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Ernest K. Gann’s Flying Circus
Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.,1974English
224 pg.ISBN-10: 0025424009 ISBN-13: 978-0025424005Review written by: Pedro Blas Gonzalez217th Review Ernest K. Gann’s Flying Circus- Ernest Kellogg Gann In 1935 Ernest K. Gann began barnstorming. Like so many other pilots in the early days of aviation, Gann’s passion for flying started with wood and canvass bi-planes. He would eventually become an airline pilot, flying many types of airplanes in different parts of the […]
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To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book One
Write Associates LLC2018English
788 pg.ASIN: B07B9N7XWJReview written by: Joris GonggrijpTo Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book One Gierke worked on this book for seven years, and his readers will be rewarded with minutious detail as a result ! It is one of the most thoroughly researched biographies I have ever read. There are three parallel storylines: the biography of […]
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To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book Two
Write Associates LLC; 1 edition2018English
786 pg.ASIN: B07D6WG3VWReview written by: Max HeldringReview To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight. Book Two In book 2 we proceed with the process in which Herring as plaintiff against Curtiss seeking recognition for his many innovations that paved the way to the first motorised flight with a machine heavier then air. His construction company went bankrupt […]
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Oblique Views: Aerial Photography and Southwest Archaeology
Museum of New Mexico Press2015English
124 pg.ISBN-10: 9780890136072 ISBN-13: 978-0890136072Review written by: Pedro Blas Gonzalez214th Review Oblique Views: Aerial Photography and Southwest Archaeology- Charles A. Lindbergh (Photographer), Heisey Adriel (Photographer), Adriel Heisey (Photographer) Aerial photography is commonplace today. While drones (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV) may be the latest embodiment of this form of photography, aerial photography dates to the nineteenth century. The most common and practical form of aerial photography […]
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Middle East @ War- Series
Helion & company2018English
74 pg.9781912390373Review written by: René VerjansReview Middle East @ War- Series – Tom Cooper 4 great books I have of Tom Cooper – published by Helion & Company – and I thought that I would just combine ‘that’ to 1 review. Here it is! I have the numbers 11, 12, 14 and 15. They tell about ‘´Hot skies over Yemen’ […]
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A-10 Thunderbolt II Units of Operation Enduring Freedom 2008-14
Osprey Publishing2015English
96 pg.9781472805737 / 9781472805751Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezA-10 Thunderbolt II Units of Operation Enduring Freedom 2008-14 Gary Wetzel’s A-10 Thunderbolt II Units of Operation Enduring Freedom 2008-14 is another of Osprey Publishing’s wonderful aviation history books. These books contain high-quality photographs and clear text, often consisting of compelling narratives from pilots. In addition, one of the great features of this book […]
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RF-8 Crusader Units over Cuba and Vietnam
Osprey Publishing2010English
98 pg.978-1-85532-782-5Review written by: Pedro Blas Gonzalez210th Review RF-8 Crusader Units over Cuba and Vietnam- Peter Mersky Growing up in the late ‘60s, in the jet age, I was always dazzled by the aerodynamic and streamlined beauty of jet airplanes, both commercial and military. The Vought RF-8 Crusader intrigued me, for the first thing any young boy noticed about that aircraft […]
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RA-5C Vigilante Units in Combat
Osprey Publishing2010English
96 pg.978-1-84176-749-9Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezReview- RA-5C Vigilante Units in Combat – Robert R. “Boom” Powell The North American Aviation RA-5C Vigilante is the kind of airplane that deserves to be written about based just on its aesthetic properties. This is a beautiful airplane. With its cutting-edge and supersonic aerodynamics, the profile of the well-balanced and symmetrical RA-5C looks like […]
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F-111 & EF-111 Units in Combat
Osprey Publishing2014English
97 pg.978-1-78200-347-2Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezReview F-111 & EF-111 Units in Combat- Peter E. Davies The F-111 Aardvark was designed to substitute the Republic F-105 Thunderchief. The General Dynamics aircraft became operational in the U.S. Air Force in July 1967. Depending on who you talk to, the F-111 was either a great airplane or something of a nuisance. From the […]
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F9F Panther Units of the Korean War
Osprey Publishing2014English
96 pg.978-17800-350Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezReview F9F Panther Units of the Korean War- Warren Thompson The end of World War II saw the defeat of German national socialism and the propping up of international communism, which spread from the Soviet Union. Even though international communism had been a reality since the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks created a […]