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September 13, 2024

Tank Spotter’s Guide (Osprey General Military)

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Free Download Marcus Cowper, Christopher Pannell – Tank Spotter’s Guide (Osprey General Military)
Osprey Publishing | 2011 | ISBN: 1849082227 | English | 132 pages | PDF | 67.31 MB
Invented during World War I to break the grim deadlock of the Western Front trenches, tanks went on to revolutionize warfare. From the lightning Blitzkrieg assaults of World War II, to the great battles in the Middle Eastern desert, tanks have become one of the key components of the ‘combined arms’ philosophy of the modern battlefield. This pocket guide makes accessible to ‘rivetheads’ everywhere essential information to identify 40 of history’s most fearsome tanks, including Germany’s Tiger, Soviet T-34, America’s Sherman and Panther, and France’s FT-17. Each tank is presented with a detailed drawing to aid recognition.

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September 12, 2024

McDonnell Douglas Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)

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Free Download Robbie Shaw – McDonnell Douglas Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)
Osprey Publishing | 1998 | ISBN: 185532752X | English | 132 pages | PDF | 105.61 MB
All of the most famous types are included in Robbie Shaw’s volume devoted exclusively to MDs and DCs. The author works as a full-time air traffic controller at Gatwick, which gives him unique ‘live-side’ access not only at this busy airport, but also at countless others across the globe.

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September 12, 2024

Classic Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)

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Free Download Mark Wagner, Guy Norris – Classic Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)
Osprey Publishing | 1994 | ISBN: 1855324040 | English | 132 pages | PDF | 110.28 MB
This is a visual tour of the jet carriers of the 60s and 70s still in service around the world, many of them due for permanent grounding due to new noise regulations. It includes Boeing 707s, Douglas DC-8s, Caravelles, Convair CV-990 Coronadoes and Tupolev Tu-134s, classic models once found in every major airport but now used only by third division carriers in Africa, South America and Eastern Europe.

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September 12, 2024

Boeing Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)

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Free Download Robbie Shaw – Boeing Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)
Osprey Publishing | 1995 | ISBN: 1855325284 | English | 132 pages | PDF | 113.18 MB
Despite the recent efforts of McDonnell-Douglas and Airbus, Boeing is, and has been for many years, the very essence of civil aviation. This new volume from civil aviation photographer Mark Wagner portrays the everyday world of the Boeing jet liner, from an aged 727 shuttling from La Guardia to Miami, to a new 747 arriving at Heathrow after a long-haul flight from Australia. This volume includes a chapter on each of the Boeing family, featuring many new colour photographs as well as some archive material.

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