The designation of Nieuport is linked with the origins of aviation. Edouard de Nieport (August 24, 1879-September 16, 1911) a pilot and designer was one of the aviation pioneers. In 1909 he established the Societe d'Aerolocomotion aircraft factory in Suresnes, manufacturing airplanes of his design. He was one of the few designers who preferred ......

The French had been involved in human flight since 1783, and this book explores the men, the machines, the places and the events of French aviation history.

Profusely illustrated photo album with over 150 previously unseen pictures of the Morane Saulnier MS.406, a speedy pre-war French fighter aircraft.

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Publisher's Notes: Three squadrons of Mosquito's streak over snow covered France at tree-top height; their target a prison full of Resistance Fighters and British Agents, their purpose to free them - or kill them. Desperate calls to London from the French Resistance told of 100 men and women due to be shot at dawn, and of a British Agent being ......

Publisher's Notes: This fully revised edition of The Concorde Story, is a complete history of Concorde, seen through the eyes of former Concorde pilot Christopher Orlebar. This new edition includes the after-story of the aircraft, including a list of where surviving Concorde Aircraft can be viewed around the world. Drawing on his own ......

Written by two of British Airways' most experienced Concorde flight crew, this title focuses on the technical and engineering aspects of Concorde, it gives insights into owning, operating, servicing and flying the supersonic airliner.

Publisher's Notes: Since its first flight on 27 April 2005, the Airbus A380 has been the largest passenger airliner in the world. Instantly recognizable with its full-length upper deck, it represents the pinnacle of modern airliner design. Flying the A380 gives a pilot's eye view of what it is like to fly this mighty machine. It takes the ......

To most people, Louis Blériot was simply the Frenchman who was the first person to fly the Channel in a heavier than- air craft. In fact Blériot¹s connections with Britain stretched over 25 years. For the first time, Ray Sanger tells the full story of Blériot in Britain, covering not only his life and his various enterprises, but even the ......