Taking place in the same year as the centenary of the Royal Air Force our popular aviation archive range boasts a commemoration of its own & marks the 20th anniversary of the first release in this popular series Back in 1998 aviation enthusiasts were intrigued by the announcement of a new range of 1144th scale die-cast metal aircraft models from Corgi which presented the collector with a number of iconic aircraft types from the world of military & civilian aviation Chronologically the first release in the aviation archive series was model Number 47101 a Douglas c-47a sky train named the &8216;fassberg flyer&8217; released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift & marking one of the most famous aircraft to take part in &8216;operation vittles&8217; to mark the 20th anniversary of the aviation archive range we are proud to announce the inclusion of AA38209 Douglas c-47a sky train 315208 &8216;fassberg flyer&8217; us air Force Berlin Airlift 1948 in the range which presents the collector with a magnificent new 172NDS scale representation of the very first model in this series There are few aircraft in the history of aviation that can boast the importance & reputation enjoyed by that of the Douglas DC-3C-47 series This revolutionary aircraft was responsible for establishing comfortable & reliable passenger air travel throughout America in the 1930S as well as attracting significant interest from the US Army As America watched Europe & the far East plunged into conflict they needed an effective aircraft to potentially transport troops into combat areas & resupply their forces wherever they may be operating & a military version of the rugged & reliable DC-3 was the ideal solution The Douglas C-47 sky train proved to be one of the most significant aircraft of the second World War keeping Allied forces on the move & the enemy on the back foot In the years following the end of WWII War weary c-47s were called upon once more This time in a historic attempt to keep the city of Berlin supplied by air following the imposition of a Soviet blockade The &8216;fassberg flyer&8217; was one of the aircraft involved in this operation flying coal into the former Luftwaffe airfield at fassberg The Berlin Airlift is considered As one of the most significant events in the history of aviation ...

& Mens in June 1948 is the beginning of the Soviet military administration with the blockade of West Berlin The date of it gentle round transport fly to supply the 22 million Civil Of course there were usually Douglas C-54 can be used by the Grateful people called the "raisin Bomber carried out on the newest synthetic materials To the end of the blocker 1949 got round 21 Million Tonnes at Care goods flight-tested Fine textured surfaces-Detailed Fahrwerke-movable propeller Authentic display the following versions Douglas 54D Skymaster Air Transport Command airlift Berlin 1948 Douglas C 54D Skymaster USAF airlift Berlin 1948 Douglas C 54D Skymaster US Navy airlift Berlin 1948 In 1 72 Scale Revell Model Kit Complex kits for experienced model makers ...

New in Paperback The Douglas DC-3 Dakota revolutionised air transport in the 1930s & 1940s Because of its lasting impact on the airline industry
- & in particular the part it played in the Second World War
- the ' Dak' is widely regarded as one of the most significant transport aircraft ever built Using the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's ZA947 as its centrepiece this Haynes Manual describes the Dakota's rugged anatomy & examines its operation from the viewpoints of its owners aircrew & engineers

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Alexander Dovzhenko is regarded by some to be "the most neglected major film-maker of the 20th Century" Mr Bongo&s box-set presents his three major works in a single boxset When placed together they chronicle Ukraine s tumultuous transformation from a pastoral traditional society into a modern communist state ...

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Twenty tales of science fiction & fantasy from the two-time World Fantasy & Philip K Dick Award winning author of The Anubis Gates & On Stranger Tides Twenty pulse-pounding mind-bending tales of science fiction twisted metaphysics & supernatural wonder from the two-time World Fantasy & Philip K Dick Award winning author of The Anubis Gates & On Stranger Tides A complete palette of story-telling colors from Powers including acclaimed tale “ The Bible Repairman” where a psychic handyman who supernaturally eliminates troublesome passages of the Bible for paying clients finds the remains of his own broken soul on the line when tasked with rescuing the kidnapped ghost of a rich man’s daughter Time travel takes a savage twist in “ Salvage & Demolition” where the chance discovery of a long-lost manuscript throws a down-&-out book collector back in time to 1950s San Francisco where he must prevent an ancient Sumeric inscription from dooming millions in the future Humor & horror mix in “ Sufficient unto the Day” when a raucous Thanksgiving feast takes a dark turn as the invited ghosts of relatives past accidentally draw soul-stealing demons into the family television set & obsession & vengeance survive on the other side of death in “ Down & Out in Purgatory” where the soul of a man lusting for revenge attempts to eternally eliminate the killer who murdered the love of his life Wide-ranging wonder-inducing mind-bending—these & other tales make up the complete shorter works of a modern-day master of science fiction & fantasy About the Author Tim Powers won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call & Declare Declare also received the International Horror Guild Award His novel On Stranger Tides inspired the Monkey Island video game series & was sold to Disney for the movie franchise installment Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides His book The Anubis Gates won the Philip K Dick award & is considered a modern science fiction classic & a progenitor of the Steampunk genre Powers won the Dick award again for straight science fiction post-apocalypse novel Dinner at Deviant’s Palace Many of his novels such as Last Call & Alternate Routes upcoming from Baen Books are so-called “secret histories” which use real historical events in which supernatural & metaphysical elements influence the story in weird & compelling manners Powers grew up in Southern California & studied English at Cal State Fullerton where he met frequent collaborators James Blaylock & K W Jeter as well as renowned science fiction author Philip K Dick who became a close friend & mentor Powers is a practicing Catholic who claims “stories are more effective & more truly represent the writer’s actual convictions when they manifest themselves without the writer’s conscious assistance I concern myself with my plots but I let my subconscious worry about my themes” Powers still resides in Southern California with his wife Serena ...

Tracklist Temptations Wings Lifer Pillars Of Eternity Rehab Hail The Leaf Underneath Everything Eyes Of The South Jail Losing All Stone The Crow Pray For The Locust Swan Song Bury Me In Smoke ...

Down Among the Dead Men is a Manchester crime novel from bestselling crime writer Kerry Wilkinson'I'm going to do you a favour I'm going to tell you my name & then I'm going to give you thirty seconds to turn & run If any of you are still here after those thirty seconds then we're going to have a problem' Jason Green's life is changed for good after he is saved from a mugging by crime boss Harry Irwell He is then drawn into Manchester's notorious underworld where smash & grab is as normal as making a cup of tea But Jason isn't a casual thug He has a life plan that doesn't involve blowing his money on the usual trappings That is until a woman walks into his life offering the one thing that money can't buy
- salvation
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