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Featured battle : Arcis-sur-Aube
Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Date : 20 March 1814 - 21 March 1814
Day one consisted of French attacks all of which were repulsed. Day two was a French withdrawal and Schwarzenberg, in the face of a strong rearguard demonstration, did not attack in strength. The Allies again missed a golden opportunity to inflict a heavy defeat on Napoleon.
Featured image :
RAF Tucano T mk 1 Trainers
These two pictures show aircraft from the two squadrons comprising No.1 Flying Training School at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. The aircraft themselves are Tucano T1's designed by Embraer of Brazil but assembled by Shorts of Belfast, Northern Ireland. They are powered by a Garrett Turboprop developing 1151 static horse power and can reach 350mph and 25,000 feet altitude. They are also fully aerobatic, stressed from +6 to -2.5 G. The aircraft on the left is from No. 72 (Reserve) Squadron and that on the right No.207 (Reserve) Squadron.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
The Doolittle Raid
John Grehan & Alexander Nicoll
The Doolittle Raid is in the Images of Aviation series and images it certainly has. There are photographs of all the aircraft, all of the crews and many of the ships that took part in that historic adventure. But this book is much more than the images in that it also tells the story of the raid largely through the reports of Colonel Doolittle and others who took part in the action. The photographs are well annotated and given context by the text. In this book we have a factual introduction free from authors conjectures, what ifs and opinions and is best seen as an essential introduction to greater in depth analysis. The references and notes point to further readings should one want it.
This great story, well told and illustrated, will appeal to a wide range of reader and we highly recommend it.
Air World Books, 2020
Reviewed : 2020-04-17 09:04:35
