Author : Gerry Manning
Publisher : Airlife Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,9 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 9781840371994
This book features 1000 color photographs of military aircraft of all types from around the world, with a mix of old and new. All the photographs are fully described with dates and aircraft types. The book will appeal to a wide range of aircraft enthusiasts internationally and also to airplane modelers. It contains a tremendous range of aircraft types that represent all countries through the years since color photographs have been available.
Author : Gary Velasco
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 29,47 MB
Release : 2010-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1596529989
Since the early days of flight, military pilots have personalized aircraft with artistic creations, giving each plane a unique identity and aircrews a sense of pride in ""their war bird."" This comprehensive volume covers the technical aspect on how nose art was applied to vintage military aircraft, with hundreds of fighters and bombers pictured. The uses of materials, supplies, and development of nose art designs are discussed with surviving nose artists. The author examines and analyzes WWII–era photographs and reveals their content along with numerous photos never before published. Recreating step-by-step flying war bird nose art restorations is outlined for the first time. Fighting Colors is an enjoyable read for military personnel and a graphic tool for all enthusiasts of pinup and vintage aircraft nose art.
Author : John Batchelor
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 36,13 MB
Release : 1998-06-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486403571
Forty-four accurately rendered illustrations with captions capture the exciting details of a low-flying U.S. F-117 Stealth fighter, an aircraft carrier-based F-18, a Tornado GR-1, a Russian-built MiG-15, and other historic planes.
Author : Jim Winchester
Publisher : Amber Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,21 MB
Release : 2013-04
Category : Aircraft
ISBN : 9781906626716
Provides a fascinating at-a-glance guide to every major military aircraft type ever flown, all illustrated with a detailed profile artwork, accompanied by brief details and specifications.
Author : Paul Eden
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 12,25 MB
Release : 2016-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0785833676
Full specifications for each aircraft including dimensions, powerplant, weight, performance, and armament.
Author : Francis Crosby
Publisher : Southwater
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,27 MB
Release : 2014-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780194066
This illustrated book provides both the general enthusiast and the historian with key information about the world's fighter aircraft, from the pioneering days of WWI through to the present day, and includes the Spitfire, P-51 Mustang, MiG-15, Hunter, Harrier and F-14 Tomcat.
Author : Jack Herris
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,55 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781906626662
Illustrated with detailed artworks of combat aircraft and their markings, 'The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Aircraft of WWI' is a comprehensive study of the aircraft that fought in the Great War of 1914–18. Arranged chronologically by theater of war and campaign, this book offers a complete organizational breakdown of the units on all the fronts, including the Eastern and Italian Fronts. Each campaign includes a compact history of the role and impact of aircraft on the course of the conflict, as well as orders of battle, lists of commanders and campaign aces such as Manfred von Richtofen, Eddie Rickenbacker, Albert Ball and many more.
Author : Enzo Angelucci
Publisher :
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 34,12 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 9788880956884
This is a large format A-Z encyclopedia of every Allied and Axis fighting plane from 1933-1945 - from the famous to the lesser known - in all theatres of war from Europe to Asia and the Pacific.
Author : Robert Jackson
Publisher : Parragon Pubishing India
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 11,11 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : 9781407567525
Author : Dénes Bernád
Publisher : MMP
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 MB
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Fighter planes
ISBN : 9788363678210
This book describes and illustrates all the fighter aircraft used by the Hungarian armed forces during WW2. Covering both the indigenous designs employed early on through to the German and Italian fighters flown for much of the period, the camouflage and markings of these aircraft are described and illustrated in great detail. Fully illustrated with many rare wartime photos. Full color profiles of many representative aircraft. In the volume TWO are described the following aircraft: Heinkel He 112B-1/U2 (E) Avia B.534-IV P.Z.L. P.11a Re.2000 Héjja/Héjja-O Weiss-Manfréd WM-23 "Ezüst nyíl" Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2, Ga-4, G-6, Ga-6, G-10, G-14, Ga-14 Messerschmitt Me 210Ca-1 (night fighter and heavy fighter/'bomber killer') Messerschmitt Bf 110F-4, G-4 Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4, F-3, F-8, G-8
