June 6, 1944, are retold the courage of British an……続きを見る

Staff Sergeant Frank Boyle flew 35 bombing missions over Nazi-occupied Europe in World War II at a time when most American bomber crews weren't surviving 12 missions. The courageous 6 to 8 hour flig……続きを見る

The evidence in this book may not ultimately give you the “smoking gun” you are looking for on your journey, but I guarantee it will give you a box of bullets when you find it. In 1996, John Greenew……続きを見る

The Avro Shackleton was a formidable machine with its Griffon engines producing the characteristic grumble that gave the aircraft one of its nicknames, the Growler. This book contains stories from t……続きを見る

Of all the airplanes that defended Britain during World War Two, none inspired as much affection as the Spitfire, the plane that became a symbol of courage and determination during the Battle of Bri……続きを見る

Taking Flight explores the emergence of commercial aviation between the world warsーand in the midst of the Great Depressionーto show that the industry’s dramatic growth resulted from a unique combi……続きを見る

When Arlington National Cemetery refused to accept my grandmother's last request to be laid to rest there, I refused to let her legacy as a veteran die along with her. My grandmother, Elaine Danfort……続きを見る

The story of one momentous year in World War II. The epic story of 1940 is not confined to the great air battle over England that summer, the Battle of Britain. While that battle was indeed a major ……続きを見る

A gripping true account of warfare in the skies over Korea, when American bombers and North Korean jet fighters would change the course of air combat. On October 23, 1951, an hour and a half before ……続きを見る

A chilling memoir by the man who flew the Führer. A decorated First World War pilot, Hans Baur was one of the leading commercial aviators of the 1920s before being pitched into the thick of it as pe……続きを見る

An antique trophy inspires a quest to uncover the history of an outstanding crew of WWII airmen who first flew into combat on D-Day. After discovering a discarded trophy in an Edinburgh antique shop……続きを見る

A fascinating look at three of the greatest Canadian pilots in the First World War. Alan McLeod, from Stonewall, Manitoba; Andrew McKeever, from Listowel, Ontario; and Donald MacLaren, originally fr……続きを見る

The exploits of the British Army's elite 22nd Special Air Service Regiment - the regiment of the SAS that forms part of the Regular army - are shrouded in mystery and myths abound about its members.……続きを見る

Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power covers the life and professional career of Adm. John S. McCain Sr. (1884–1945). Spanning most of the first half of the twentieth century, Mc……続きを見る

The Royal Flying Corps, later the Royal Air Force, was formed in 1912 and went to war in 1914 where it played a vital role in reconnaissance, supporting the British Expeditionary Force as 'air caval……続きを見る

The Great War tore the fabric of Europe apart, killing over 35 million men and challenging the notion of heroism in war, Air and Sea Power in World War I focuses on the experience of World War I fro……続きを見る