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Histoire et Collections Dictionaire Des Marques Motorcyclistes de la Seine AB A Kreutzberger 1
Almost 150 years ago, the very first motorbike in the world, the steam-driven Perreaux motorbike, made its debut on the paving stones of the Porte Maillot in Paris. After that, hundreds of different brands of motorbikes sprang up in the vast former Department of the Seine: almost 600 of them!Not all of the names have the same renown or the same importance: some like de Dion& Bouton, Contal, Gnôme et Rhône, Griffon, Jonghi, Motobécane or Vélosolex became world famous, either because they were mass-produced or through the exploits of famous sportsmen. Of the others, only one, two or ten bikes were built and today they've been totally forgotten except by the author.The book is, in principle, a dictionary but also a tribute to the Department of the Seine which bubbled with activity; it is also an exceptional book of pictures. Volume 1 alone assembles almost one thousand, of which the large majority are period pictures. Finally this book is a tribute to those genial inventors at the end of
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Histoire et Collections Cinquante Avions Clbres 50 Famous Planes of WWII
The fifty planes which make up this book all marked the Second World War in one way or another. They have been photographed at the air shows were they still fly, maintained in flying condition by associations or by wealthy amateurs at great expense and at the price of constant effort. The pilots who take to the air in these planes today are experienced people and it mustn't be forgotten that the pilots were only on average 22 or 23 years old at the time. The author has therefore become attached as much to the men as to the machines.Among the famous planes in the book there are the SupermarineSpitfire', Junkers Ju 52, Polikarpov I-16, Hawker Hurricane', Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bell P-39 Airacobra', Grumann F6F Hellcat, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt', Focke Wulf FW 190, Yakovlev Yak 3, Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk', North American P-51 Mustang' and Mistubishi A6M Zero', etc.
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Histoire et Collections C160 Transall 7 Les Materials de lArmee de lair
Although its retirement was announced for a while for 2005, the C-160 Transall is still the principal lynchpin of French military air transport. More than forty years after it went into service, this twin-engined tactical transport has been present in all the theaters of operation where the French army has been deployed, not to mention the numerous humanitarian operations which have taken it all over the globe.Handled with dexterity by its crews, the Transall is always impressive when it's a question of getting down to the nitty-gritty and showing some muscle in the most unlikely situations, but for how much longer now? It is not wise to ignore the potential difficulties and dangers of using worn-out and aging aircraft in combat in spite of all its qualities.
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