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Aero L-39, L-59, L-139 & L-159 Albatros
By Jakub Fojtik Ph.D.
This latest Warpaint title covers the Aero L-39 Albatros, a a Czech-designed jet trainer and light attack aircraft developed by Aero Vodochody during the 1960s as a successor to the L-29 Delfin. It first flew in 1968 and entered service in 1972, becoming the standard jet trainer for Warsaw Pact nations. With over 2,900 units built, the L-39 became one of the mo...
RAF BAe Harrier II By Andy Evans
The essential Warpaint series celebrates its milestone 150th release with a subject close to the hearts of all military aviation enthusiasts, telling the all-to-brief story of the Harrier II in British service.
Lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs covering all aspects of the aircraft's development and operational service, this account starts with the replacement of the RAF's ...
Hawker-Siddeley 748 & Andover in Military Service. Author Adrian Balch 56 pages
Making its first flight on 24 June 1960 the prototype AVRO 748, G-APZV, became a very successful rugged replacement for the many DC-3 Dakotas flying around the world. In production, it became the second most successful British turboprop transport aircraft and was only superseded in numbers produced by those of the Vickers Viscount.
A total o...
Junkers Ju-86. By Daniel Kowalczuk
The Junkers Ju?86 is one of those fascinating types developed in the 1930s by a Germany re-arming in secret, and was a twin-engine monoplane configured as both a medium bomber and ten-seat airliner. First flown in 1934 and introduced in 1936, it featured Jumo 205 diesel engines and a smooth stressed skin design. Although initially used by the Luftwaffe and trialled in the Spanish Civil War...
Handley Page Night Bombers 0/100, 0/400 & V/1500 Author: W.A. Harrison
By William Harrison
The Handley Page 0/100, 0/400 and V/1500 were the first true heavy bombers of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War, giving Britain the long-range striking power needed for strategic bombing deep into Germany. Designed initially with a 114ft wingspan (later 100ft), folding wings, armour protection an...
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk By Mike Verier
PREORDER - EXPECTED MID SEPTEMBER
Grumman's OV-1 Mohawk was unquestionably the most versatile aircraft the US Army ever had, but so secret were its capabilities and missions that only now, three decades after leaving Army service, can the full story be revealed, the author drawing on first hand accounts, previously unpublished archives and newly de-classified material. Covered in detail a...
Boeing B-47 Stratojet. By Kev Darling
When Strategic Air Command was formed in 1947 its few flying units were equipped with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Few of these aircraft were fit for flight and the crews were under-trained. It would be General Curtis E. LeMay who transformed the entire organisation. Not only would SAC's performance be vastly improved, it would also begin receiving aircraft capable of delivering nucl...
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