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€17.31
They were considered weak, fickle, prone to hysteria, incapable of withstanding the rigors of a profession as tough as that of a pilot... An airplane is no place for women, they said. But they accepted the challenge, risked their lives like their male colleagues, crossed continents, crossed oceans, broke records, and earned the respect of their colleagues...
€19.18
"When I was a child I dreamed of being an aviator when I grew up and being able to fly in the planes that crossed the skies... Today, as an aviator, I dream of being a child again and playing with my toy airplanes...".
In Spain there is a great tradition of toy industries, and within these, toy airplanes occupy a very special place. "Toy airplanes. Flying...
€20.14
Exceptional biography of a woman who, for more than thirty years, has lived in the clouds flying Iberia and in contact with the beyond, without forgetting what the earth had in store for her: an immortal love and a family, friends and colleagues who have filled her days with anecdotes and experiences.
€17.31
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€24.04
Catalogue in high quality couché paper that gathers in full colour the aerial images of the most beautiful and spectacular places of the French Way to Santiago.
The high quality photographs, taken by the Air Force Cartographic and Photographic Centre (CECAF) as well as the deployables with maps or plans at a scale of 1:25,000, allow the reader to make...
€17.31
The Hunters
The Hunters, Salter's first novel, is a brilliant preview of the author's literary ambition.
Pages 256
Target age Adult
Binding Type Softcover with flaps
Language EN
Publication date 04-06-2020
Author James Salter
Publisher SALAMANDRA
Dimensions 141mm x 221mm
Reference 9788418107016
€19.13
The Bomber Clan
A dream, a temptation and the longest night of World War II.
Pages 224
Target age Adult
Binding Softcover with flaps
Language EN
Publication date 02-06-2022
Author Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher TAURUS
Dimensions 152mm x 240mm
Reference 9788430624591
€24.04
The Great Spectacle is the memoirs, written for his parents (in case one day he did not return), of a young Free French Air Force pilot assigned to the RAF fighter squadrons.Unabridged edition of the year 2000. New translation.Illustrated edition with 20 pages of photos. Includes a fold-out triptych with color profiles.
€11.54
This work by General Giulio Douhet is the most recognized, though by no means the only, work of this famous and singular Italian military man. Today it is still considered a classic in the description of the principles of Air Power.
In it, its visionary author defends that the function of the Air Force is to direct its enormous destructive force to the...
€17.31
This fantastic book, by Aviation Colonel D. Emilio Herrera Alonso, gathers the biographies of one hundred Spanish aviators, which show the military vicissitudes of 20th century Spain.
In this work, of enormous historical value, it is possible to see how the long and bloody War of Morocco developed and how, after it, the Spanish aviators launched...
€9.62
The book Origins of Aviation (3500 B.C. to 1903) is part of the catalogue of publications produced by the Spanish Ministry of Defence. It is an outstanding work among the more than a thousand texts that appear in this catalogue.
Directed for all those lovers of the history of the Aviation. It offers a detailed vision of the history that the man lived up...
€37.50
This work is a pioneer in the study of the aerial aspect of the Spanish Civil War since it is the first to focus exclusively on the activity of the aviation of the Republic.
The enormous amount of data provided, many of them published here for the first time, allows to fill gaps and clarify unresolved doubts in the very few investigations on this...
€23.08
ISIDORO GIMÉNEZ, MAESTRO DE PILOTOS
Isidoro Giménez García (Valladolid, 1900– Madrid, 1987), a pre-war military aviator, fought in Morocco's campaign as a machine gun-bomber and became a pilot before the Second Republic. During the Civil War he led the Red Wings squadron, accompanied the First Airmen's Expedition to the USSR and was head of the 50th...
€20.19
SPANISH AIR FORCE DURING WORLD WAR II, GERMANY´S HIDDEN ALLY? ISBN 9788366148178
Continuing with the study of the lesser known Air Forces that fought in the skies of Europe during World War II, in this book we want to remember the Spanish Air Force and how it defended the Spanish skies from several Air Forces that took part in the war. Besides we can...
€9.57
La mayoría de las conquistas españolas, tanto militares como económicas, se han llevado a cabo a través del mar: en la Edad Media en el Mediterráneo y más tarde, tras el Descubrimiento, comenzó la lucha por el dominio del Atlántico. Este libro es la historia de nuestra Marina desde sus comienzos hasta la moderna flota del siglo xxi.
€19.18
DC-3 pilots share their tales of a remarkable era of aviation and the early airlines, while flying for Frontier from 1946–1986.
€14.38
Together We Fly: Voices From the DC-3 is the story of an aircraft like none other—a true legend, the icon of an industry and one of the most recognized aircraft in history. Today, over 75 years after her first flight, the DC-3 graces the skies of the 21st century. Crowds still gather to watch a DC-3 land, technicians revel in the sound of her rumbling...
€18.17
"You've been misinformed about me, I'm very much alive." Georgie BASED ON TRUE FACTS December 5, 1945.
World War II is over and all the soldiers want to return home. Five TBM Avenger planes take off from the Fort Lauderdale base for a simple training mission over the ocean, but after a series of difficulties and bad decisions they disappear without a trace.
€15.70
Stanley Hooker joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 and tugged a rather reluctant company into the jet age, determined to give real competition to Rolls-Royce.
So successful was he that in 1966 Rolls-Royce decided the best thing to do was to spend £63.6 million and buy its rival.
By this time there was scarcely a single modern British aero-engine...
€17.31
When in June 1942 the United States air forces joined the British RAF in the fight over the skies of Europe, attacking targets across the continent, the government of the German Third Reich accelerated the development of new interceptors capable of slowing down an offensive that threatened to collapse German industry in the medium term.
Aeronautical...
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One of the first flights over the polar ice floe narrated by the protagonists who managed to survive four weeks on the ice while preparing a runway.
Amundsen and his team tried to reach the North Pole by plane in 1925; they did not succeed and were trapped in the ice for four weeks.
The narrative has a solid and entertaining structure, not without action...
€14.42
From the health drama experienced by its first protagonists in the different wars of the first decades of the 20th century to the current health problems of the general population, doctors, nurses, health technicians and pilots continue to seek to provide the best possible care to the sick or seriously injured during their evacuation by air in order to...
€11.49
The aviation of the last half-century cannot be understood without the presence of one of the most important aircraft manufacturers in history. Embraer's history began in 1969 with modest domestic aeronautical projects.
However, it soon enhanced the qualities of an outstanding team that began to develop aircraft of all types, and today covers the...
€12.98
ISBN 978-84-09-22198-1
The Mestranza aérea de Albacete is one of the oldest in Spain, starting its activity at the same time as the Spanish Air Force is created. In this work, its author D. José Miguel Sales Lluch invites us to make a journey in time through the operational history of this unit, allowing us to immerse ourselves in the day-to-day...