Planes

FRENCH VERSION
Thanks to this second volume, the integrality of France's combat aircraft (fighters, bombers and recce aircraft) in the early years of WWII is now offered to the international audience, including the lesser known types. Each type is featured with an historical text, period photographs and colour profiles.

Thanks to this second volume, the integrality of France's combat aircraft (fighters, bombers and recce aircraft) in the early years of WWII is now offered to the international audience, including the lesser known types. Each type is featured with an historical text, period photographs and colour profiles.

FRENCH VERSION
Every fan of aviation history knows the planes of Greg « Pappy » Boyington or Ira Kepford, but who can claim to have seen every Super Corsair of the Reno races, or any Argentine Corsair, or the New-Zealand Air Arm fighters ? The biggest radial engine ever mounted into a single seat carrier-borne fighter, the unforgettable inverted seagull wings, such a melodious song that the Japanese nicknamed it ‘the whistling Death ’... The Corsair deserved a master treatment. Bruno Pautigny, one of today’s top aviation artists, achieved the challenge. Over 150 profiles, dozens of technical plates, unseeen photograhs, all the ingredients are gathered in this beautiful book.

Every fan of aviation history knows the planes of Greg « Pappy » Boyington or Ira Kepford, but who can claim to have seen every Super Corsair of the Reno races, or any Argentine Corsair, or the New-Zealand Air Arm fighters ? The biggest radial engine ever mounted into a single seat carrier-borne fighter, the unforgettable inverted seagull wings, such a melodious song that the Japanese nicknamed it ‘the whistling Death ’... The Corsair deserved a master treatment. Bruno Pautigny, one of today’s top aviation artists, achieved the challenge. Over 150 profiles, dozens of technical plates, unseeen photograhs, all the ingredients are gathered in this beautiful book.

FRENCH VERSION
The symbol of Blitzkrieg in the air is detailed here in 200 colour profiles, illustrating a carreer which began as a terror plane in Spain and ended up as a tankbuster in the Russian sky.

The symbol of Blitzkrieg in the air is detailed here in 200 colour profiles, illustrating a carreer which began as a terror plane in Spain and ended up as a tankbuster in the Russian sky.

FRENCH VERSION
North American’s little wonder began its life as a razor-back, but gained its immortal fame –‘The Cadillac of the Sky’– with its large, bulky canopy. Every variant of the P-51, from the most famous to the lesser known, is featured.

North American’s little wonder began its life as a razor-back, but gained its immortal fame –‘The Cadillac of the Sky’– with its large, bulky canopy. Every variant of the P-51, from the most famous to the lesser known, is featured.

FRENCH VERSION
The first French Mach-2 fighter has been servicing in an impressive number of air forces from the Sixties to date, in unnumerous versions of Mirage III and 5 delta combat aircraft. Every livery — 20 different cockades or so — is featured.

The first French Mach-2 fighter has been servicing in an impressive number of air forces from the Sixties to date, in unnumerous versions of Mirage III and 5 delta combat aircraft. Every livery — 20 different cockades or so — is featured.