David Mondey (1917–2015)
Auteur de The Concise Guide to American Aircraft of World War II
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- Date de naissance
- 1917-10-10
- Date de décès
- 2015
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Louisiana, USA
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Major Airliners of… par David Mondey
One hundred of the airliners that fly the world's airways are described and illustrated in this concise but highly detailed reference work—the large wide-bodied long-distance liners, short-haul super-efficient continental carriers, cheap and rugged commuter aircraft, and bus-stop helicopters; Boeings from America, Airbuses from Europek, Tupolevs from Russia and Skyvans from Britain.
history of powered flight during this century (twentieth), this book illustrates all stages of development with full color photographs. All aspects - military, passenger, freight, private, business, pleasure
Focusing in particular upon Germany, Japan and Italy, this guide shows the design and firepower of fighter bombers during World War II. It describes the aircraft, their pilots and their bombing missions in detail, and the construction of each country's air forces and fighting strategies.
Laid out in strict alphabetical order by make, each aircraft commences with a text headed "History and Notes" in which all the relevant history is covered and the numerous variations of different aircraft explained. To this is added plans and the occasional photograph. Most interestingly, instead of treating the reader to an artist's impression of a single profile example, we get several different profiles of each aircraft showing their numerous variations and livery. In the case of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, for example, there are 10 such profiles.… (plus d'informations)
Laid out in strict alphabetical order by make, each aircraft commences with a text headed "History and Notes" in which all the relevant history is covered and the numerous variations of different aircraft explained. To this is added plans and the occasional photograph. Most interestingly, instead of treating the reader to an artist's impression of a single profile example, we get several different profiles of each aircraft showing their numerous variations and livery. In the case of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, for example, there are 10 such profiles.… (plus d'informations)
"Military and civil aviation from the beginnings to the present day." "History of powered flight ... A-Z directory of almost 1500 manufacturers. Technical glossary. Over reference 1000 reference illustrations."
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- Œuvres
- 33
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 988
- Popularité
- #26,060
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 93
- Langues
- 5