Militares

The dazzling splendors of the court of Napoleon I (1769 1821) reflected the grandeur and ambitions of the greatest empire of the day. This luxurious volume re-creates the ambiance and captures the spirit that prevailed in the French court during the Empire through the material manifestations of the (...)

Ingénieur allemand, Hugo Junkers fut le pionnier de la construction d'avions entièrement métalliques et, à partir de 1914, il mit au point plusieurs modèles dédiés au transport aérien. Aboutissement de cette suite d'avions, le prototype du Junkers 52, conçu en 1930 à la demande de la compagnie (...)

An aviation legend designed in the mid-1940s, the Canberra entered service in 1951 with RAF Bomber Command. It served in the conventional, interdictor and nuclear bomber role with the RAF, in the UK, Germany, the Middle East and Far East. Its performance and adaptability made it ideal as a (...)

As early as 1943 it became apparent that supersonic flight might be an achievable goal but not for the propeller-driven aircraft of the day. Spurred on by secret intelligence of a German supersonic long-range bomber project, work began on a British secret research aircraft that would potentially be (...)

In the mid-1950s faced with worrying advances in Soviet missile technology, the United States sought to develop an IRBM to act as a stop-gap until the Atlas ICBM became operational. Intense inter-service rivalry followed before the US Air Force gained the upper hand in deploying the missile. The (...)

Dieciocho de los yates clásicos más hermosos del mundo, verdaderas obras maestras de la arquitectura naval. Una invitación privada a un universo excepcional: desde las regatas de las Voiles de Saint-Tropez hasta la Copa América, los veleros logran que quienes los contemplan sueñen con regatas por (...)