Books - Comics

Book - Airlife's Airliners Vol 13 - Boeing 757 Boeing 757 looks at this immensely successful aircraft, providing full details on every facet of it's history. Starting with its inception in the late seventies, Boeing 757 takes readers through the design process of the 757, its inaugural flights, and significant milestones. - '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 - Boeing 737-300 to 800 - Airliner color history Boeing's successful and extremely popular 737 model is brought vividly to life in this classic color history. The 737's evolution, design and production are covered, as well as descriptions of those who fly the 737, aircraft chronology and technical specifications. Also profiled are the newer variants of the 737 produced from 1981-on, including the 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 and 800 series aircraft. - 'langage'

Book - Aviation Elite Units 11 - 303rd Bombardment Group The first title in the Elite Units series to deal with an American bombardment group, this title focuses on the 303rd BG, dubbed the 'Hells Angels.' One of the very first B-17 units assigned to the newly created Eighth Air Force in England in September 1942, the 303rd was in the vanguard of the daylight bombing campaign through to VE-Day. Awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation in January 1944, the 303rd also had two of its aircrewmen presented with the Medal of Honor, Americas ultimate military decoration. Brian O Neill brings the group's colourful combat history to life with a mix of first-hand accounts, raw statistics and concise mission narrative. - 'langage'

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 - As de Lgende Des aventures aronautiques extrmes, mconnues ou oublies : Conqute de l'Atlantique en amateur Ejection dun chasseur en vol supersonique Evacuation sans parachute dun bombardier 6 000 mtres daltitude Expdition effectue par un pilote de Cessna pour rcuprer sa famille Cuba Evasion dun camp de prisonniers allemand en Focke-Wulf 190 Capture d'un Mitsubishi Zro, un vnement qui modifia le rapport de forces dans les combats ariens de la seconde guerre mondiale. Vous dcouvrirez galement comment des prisonniers de guerre ont construit un planeur la barbe de leurs geliers ou comment Brian Allen a travers la Manche bord dun avion propuls par sa seule nergie musculaire ! Toutes ces anecdotes se caractrisent toutes par l'audace,

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 - F-14 Tomcat au combat Cette nouvelle collection est consacre aux avions utiliss ces cinq dernire dcennies par larme de lair et la marine amricaines Avec ce premier volume, Frdric Lert prsente la carrire de lun des avions les plus mythiques de lUS NAVY : le F-14 Tomcat, la monture de Tom Cruise dans le clbrissime film Top Gun. De sa mise en service en 1972 sa retraite en 2006, cest plus de trente ans dhistoire arienne que ce formidable chasseur a survol. Tous les modles y compris ceux vendus aux Iraniens avant la rvolution de 1978 comme toutes les units embarques les ayant utilis sont prsents, dcrits et analyss. Les oprations extrieures, larmement, les anecdotes, rien ne sera laiss dans lombre. - '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

Book - Combat Aircraft n11 - B-24 Liberator Pacific War Ever present in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the B-24 Liberator proved to be the staple heavy bomber of the campaign. From its ignominious beginnings in the Allied rout in the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, the bomber weathered the Japanese storm with a handful of bomb groups, which played a crucial role in checking the enemy's progress firstly in New Guinea, and then actively participating in the 'island hopping' campaign through the south-west Pacific. - 'langage'

Book - Aventures au septime ciel Laviation est un monde part, un monde peupl de hros, de jolies femmes et de fantasmes. Vols de nuit... Proximit... Lumires tamises... Silence de la cabine... Endormissement gnral... sont propices aux effleurements, caresses, des sages aux plus folles. Toutes les aventures rotiques voques dans ce livre sont parfaitement authentiques. elles ont t soigneusement vrifies par une enqute approfondie. - 'langage'