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  • A History of the 17th Aero Squadron
    Frederick Mortimer Clapp
    Episodes from the United States first war in the airThe United States of America joined the Allies in the First World War in April of 1917. While the addition of its enormous resource of men and military personnel was undoubtedly pivotal in a war that had become one of attrition against a much war weakened enemy which was struggling alone, it was inevitable that the history of ...
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    16,68 €

  • Gradual Failure
    Jacob Van Staaveren
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    70,96 €

  • Gradual Failure
    Air Force History and Museums Program / Jacob van Staaveren
    Of the many facets of the American war in Southeast Asia debated by U.S. authorities in Washington, by the military services and the public, none has proved more controversial than the air war against North Vietnam. The air war’s inauguration with the nickname Rolling Thunder followed an eleven-year American effort to induce communist North Vietnam to sign a peace treaty withou...
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    30,73 €

  • Basic Principles of Air Warfare (The Influence of Air Power on Sea and Land Strategy) (1927)
    'Squadron-Leader'
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    13,96 €

  • The Great Rat Race for Europe
    Joey Maddox
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    23,11 €

  • The Great Rat Race For Europe
    Joey Maddox
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    31,51 €

  • Hamilton Field Diary
    Major F. H. Oberding USAF (Ret.)
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    17,51 €

  • Hamilton Field Diary
    Major F. H. Oberding USAF (Ret.)
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    31,61 €

  • Knights of the Air
    Bennett A. Molter / Bennett AMolter
    A pilot’s account of the war in the airBooks on the war in the air above the fields, broken landscapes and trenches of France and Belgium in the First World War are not numerous. Those written by pilots who experienced war in the air during the infancy of aviation are fewer still. In the early years of the 20th century the first clumsy attempts at mastering the skies was follow...
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    24,67 €

  • Knights of the Air
    Bennett A. Molter / Bennett AMolter
    A pilot’s account of the war in the airBooks on the war in the air above the fields, broken landscapes and trenches of France and Belgium in the First World War are not numerous. Those written by pilots who experienced war in the air during the infancy of aviation are fewer still. In the early years of the 20th century the first clumsy attempts at mastering the skies was follow...
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    14,57 €

  • A Knave Among Knights in Their Spitfires
    Jerry Billing
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    22,13 €

  • Development and Employment of Fixed-Wing Gunships 1962-1972
    Jack S. Ballard / Jack SBallard / Office of Air Force History
    Originally issued in 1981 by the U.S. Office of Air Force History. Profusely illustrated with maps, charts and photographs throughout. An innovative adaptation of existing aircraft, the gunship was used to interdict enemy reinforcements and protect friendly villages, bases, and forces, especially at night. Ballard’s book describes how the fixed-wing gunship evolved from a modif...
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    42,74 €

  • Air War over South Vietnam 1968-1975
    Air Force History Museums Program / Bernard C. Nalty / Bernard CNalty
    First published in 2000 by the United States Air Force History History and Museums program, this official history deals with the role of the United States Air Force in advising the South Vietnamese Air Force and waging war in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos from 1968 through 1975. Illustrated with maps and photos. ...
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    36,56 €

  • Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947-1994 (The United States Air Force Reference Series)
    Air Force History and Museums Program / Daniel L. Haulman / Daniel LHaulman
    Originally published in 1998 by the United States Air Force History and Museums Program. Illustrated. ...
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    48,30 €

  • Help from Above
    Air Force History and Museums Program / John Schlight
    First published in 2003 by U.S. Air Force History and Museums Program. In this book the author looks at close air support during the period 1946-1973, during which technological advances in the form of jet aircraft, weapons, communications, and other electronic equipment played significant roles. Doctrine, too, evolved and this very important subject is discussed in detail. Ill...
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    34,34 €

  • SAC Fighter Planes and Their Operations
    Office of the Historian / Robert J. Boyd / Robert JBoyd / Strategic Air Command
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    20,42 €

  • The B-17 - The Flying Forts
    Martin Caiden / Martin Caidin
    There is no such thunder in history -- nor ever will be again -- as the deep-throated roar of the mighty, four-engined B-17s that streamed across the skies in World War II. The long runways are silent now, the men and planes are gone.But out of the massive files of records available, and the memories of the men who flew, Martin Caidin has assembled this dramatic portrait of Ame...
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    48,02 €

  • The B-17 - The Flying Forts
    Martin Caiden / Martin Caidin
    There is no such thunder in history -- nor ever will be again -- as the deep-throated roar of the mighty, four-engined B-17s that streamed across the skies in World War II. The long runways are silent now, the men and planes are gone.But out of the massive files of records available, and the memories of the men who flew, Martin Caidin has assembled this dramatic portrait of Ame...
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    23,80 €

  • Thunderbolt! The P-47
    Martin Caiden / Robert S. Johnson / Robert SJohnson
    The key to victory in World War II lay in wresting control of the skies from the Nazis. America’s most courageous pilots hurled their underrated P-47 Thunderbolts time and again against the Luftwaffe’s over-whelming power, and won. This is the true story of one of the greatest Thunderbolt aces of all, Robert S. Johnson: his training, his early failures, his brushes with death a...
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    41,16 €

  • Thunderbolt! The P-47
    Martin Caiden / Robert S. Johnson / Robert SJohnson
    The key to victory in World War II lay in wresting control of the skies from the Nazis. America’s most courageous pilots hurled their underrated P-47 Thunderbolts time and again against the Luftwaffe’s over-whelming power, and won. This is the true story of one of the greatest Thunderbolt aces of all, Robert S. Johnson: his training, his early failures, his brushes with death a...
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    24,13 €

  • UH-1 Iroquois Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    Headquarters Department of the Army
    Developed by Bell in the early 1950s, the UH-1 Iroquois was the first turbine-powered helicopter to enter production for the U.S. military. Originally designated the HU-1A for “Helicopter Utility”, it was quickly nick-named the “Huey” — a moniker that stuck even after the aircraft was reclassified UH-1in 1962. Designed as a medical evacuation, trans-port and utility helicopte...
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    34,76 €

  • AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopter Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    Headquarters Department of the Army
    During the Vietnam War fleets of transport helicopters provided U.S. forces with an unprecented level of mobility and proved the concept of “air cavalry”. But without adequate support, helicopters such as the Bell UH-1 proved vulnerable to enemy ground fire. The solution was to develop a helicopter gunship. Bell’s first foray into the category was rejected by the Army, but a...
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    30,22 €

  • UH-60 Black Hawk Pilot’s Flight Operating Manual
    Department of the Army
    Developed to replace the UH-1 Iroquis,Sikorsky’s UH-60 Black Hawk first entered service in 1979. A four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter, the UH-60 serves as the U.S. Army’s primary tactical transport helicopter. Modified versions include models for the U.S. Navy and Air Force, and specialized versions including the UH-60C (modified for Command and Control m...
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    43,65 €

  • Hidden Genius
    H. T. Bryer / Harry T. Bryer
    Hidden Genius Frank Mann The Black Engineer Behind Howard Hughes Frank Mann had the deck stacked against him from the very start.A Black child born to an unwed mother in 1908 Texas didn't have much hope of becoming a success in Life.But in 1919 on a dusty Houston airfield, young Frank met a kindred soul, a boy named Howard Hughes.It was the start of a lifelong relationship,...
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    14,19 €

  • Desert Fire
    John E. Blundell / John EBlundell
    Prev. ed.: Paducah, Ky.: Turner Pub., 1999, under title Out of the desert. ...
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    24,40 €

  • Near Misses
    Usn (Ret) Lcdr Paul Allen Riley
    The book begins in a small town setting where aviation has earned a bad name because of an avoidable fatal crash. It is autobiographical only in the sense of the author’s progression from non-interest to intense involvement in all aspects of flying. The title 'Near Misses' describes close calls as well as choices that determined final outcomes. The highlights of an aspiring Nav...
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    12,56 €

  • Near Misses
    Usn (Ret) Lcdr Paul Allen Riley
    The book begins in a small town setting where aviation has earned a bad name because of an avoidable fatal crash. It is autobiographical only in the sense of the author’s progression from non-interest to intense involvement in all aspects of flying. The title 'Near Misses' describes close calls as well as choices that determined final outcomes. The highlights of an aspiring Nav...
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    24,47 €

  • IN THEIR OWN WORDS - THE FINAL CHAPTER
    James A. Oleson
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    33,39 €

  • IN THEIR OWN WORDS - THE FINAL CHAPTER
    James A. Oleson
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    22,15 €

  • Winged Warfare
    William A. Bishop / William aBishop
    An ace over the Western Front-in his own wordsThe Canadian author of this book, William Bishop, volunteered for imperial service as a cavalryman as the Great War called its colonial men to the colours. A brief encounter with aircraft-the cavalry of the clouds-and a prolonged encounter with mud persuaded him that his war should instead be fought in the skies with the RFC. Bishop...
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    16,69 €


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