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he Douglas DC-3 was a twin-engine airliner that first flew in 1935 and was a pioneer during the early years of international commercial flight. An elegant and robust design, the DC-3 was the definitive American airliner of the immediate pre–World War II era and was flown by many of the world’s most famous airlines at…
Dogge Doggelito är känd som artist, men på senare år har även konsten blivit en del av hans palett. För Dogge själv – eller Douglas León som han egentligen heter – är tiden mogen för att bejaka en konstnärlig ådra som redan grundats i hans familj genom mormor Gurli och brodern Sebastian, båda tidigare Konstfackelever.…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The Douglas Invader has the distinction of being used by the United States in a combat role in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Originally created as an attack aircraft, with the designation A-26, the Invader was intended to replace the Douglas A-20, North American B-25, and Martin B-26 in the US Army Air Forces.…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The A-20 Havoc, known to the British as the Boston, was built by Douglas and Boeing during WWII and arguably became the most famous of the attack aircraft fielded by the United States during that war. This volume traces the aircraft from the prewar Douglas 7B through the many versions of the aircraft used by the US,…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Of all the Allied bombers of WWII, the Douglas A-20 Havoc is probably the least well known, but was a major contributor to the air war effort, flying yeoman and unheralded missions not only for the USAAF, but also for the Royal Air Forces of Britain, South Africa, and Australia; the Vichy and Free French Air Forces;…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Design work on the Skyraider began at the behest of the US Navy late in WWII. Production began in 1946, and the type made its combat debut in the hands of naval aviators during the Korean War. In the following years, the rugged airframe and powerful engine meant that the type could be adapted into ever-expanding roles…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This concise, illustrated history focuses on the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft and units assigned to George AFB, California, from 1964–92. George’s association with the aircraft began with the arrival of the first F-4s in April 1964, and would last over twenty-eight years. The initial mission was to train…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This book is a concise, illustrated history of the legendary McDonnell Douglas F-4C and RF-4C Phantom II. Covered are its technical developments, markings, and use by Spanish forces.
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
William Wolf brings his meticulous research to describe the little known Douglas B-18 Bolo which was America’s most numerous front line bomber at the time of Pearl Harbor. Over the years the story of the airliner turned bomber has languished in obscurity and the few articles on the subject in popular aviation…
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This new photo chronicle covers the F-15 Eagle from its planning and development, to its success in Operation Desert Storm and post-Desert Storm operations in over 170 photographs, most in color. All types are covered, including foreign – Israel, Japan and Saudi Arabia – and Saudi Arabia – and the…
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This book is a concise, illustrated history of the legendary McDonnell Douglas Harrier II AV-8B and BPlus. Covered are its technical developments, markings, and use by U.S., British, Spanish and other forces.
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The famed Skyraider in Korea and Vietnam, emphasizing its great ground assault capabilities.
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The Douglas Devastator was the US Navy’s first all-metal combat aircraft, the Navy’s first airplane with a fully enclosed cockpit, the first aircraft to have hydraulically folding wings, and the first US Navy torpedo bomber to see combat. Although facing staggering losses in the early stages of the war in…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
In 1935, the intent of the Army Air Corps was to build a potential intercontinental bomber, a “Guardian of the Hemisphere”; they granted Donald Douglas a contract to build the world’s largest bomber. Over the past 75 years, there have only been a few magazine articles on the gigantic Douglas XB-19 bomber, usually…
A glimpse of post-war France through the eyes and words of 14 (mostly) expatriate journalists including Mavis Gallant, James Baldwin, A.J. Liebling, S.N. Behrman, Luc Sante, Joseph Mitchell, and Lillian Ross; plus, portraits of their editors William Shawn and New Yorker founder Harold Ross.
Together: they invented…
From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a novel about a struggling writer who gets his big break, with a little help from the most famous woman in America.
After years of trying to make it as a writer in 1990s New York City, James Smale finally sells his novel to an editor at a major publishing…
After years of struggling as a writer in 1990s New York City, James Smale finally gets his big break when his novel sells to an editor at a major publishing house:none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Jackie, or Mrs. Onassis as she’s known in the office, loves James’s candidly autobiographical novel,…
”Spänn fast säkerhetsbältet och bered dig på en hisnande resa!” – Varg Gyllander
Tio människor blir brutalt mördade i en attack mot en antikvitetsaffär på Östermalm i Stockholm. Är massakern en genomtänkt terroristaktion, eller något helt annat? Gruppen för Särskild Spaning, med Douglas Porter i spetsen, kopplas genast…
“En bok ska ges ut, och behöver en bild som följer den i de mediala systemen. Snarare än ett författarporträtt i konventionell bemärkelse, som direkt identifierar
boken utifrån författaren, vill jag göra en pressbild som är starkare kopplad till den specifika boken. En bild där författaren visuellt får ’ikläda sig’ en…
”Så här ser man ut efter 1400 kassar whisky, en miljon cigaretter, tre hjärtinfarkter, två strokes och tre äktenskap.” – Alf Robertson
I många, långa öppenhjärtiga samtal med journalisten och författaren Börje Lundberg berättar Alf Robertson (1941-2008) om sitt vindlande liv som sjöman och uteliggare…
Tio människor blir brutalt mördade i en attack mot en antikvitetsaffär på Östermalm i Stockholm. Är massakern en genomtänkt terroristaktion, eller något helt annat? Gruppen för Särskild Spaning, med Douglas Porter i spetsen, kopplas genast in på fallet. Tragedin visar sig bara vara början på en lång rad vansinnesdåd.…
After years of struggling as a writer in 1990s New York City, James Smale finally gets his big break when his novel sells to an editor at a major publishing house: none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Jackie, or Mrs. Onassis as she's known in the office, has fallen in love with James's candidly…