Название: Thames Valley Airfields in the Second World War Автор: Robin J. Brooks Издательство: Countryside Books Год: 2000 Формат: PDF Страниц: 260 Размер: 175,6 МБ Язык: Английский
A full account of the part played by the Thames Valley airfields during the Second World War, including Greenham Common, White Waltham, Thame, Wing, Hendon and Northolt. The history of each airfield is described with the squadrons and aircraft based at them and the main operations flown. The effects of the war on the daily lives of civilians, and the constant dangers from raids and night bombing are also detailed.
Название: The Usborne Book of Cutaway Planes Автор: Clive Gifford Издательство: Usborne Publishing Ltd Год: 1995 Формат: PDF Страниц: 36 Размер: 28,4 МБ Язык: Английский
From how an ejection seat rockets a pilot to safety to the amazing changes in engine design, this fascinating book shows how modern planes work by cutting away their outside to reveal their inner workings. Produced with the help of many of the world's leading aerospace companies, this book will explain clearly in simple, no-nonsense text, many of the principles behind how planes fly and what their various components are designed to do.
What: *Does a jet engine look like inside? *Is a chaff and flare dispenser used for? *Does and IFF aerial do? Which: *Was the first aircraft to fly "supersonic"? *Aircraft had wings only 10cm (4 in) thick? *Aeroplane can change shape? How: *Do a plane's wings help it stay in the air? *Can wearing inflatable trousers save a pilot's life? *Can a plane land on a ship? Find the answers to these and other fascinating questions in... Look inside cross-sections Jets.
Название: Оружие и технологии России. Энциклопедия. XXI век. Том 1 - Стратегические ядерные силы Автор: Сергеев И. (ред.) Издательство: М.: Оружие и технологии Год: 2000 Cтраниц: 512, цвет.ил. Формат: djvu Размер: 111 мб Язык: русский, англ.
Издание многотомной энциклопедии "Оружие и технологии России" ориентировано, во-первых, на демонстрацию современного оснащения Вооруженных сил, во-вторых, на то, чтобы дать представление об основных направлениях российской военно-технической политики в начале XXI века, и, в-третьих, на наиболее полную презентацию возможностей России по экспорту вооружений, военной техники и оборонных технологий.
Название: 40 Years at Farnborough: SBAC's International Aviation Showcase Автор: John Blake, Mike Hooks Издательство: Haynes Год: 1990 Формат: PDF Страниц: 200 Размер: 245,3 МБ Язык: Английский
40 Years at Farnborough: SBAC's International Aviation Showcase
Название: Uniforms of the French Foreign Legion 1831-1981 Автор: Martin Windrow Издательство: Blanford Press Год: 1986 Формат: PDF Страниц: 162 Размер: 21,0 МБ Язык: Английский
First published in 1981 to coincide with the Legion's 150th anniversary, this remains the 'daddy' of Martin Windrow's numerous Osprey books on the subject. It's first and foremost about uniforms, so it's more of a reference book for dipping into than a narrative history, but there's a useful summary running throughout the book of the many campaigns which kept the Legion busy in its first century and a half.
Название: The Fighters: The Men and Machines of the First Air War Автор: Thomas R Funderburk Издательство: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Год: 1965 Формат: PDF Страниц: 224 Размер: 25,9 МБ Язык: Английский
Here is the story of the epic days when men first spread their wings in war, with authentic eyewitness accounts from American, British, French, German, and Canadian fliers. Here you will find superb descriptions of the tactics, combats, triumphs, and tragedies of fighter aviation from its earliest days of improvisation to the final massed formations in the air.
Название: The Planes the Allies Flew in World War II Автор: David C. Cooke Издательство: Dodd, Mead & Company Год: 1969 Формат: PDF Страниц: 72 Размер: 43,5 МБ Язык: Английский
A detailed review of The Planes the Allies Flew in World War II, fully illustrated.
Название: Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862 Автор: Dwight Sturtevant Hughes Издательство: Savas Beatie ISBN: 1611215250 Год: 2021 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 251 Размер: 16,1 МБ Язык: Английский
“Ironclad against ironclad, we maneuvered about the bay here and went at each other with mutual fierceness,” reported Chief Engineer Alban Stimers following that momentous engagement between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (ex USS Merrimack) in Hampton Roads, Sunday, March 9, 1862.
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