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APACHE

L20200173

€19.91

The memoirs of a British Apache helicopter pilot, from the gruelling training programme to the brutal fighting in Afghanistan.

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In May 1948, the Egyptian, Syrian, Iraqi and Transjordanian armies launched an assault on the newly proclaimed State of Israel. Subject to a strict arms embargo, without allies and without a regular army, the country held out thanks to fighter and transport aircraft purchased clandestinely from 1947 onwards and the secret recruitment of veteran pilots...

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RESCUE DAWN

L20200164

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Dieter Dengler joined the U.S. Air Force in 1958 and was assigned in 1965 to the aircraft carrier USS Ranger, from which he flew missions over North Vietnam. In February 1966, his aircraft was shot down and he was taken prisoner by Communist Pathet Lao militiamen, who subjected him to torture and humiliation. An account later adapted for the screen by...

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THE BET ON THE IMPOSSIBLE

L20200159

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A former commander of the Patrouille de France between 2014 and 2015, the aviator delivers the story of his career and his experience as a fighter pilot.

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VAMPIRE and MISTRAL French. Volume 01

L20200046

€55.92

During the war, France had remained on the sidelines of the technological revolution represented by jet propulsion. A considerable industrial and financial effort would make it possible to close this gap within a few years.

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The SA 330 PUMA

L20200045

€52.13

OUT OF STOCK Designed to meet the requirements of the ALAT (the Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre, in search of a new tactical transport helicopter in the aftermath of the Algerian War), the Puma was a great success in the military sphere, both in France and for export, as well as on the civilian market.

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