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Book - Airlife's Airliners Vol 8 - Airbus A300 Airbus A.300 Chapters in this book: 1.Background and evolution 2.Design and production 3.technical Specification 4.In Service 5.Airline Operators 6.Accidents and Incidents 7.Production History 8.Chronology - 'langage'

Book - Aircraft of the Aces n52 - Sopwith Camel Aces of WWI Responsible for destroying 1294 enemy aircraft between June 1917 and November 1918, the Camel was the most successful fighting scout employed by either side in terms of the sheer number of victories that it scored. The Camel was renowned for its sensitivity and need for skill and experience, and casualties amongst pilots undergoing training on the type were very high. More than 5490 examples were constructed, and this book covers its combat use on the Western Front, in Palestine, on the Italian front, in the Home Defence role in the UK and in Russia. - 'langage'

Book - Avions n17 - Les Pertes des BF-110 en France 39-40 Hors Srie Avions n17 Rarement voque, laction des groupes de Zerstrer fut pourtant importante pendant la campagne de France et durant la clbre Bataille dAngleterre. Les pertes des units en tmoignent. Un travail original et compltement indit. - 'langage'

Book - Battle Colors: Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the 8thAF Air Force during World War II. This volume focuses on all forty-eight Bomb Groups comprising the Eighth and features color illustrations depicting the evolution of all fuselage, wing and tail markings assigned to the individual units. Details concerning the proper size, placement, color and configuration of all tactical markings of U.S. Bomber Command are addressed. Group and squadron combat insignia as well as airfield location maps for each unit are also depicted. All bombardment units incorporated within the Eighth are indexed and easily cross-referenced by squadron, group, wing and division assignments. Additionally, all major components comprising the Eighth have been organized into quick reference organizational flow

Book - British Fighter Units Western front 1914-16 - Airwar 14 This book traces the combat history of British fighter units. Major aircraft types are all covered, and their missions detailed. Aircraft markings and aircrew uniforms are shown in full color illustrations. - 'langage'

Book - Cases Dparts Transitoire et impersonnel, l'aroport appartient tout le monde. Les dix histoires de Cases Dpart s'intressent des personnages imaginaires, qui s'approprient pour un instant un fragment de cet endroit de passage, en y injectant ici une once d'humour, l un poil de posie. Les pomes et scnarios mettent en scne les protagonistes inattendus et le quotidien de ce lieu que le voyageur traverse, qu'il devine plus qu'il ne connait. Le livre est dcoup en tranches horaires, pour raconter une journe imaginaire dans un aroport : 10 horaires pour 10 histoires. - 'langage'

Book - Aircraft of the Aces n61 - "Twelve to One" V Fighter Command This volume details the experiences of 107 elite American aces in combat against the Japanese. The highest scoring US pilots of World War 2 fought against the Japanese Army Air Force and Imperial Japanese Navy over the jungles of New Guinea and the Philippines. Flying P-38s and P-47s, men such as Dick Bong and Thomas McGuire won the Medal of Honor for their successes in combat in 1943-45. Twelve to One is a rare document that details the tricks of the trade employed by these men. This volume also includes biographies of the men whose tips for aerial combat make up the text, and the V Fighter Command Manual. - 'langage'

Book - Antonin Brocard Il est souvent difficile dtre "le fils de" Pierre Brocard est le "fils du" gnral Antonin Brocard, qui la gloire arienne aurait de toute manire t acquise sil tait rest au grade de commandant sous lequel le connaissent tous ceux qui prouvent de lintrt pour lui, pour ce pilote de grande classe, cet entraneur dhommes, ce fondateur, cet initiateur et, oserions-nous dire, ce dcouvreur de talents puisque cest chez lui quest clos et que sest dvelopp larchange de la chasse franaise : Guynemer. Qui dit Brocard pense dabord - ou enfin ? - "Cigognes". La plus brillante et la plus clbre des escadrilles de cette poque, dont lemblme se dtache encore aujourdhui sur les jets de chasse aprs avoir t peint sur les Spad et autres biplans. Brocard tait une telle

Book - Aviation Elite Units 2 - 56th Fighter Group One of the first Thunderbolt groups to see action in the European Theatre of Operations (ETO) with the US Army Air Forces, the 56th Fighter Group (FG) was also the only fighter unit within the Eighth Air Force to remain equipped with the mighty P-47 until wars end. Led by the inspirational Hub Zemke, this group was responsible for devising many of the bomber escort tactics employed by VIII Fighter Command between 1943 and 1945. By VE-Day the 56th FG had shot down 100 more enemy aircraft than any other group in the Eighth Air Force, its pilots being credited with 677 kills during 447 missions. The exploits of this elite fighter unit are detailed in this volume together with photographs, their aircraft profiles and insignia. - 'langage'

Book - Eagles Illustrated : Allies in the Pacific An exciting new book written and illustrated by Thomas A. Tullis continues in his series of profile books. Vol. 2 presents forty pages of full color illustrations of Allied aircraft flown during WWII in the Pacific Theatre. - 'langage'

Book - Fantmes Fourchus - Les projets d'avions bipoutres 1939-1945 Prface de Herbert Lonard... un livre pour passionns d'aronautique. Un ouvrage tonnant dont les 75 schmas de projets d'avions bipoutres ont t, depuis des documents originaux et gnralement parfaitement inconnus, entirement dessins l'ordinateur par l'auteur. Dans le monde des livres d'aviation, les bipoutres ont longtemps t victimes d'une injustice: aucun ouvrage thmatique ne leur tait consacr. Pourtant, le principes de thmes morphologiques tait unanimement accept: les avions canards, les ailes volantes, les multiplans, les hydravions flotteurs ou coque tous taient clbrs, rassembls par familles sauf les bipoutres. - 'langage'

Book - Combat Aircraft n47 - F-15C/E Eagle of Operation Iraqi Freedom The F-15C/E has formed the backbone of US and Coalition operations in the Middle East for over a decade, patrolling the skies over northern and southern Iraq as part of Operations Northern Watch and Southern Watch. F-15Cs policed the skies for Iraqi aircraft operating in contravention of no-fly zone agreements, whilst the F-15E was constantly dropping weapons onto the Iraqi SAM and AAA emplacements that engaged Coalition aircraft undertaking this mission. The USAFs use of the F-15 in the region culminated with Operation Iraqi Freedom, which was launched in mid March 2003 in order to liberate the people of Iraq and ensure the destruction of Saddam Husseins alleged weapons of mass destruction. In doing so, the F-15C was u