Aerei - Francia: libri illustrati di storia e guide

Early French Aviation, 1905-1930 (Images of Aviation)

France has been called the cradle of aviation by many - a fact that cannot be disputed, although some have tried. By the end of the 19th century, she led the world in lighter-than-air flight. Any concern about heavier-than-air flight was dismissed as inevitable, and France would achieve it in due course.
By the time Blériot bravely enquired 'Which way is England?' the country was ready to redress any perceived shortfall. Besides leading European aviation, France was the nation that named all the parts of an aeroplane with words many of which we still use everywhere today.

France was also the first nation to stage air exhibitions. Unlike their counterparts in Britain, Germany and America, French designers were thoroughly entrepreneurial and tried a wide variety of adventurous styles from pusher to canard and monoplane to multiplane.
In 1909 the first Air Show was held at the Grand Palais. The 'Exposition Internationale de locomotion aérienne' ushered in what was to become an enduring tradition. Every year, the aircraft exhibitions were a massive success.

It is not surprising that all this derring-do, all these technological achievements and all this innovation drew reporters and photographers like moths to a flame. The men, the machines, the places and the events all were recorded, reported, reproduced and then were filed away.
Hundreds of images appeared in print, but thousands were printed up only as contact prints from large-format glass negatives and then disappeared into albums to be forgotten about.

In the mid-1990s the author came across one such treasure-trove; a number of dust-covered albums containing around five hundred images of aircraft, airships and expositions - it is doubtful if most have appeared in print before, so this will probably be the first time the events of these French pioneers have ever been showcased.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Graham M. Simons
Formato:	128 pagine, 24.5 x 19 x 1 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	100 foto in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Air World (GB, 2019)
Collana:	Images of Aviation
ISBN:	9781526758743

French Aeroplanes Before the Great War

A catalog of the aeroplanes of the nearly 700 French builders who worked before the onset of World War I. Most of these aeroplanes flew - some did not - some were never even finished - but all of them reflect the extraordinary vitality and sense of optimism that powered the aeronautical world before the future of the aeroplane began to become clearer in wartime.

If the Wrights had not flown in 1903, one of the early French builders would very quickly have won the laurels for the first flight. Some of the machines appear in these pages probably for the first time in print; others are rarely seen.

This collection serves as a kind of super Exposition Internationale de Locomotion Aérienne; readers are invited to enter the Grand Palais, as they might have in 1908 or 1909, to enjoy these marvelous aircraft.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Leonard E. Opdycke
Formato:	288 pagine, 23 x 22.5 x 2.8 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	più di 840 foto in B&N, disegni
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 1999)
ISBN:	9780764307522

French aviation during the First World War

Despite being the cradle of aviation, at the beginning of the Great War, France had access to only a few dozen military aircraft, with a staff who didn't quite know what to do with them.
However, during the course of the conflict, the embryonic air force, dedicated to the creation of reconnaissance and bombing missions, evolved like wildfire to the point that by the Armistice of 11 November 1918, French military aviation had become one of the world's most powerful as a result of the construction of 10,000 aircraft spread throughout nearly 300 squadrons.

Having become the first nation equipped with an air force, the French aviation industry in its infancy before the war, had been able to produce in four years 50,000 aircraft, many of which would go on to support a number of her allies, including Britain, Russia and especially the United States.

In this richly illustrated book Vital Ferry describes the development of the French military aviation between 1914 and 1918. Complete with technical data and profile drawings of the aircraft made and used in France during the First World War.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Vital Ferry
Formato:	196 pagine, 30 x 23 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Histoire & Collections (F, 2014)
ISBN:	9782352503705

From the Voisin to the Mirage : 100 Years of French Aeronautic Presence in Peru

From the very beginning of aviation in South America, French aircraft and aviators played a major part in the development of military flying in Peru.

This book covers the use of French aircraft and the involvement of French designers, instructors and military thinking in the development of the Peruvian air force. From 'stick and string' biplanes through to supersonic jets, many of the most significant French types saw service in Peru and were involved in local conflicts, as detailed in this book.

Profusely illustrated with many rare photographs and colour profiles of selected aircraft in Peruvian markings.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Amaru Tincopa Gallegos
Formato:	112 pagine, 29.5 x 21 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	MMP Books (PL, 2015)
ISBN:	9788361421931

The French Air Force in the First World War - Rare photographs from wartime archives (Images of War)

The French air force of the First World War developed as fast as the British and German air forces, yet its history, and the enormous contribution it made to the eventual French victory, is often forgotten.
So Ian Sumner's photographic history, which features almost 200 images, most of which have not been published before, is a fascinating and timely introduction to the subject.

The fighter pilots, who usually dominate perceptions of the war in the air, play a leading role in the story, in particular the French aces, the small group of outstanding airmen whose exploits captured the publics imagination.
Their fame, though, tends to distract attention from the ordinary unremembered airmen who formed the body of the air force throughout the war years.

Ian Sumner tells their story too, as well as describing in a sequence of memorable photographs the less well-known branches of the service the bomber and reconnaissance pilots and the variety of primitive warplanes they flew.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Ian Sumner
Formato:	156 pagine, 27 x 19 x 1.3 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	200 foto in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2018)
Collana:	Images of War
ISBN:	9781526701794

The Rise and Fall of the French Air Force : French Air Operations and Strategy 1900-1940

On 10 May 1940, the French possessed one of the largest air forces in the world. On paper, it was nearly as strong as the RAF. Six weeks later, France had been defeated.
For a struggling French Army desperately looking for air support, the skies seemed empty of friendly planes. In the decades that followed, the debate raged. Were there unused stockpiles of planes? Were French aircraft really so inferior?

Baughen examines the myths that surround the French defeat. He explains how at the end of the First World War, the French had possessed the most effective air force in the world, only for the lessons learned to be forgotten. Instead, air policy was guided by radical theories that predicted air power alone would decide future wars.

Baughen traces some of the problems back to the very earliest days of French aviation. He describes the mistakes and bad luck that dogged the French efforts to modernise their air force in the twenties and thirties. He examines how decisions made just months before the German attack further weakened the air force. Yet defeat was not inevitable.

If better use had been made of the planes that were available, the result might have been different.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Greg Baughen
Formato:	320 pagine, 24 x 16.5 x 3.4 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	32 foto in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Fonthill Media (GB, 2017)
ISBN:	9781781556443

Französische Kampfjets - Entwicklung, Technik, Einsatz

NUOVO

Although less well-known than American or Russian aircraft, French fighter jets have long held a strong position on the global stage.

France's aviation industry, renowned in both civilian and military sectors, has produced advanced and reliable combat aircraft used in many conflicts worldwide.
Fighter jets such as the Étendard, Mirage, and Rafale - France's answer to the Eurofighter - are among the most notable examples.

This illustrated book by Heiko Thiesler offers a well-informed overview of these aircraft, presenting their development, technical features, and operational use. It highlights the strength and influence of French military aviation over the decades.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Heiko Thiesler
Formato:	232 pagine, 24.5 x 21 x 1.9 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	361 foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	tedesco
Editore:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2025)
ISBN:	9783613046993