LIBROS DEL AUTOR: royal air force

10 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: royal air force

  • WAR IN THE AIR MAP CASE 3
    Royal Air Force
    'The Air Raids that Shook Britain in the First World War', shown in a chronological series of Ordnance Survey maps, overlaid to show the path taken German Zeppelins.Zeppelin tactical numbers are shown along with weather information, number of bombs dropped, casualties - both killed and wounded - and, interestingly, monetary damage. Of immense value to both the air historian and...
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    72,48 €

  • WAR IN THE AIR MAP CASE 5
    Royal Air Force
    A series of 28 Ordnance Survey maps, that are overlaid to show the path taken by German Zeppelins & Aircraft during air raids over England. Of immense value to both the Great War air historian, and local history expert. This volume covers AIRSHIP RAIDS from 16-17 March 1917 to 29. 5-6 August 1918, & AEROPLANE RAIDS from 25 May 1917 to 19-20 May 1918. Zeppelin tactical numbers a...
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    72,71 €

  • Instructional Notes on the Vickers Gun
    Great Britain. Royal Air Force / Great BritainRoyal Air Force
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important ...
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    14,79 €

  • Royal Canadian Air Force Exercise Plans for Physical Fitness
    Royal Canadian Air Force
    This tried and true method for improving and maintaining your overall physical fitness has been enthusiastically endorsed by the public since its initial release in 1961. Originally designed for use by Royal Canadian Air Force pilots stationed in remote, confined bases in the far north, the 5BX and XBX fitness plans (for men and women respectively) don’t require access to compl...
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    16,41 €

  • Royal Air Force Pilot’s Notes for Lancaster I, III & X
    Royal Air Force
    Designed by Avro’s Roy Chadwick to replace the Manchester, the Lancaster four-engine bomber became the RAF’s main heavy bomber during WWII. The most successful night bomber of WWII, it flew over 150,000 sorties over occupied Europe and delivered over 600,000 long tons of bombs. The 'Lanc’s' large bomb bay meant that it could carry the largest bombs in RAF inventory including ...
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    11,79 €

  • Royal Air Force Pilot’s Notes for Spitfire IIA and IIB Aeroplanes
    Royal Air Force
    The epitome of grace, beauty and design, the Supermarine Spitfire was one of the most deadly fighters of WWII. Manufactured in huge numbers - over 20,000 were built - the Spitfire was the only fighter airplane in production at thebeginning of WWII, that remained in production after the conflict. Many different variants were produced including the Seafire naval fighter. Nineteen...
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    10,21 €

  • Royal Air Force Pilot’s Notes for Hurricane
    Royal Air Force
    The first monoplane fighter in the Royal Air Force, the Hurricane was designed by Sydney Camm in 1934 and first flew in 1935. A rugged,single-seat aircraft, the Hurricane was the first combat aircraft in theRAF capable of 300 mph in level flight. During the Battle of Britain,the Hurricane equipped more than three fifths of the RAF’s fightercommand, accounting for 32 squadrons...
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    10,81 €

  • Royal Air Force Pilot’s Notes for Mosquito Marks FII and NFXII
    Royal Air Force
    When Britain’s brilliant aircraft designer Geoffrey de Havilland first proposed the Mosquito, the Air Ministry greeted the idea with skepticism. Powered by twin Merlin engines, the bomber would be constructed almost entirely of wood and handle like a fighter. Stripped of heavy defensive weapons and armor,its advantage was its light weight and high speed, which would allow it ...
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    9,64 €

  • Royal Air Force Pilot’s Notes for Hornet FIII
    Royal Air Force
    Designed during WWII as a long-range fighter, the Hornet represented an evolution of the de Havilland Mosquito and was the fastest piston-powered fighter in Royal Air Force service. Like the Mosquito, the Hornet had a fuselage built largely of balsa and plywood, but boasted laminar flow wings and massive Rolls-Royce V12 engines with 12-foot diameter, four-bladed props. It cou...
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    9,77 €

  • Gloster Meteor Mk. 7 Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    Royal Air Force
    Designed by Gloster’s brilliant chief engineer George Carter, the Meteor was Britain’s first operational jet, and the first such aircraft in Allied inventory. The Meteor was an outgrowth of intensive r&d work conducted by Frank Whittle, inventor of the turbojet in 1929. The Meteor featured an all-metal fuselage, and straight wings with mid-mounted engine pods. The F1 version co...
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    13,31 €