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Diseñadores de moda
A diferencia de años atrás, las pasarelas internacionales más importantes empiezan a verse salpicadas por diseñadores de diversos orígenes, reflejo del nuevo milenio, caracterizado por un melting pot de culturas que desean expresarse y reafirmar su identidad en un mundo cada vez más globalizado. El (...)
Categoría: Moda
The Avro Vulcan
Designed by a team led by Roy Chadwick, the man responsible for the legendary Lancaster, the Vulcan was created to carry Britain's nuclear deterrent in the 1950s and 1960s. Avro's delta-winged colossus became the backbone of the V-Force until the very end of the 1960s when the deterrent role passed (...)
Categoría: Militares
Britain's Aircraft Industry : Triumphs and Tragedies since 1909
Britain established the world's first aircraft factory in 1909 after the Short brothers met up with the American Wright brothers and struck a deal. The industry expanded rapidly to rise to the challenge of World War One with such thoroughbreds as the Camel and the SE.5. The post-conflict slump (...)
Categoría: Militares
Saturn I/IB Rocket: Nasa's First Apollo Launch Vehicle
In this eagerly anticipated book, renowned space historian and author David Baker turns his attention to the Saturn I and IB rockets. Although considered as merely a 'stepping stone' from the Mercury and Gemini programs to the mighty Saturn V and the Apollo missions that put the first humans on the (...)
Categoría: Militares