Avions : beaux livres - histoire et modèles

800 avions de légende

Des premières machines volantes aux aéronefs les plus sophistiqués, découvrez l'histoire fascinante de l'aviation. Partagez les aventures de créateurs de génie, vibrez aux exploits des pilotes les plus audacieux et revivez les grandes heures de l'aventure aéronautique.
Grâce à plus de mille superbes photos, admirez dans le détail 800 avions emblématiques, des gros porteurs commerciaux aux jets privés e luxe, en passant par les appareils militaires les plus performants.

Edition française du magnifique livre anglais "The Aircraft Book - The Definitive Visual History" de Dorling Kindersley.

Caractéristiques

Présentation :	320 pages, 31 x 26 x 2.8 cm, broché
Illustration :	1000+ photos en couleurs
Editeur :	Editions Larousse (F, 2020)
ISBN:	9782035993427

Histoire de l'aviation

L'aventure aérienne civile, militaire et spatiale depuis ses origines jusqu'à nos jours :
- Pour chaque appareil sont données des caractéristiques techniques détaillées.
- 600 pages d'exploits, de passions et d'inventions techniques.
- L'épopée de l'aéronautique depuis l'âge des ballons jusqu'aux avions furtifs.
- Blériot, Mermoz, Lindbergh, Gagarine, Armstrong… : les performances humaines et les records des plus grands aviateurs et astronautes.
- Les grandes nations à la conquête du ciel puis de l'espace : une lutte économique et technologique.

Plus d'un millier d'appareils civils et militaires décrits et illustrés.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Bernard Marck
Présentation :	618 pages, 29 x 25.5 x 4.8 cm, relié, en coffret
Illustration :	abondamment illustré avec des photos en N&B et couleurs
Editeur :	Editions Arthaud (F, 2012)
ISBN:	9782081280106

The Aircraft Book - The Definitive Visual History

The Aircraft Book is all about the men, machines, and landmark technology behind the most iconic aircraft from the Supermarine Spitfire to the Concorde. Featuring over 1,000 of the greatest military and commercial aircraft in the world, this is an amazing visual guide tracing their evolution over the past 10 decades.

A captivating, international view of aircraft through time from Germany's Zeppelins to the USA's "Blackbird" with histories of how famous marques like Boeing and Lockheed came to be household names. Plus, go on a virtual tour inside the engines of some of the legendary planes to see just what powers their performance.

The Aircraft Book is essential for aviation buffs, covering the enduring impact that aircraft has on society as an object of curiosity, a symbol of luxury, and an essential weapon of war.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Philip Whiteman
Présentation :	320 pages, 31 x 25.5 x 2.8 cm, relié
Illustration :	abondamment illustré avec des photos en N&B et couleurs
Editeur :	Dorling Kindersley Ltd (GB, 2013)
ISBN:	9781409364801

Airlife's World Aircraft - The Complete Reference to Civil, Military and Light Aircraft

"Airlife's World Aircraft" is a colour-illustrated reference to civil, military and private aircraft that are currently flying operationally. It includes over 1,000 entries, with more than 1,300 colour photographs, giving details of specification, history, powerplants, dimensions and performance.
Here, in this single volume, you will find everything from flying warbirds to stealth bombers, ultralights to wide-bodied heavies, in fact just about all the aircraft types that can be seen flying anywhere in the world.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Rod Simpson
Présentation :	640 pages, 29.5 x 21 x 3.9 cm, relié
Illustration :	1305 en couleurs
Editeur :	The Crowood Press Ltd (GB, 2001)
ISBN:	9781840371154

Airship - Design, Development and Disaster

"Airship" charts the history of lighter-than-air craft from the continental pioneers of the late 19th century through to European airship stations in the Great War, Germany's pre-eminent commercial and military zeppelins, the construction of British behemoths R100 and its sister ship R101 and the calamitous losses of USS Akron in 1933 and LZ129 Hindenburg in 1937, events which ultimately heralded the end of large-scale airship production.

The historical development of airships is seen to be protracted and fractious, as the armed forces of leading European and US powers toyed with commercial propositions while trying to bend them to military uses.
The book examines the axial role of Count Zeppelin, the development of the Zeppelin in Germany as bomber and reconnaissance craft, and the way the British Admiralty, French, Italian and American engineers attempted to imitate German design.

The airship coincided with a time of international strife: mass unemployment, General Strikes, the Wall Street Crash and the growing shadow of fascist tumult. Airship draws on original sources, official documents and private letters including interviews with figures like Mary Stopes-Roe, daughter of the airship builder Barnes Wallis.
It identifies and analyses the central themes and bold personalities of the era: forming a text that is readable, entertaining and authoritative. The book is fully referenced with newly discovered first-hand material and a detailed bibliography.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	John Swinfield
Présentation :	352 pages, 24 x 16.5 x 3.4 cm, relié
Illustration :	50 illustrations
Editeur :	Conway Books (GB, 2013)
ISBN:	9781844861385

Flight - The Complete History of Aviation

From the Wright brothers' first powered flight, to Concorde's final voyage and the tragic crash of the Columbia, Flight takes you on a sky-high journey through the history of aviation.
Charting the trailblazers, jet test pilots and constant progress at the cutting-edge of technology, every aspect of flight is explored in this stunning book. Recalling memorable events - record-breaking flights, aerial warfare and hijackings - Flight is the story of how man's dream to fly became a reality.

This new compact edition features incredible photography and breathtaking stats; the perfect bookshelf addition for everyone interested in how we took to the skies.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Reg Grant
Présentation :	452 pages, 26.5 x 22.5 x 3.5 cm, relié
Illustration :	abondamment illustré avec des photos en N&B et couleurs
Editeur :	Dorling Kindersley Ltd (GB, 2017)
ISBN:	9780241298039