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Illustrated with rare contemporary illustrations, this books tells the fascinating story of these oft-forgotten men and the aircraft they flew.

Over 150 never before published illustrations, complimented by an exhaustively researched text, document the little-known air war between Bolivia and Paraguay during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Full details of such aircraft as Fiat C R 20s, Curtiss Hawk IIs, Curtiss Ospreys, Potez 25s and all other types employed by both combatants, including acquisition, operations, and markings make this a must for historians, modellers, and anyone inter...

This book examines in detail one aspect of the aircraft's history which is not that well known, the fact that DC-3s and their military equivalents and derivatives have been in continuous service in that geographically diverse region of the world known as Latin America for more than 75 years, longer than anywhere else in the world.

The stuff of legends, their exploits throughout the simmering Caribbean region of the late 1940s have gained a life of their own, they organized one of the very first "extra-national" air forces - non-traditional in the extreme.

Providing new perspectives on aspects of the Concorde programme, this exploration of how the iconic aircraft came into being looks at the design and development process, and also the political background of the project as a feat of Anglo-French collaboration.

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Coinciding with the opening of a new permanent exhibit, America by Air, at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, "Conquistadors of the Sky" celebrates the aviation achievements of twenty-one Latin American nations over the last 100 years--making this chronicle of heroic ventures and epic flights the best reference available on the subject. This volume was published in cooperation with the Smithsonian National Air and Spa...

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