Air War in the Falklands 1982 Tapa blanda - 2001

MADRID: DEL PRADO/OSPREY AVIATION , 2001 Illustrated card covers (Paperback) 250 x 180 mm approx. 64 pp 12 pp of colour plates and many b/w photo illustrations. First del prado printing 2001. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. As New (No sign of use/ no previous owner name or insc.)

Madrid : Delprado Uitgevers, 2001. Softcover. Good. Paperback, richly illustrated with b/w photographs and colour drawings, 8vo. Aircraft of the Aces, men & legends 50.

Spain: Osprey Aviation/Delprado, 2001. New book, 63 pages, 67 photos & maps, 16 colour aircraft profiles. The war fought between the United Kingdom and Argentina in 1982, for the possession of the Falkland Islands was probably the last 'colonial' war that will ever be undertaken by the British. This book shows how the key to British success was the speed with which the British gained and then maintained air superiority over the islands and the waters around then with their small force of Sea Harrier STOVL warplanes, which operated from two aircraft carriers. Though subsonic, the Sea Harrier and its Sidewinder AAM were a combination altogether superior to Argentina's mix of supersonic and subsonic warplanes with older weapons, and this advantage was emphasised by the significantly greater tactical acuity of the British pilots. The Argentine pilots fought with considerable piloting skill and enormous courage, and scored a number of stunning successes against British warships, but… Leer más