Author: Dariusz Karnas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788365281456
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 SAAB 29 Flygande Tunnan variants. A3 size pages in A4 pb. All subversions are shown.

Author: Hans Wiesman
Publisher: Casemate
ISBN: 1612002595
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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A tale of a lifelong passion for a WWII aircraft that changed the author’s life: “It is almost like an adventure novel except it is true” (Air Classics). This book tells the story of a Dutch boy who grew up during the 1950s in postwar Borneo, where he had frequent encounters with an airplane, the Douglas DC-3, a.k.a. the C-47 Skytrain or Dakota, of World War II fame. For a young boy living in a remote jungle community, the aircraft reached the proportions of a romantic icon as the essential lifeline to a bigger world for him, the beginning of a special bond. In 1957, his family left the island and all its residual wreckage of World War II, and he attended college in The Hague. After graduation, he started a career as a corporate executive—and met the aircraft again during business trips to the Americas. His childhood passion for the Dakota flared up anew, and the fascination pulled like a magnet. As if predestined, or maybe just looking for an excuse to come closer, he began a business to salvage and convert Dakota parts, which meant first of all finding them. As the demand for these war relic parts and cockpits soared, he began to travel the world to track down surplus, crashed, or derelict Dakotas. He ventured deeper and deeper into remote mountains, jungles, savannas, and the seas where the planes are found, usually as ghostly wrecks but sometimes still in full commercial operation. In hunting the mythical Dakota, he often encountered intimidating or dicey situations in countries plagued by wars or revolts, others by arms and narcotics trafficking, warlords, and conmen. The stories of these expeditions take the reader to some of the remotest spots in the world, but once there, one is often greeted by the comfort of what was once the West’s apex in transportation—however now haunted by the courageous airmen of the past.

Author: Lars Gyllenhaal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780977756315
Category : Military service, Voluntary
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"From the mud and bloody hell of Flanders to forlorn battles in Siberia and bitter street fighting to the very heart of Berlin 1945. From Africa to the Arctic, fighting men from a country frowned upon for its 'cowardly' neutrality participated in all the crucial battles of World War I and II. Their homeland was Sweden, which has enjoyed almost two hundred years of peace ... despite Sweden's policy of neutrality, no fewer than 23,000 Swedish citizens went to war between 1914 and 1945 ... [this book] also puts an end to the myth that most Swedes enlisted in Hitler's forces. Only 200 joined the Waffen-SS or the Wehrmacht of 1939-1945. In the same period, 9,000 Swedish citizens joined the Americans, the British, the Norwegians, and the Poles. In addition, well over 200,000 men of Swedish descent served in US, British, Canadian, and Australian Armed Forces"--Page 4 of cover

Author: Thierry Vallet
Publisher: MMP
ISBN: 9788363678739
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Panzer Colours of the III Reich:1933-1945. A fascinating study of the evolution of German panzer colors and camouflage from prewar through to the end of the Second World War. This book will focus on colorful panzer profiles. Subjects include Prewar period (1927-1937), Polish campaign, Low Countries and France, North Africa, Eastern front, Campaign in Italy, Western Front and Battle for Germany.

Author: George Bradford
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811740048
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 121

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Filled with 1:72-scale drawings of armored vehicles from the U.S., Britain, Canada, and Russia.

Author: Derrick Neal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil-military relations
Languages : en
Pages : 334

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"This book includes papers presented at the Second International Transformation (ITX2) Conference, held in Rome, Italy, at the NATO Defense College (NDC) June 21-23, 2011, as well as a summary of the conference discussions. Co-hosted by NDC, Allied Command Transformation (ACT), and the International Transformation (ITX) Chairs Network, the conference brought together academics, policymakers, and practitioners from 13 nations to discuss the topic of 'Capability Development in Support of Comprehensive Approaches : Transforming International Civil-Military Interactions'."--P. vii

Author: Fiona Lombardi
Publisher: vdf Hochschulverlag AG
ISBN: 3728130990
Category : Neutrality, Armed
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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"Through this comprehensive inquiry, the dissertation has highlighted a series of doctrinal inadequacies since the very beginning of air power in Switzerland and some deficiencies regarding current operational capabilities, which must be rectified so as not to jeopardise homeland security in the long run." (Publisher).

Author: Mikael Forslund
Publisher: MMP
ISBN: 9788365281012
Category : Fighter planes
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book covers Swedish Jets used by the Swedish Air Force. Camouflage and markings of the fighters are described in unparalleled detail by the well-known Swedish author Mikael Forslund. Many unpublished photos, and exclusive color profiles. SAAB J 21R J 28 Vampire SAAB J 29A Tunan SAAB J 32B Lansen De Havilland Venom Hawker Hunter Draken Viggen Grippen

Author: Jean Alexander
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780718105648
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 647

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Author: Chris Chant
Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Pub
ISBN: 9781586633035
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Provides a brief overview of 300 aircraft each with a full-color artwork. Full dimensions, weights, armament and powerplant details are given along with development history and career in full.