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FOREIGN RIGHTS LIST Maurizio Di Terlizzi MACCHI MC 205 VELTRO 3 Maurizio Di Terlizzi FIAT G FOREIGN RIGHTS LIST Maurizio Di Terlizzi MACCHI MC 205 VELTRO 3 Maurizio Di Terlizzi FIAT G. 55 CENTAURO 4 Maurizio Di Terlizzi REGGIANE RE 2005 Sagittario 5 Alberto Spaziani RADIOTELEPHONIC FLYING HELMETS of the Regia Aeronautica 6 M. Ferri - A. Bastianini FOCKE WULF 190 p.I 7 Maurizio Di Terlizzi MACCHI MC 202 Folgore p.I 8 Maurizio Di Terlizzi JUNKERS JU 87 Picchiatello 9 Maurizio Di Terlizzi MACCHI MC 202 Folgore p.II 10 Maurizio Di Terlizzi AERMACCHI MB 339 11 Maurizio Di Terlizzi REGGIANE RE 2000 Falco Héja J.20 12 Maurizio Di Terlizzi MACCHI MC 200 Saetta p.I 13 Marco Mattioli BELL P-39 AIRACOBRA in Italian Service 14 Marco Mattioli A129 MANGUSTA Italian Attack helicopter 15 Maurizio Di Terlizzi MACCHI MC 200 Saetta p.II 16 Marco Mattioli MUSSOLINI’S HAWKS 17 Stefano Cosci LOCKHEED F/TF 104G Starfighter 18 Maurizio Di Terlizzi DAWN OF THE HELICOPTER 19 Patroncino - Di Massimo NORTH AMERICAN P/F 51D Mustang in Italian Service 20 Maurizio Di Terlizzi FIESELER Fi-156 STORCH in Italian Service 21 Skywing Press EUROFIGHTER EF-2000 TYPHOON 22 Giuseppe Ciampaglia FROM THE SAI AMBROSINI ALL’AERFER LEONE 23 Bettiolo - Marcozzi CAMPINI CAPRONI 24 Marco Mattioli STIPA CAPRONI 25 Nicola Malizia LOCKHEED T/RT 33 26 Nicola Malizia FIAT G.50 27 Nicola Malizia NORTH AMERICAN FIAT F-86K 28 Marco Mattioli LOCKHEED P-38 LIGHTNING In Italian Service 29 Nicola Malizia FIAT G. 59 30 Nicola Malizia F-47D THUNDERBOLT 31 M. Di Terlizzi - M. Mattioli DE HAVILLAND VAMPIRE in Italian Service 32 Nicola Malizia ALI SULLA STEPPA 33 Michele Palermo ALI D’AFRICA 34 Nicola Malizia AERMACCHI FLASHES OF WAR 35 Nicola Malizia STARFIGHTER COLOURS 36 Giuseppe Ciampaglia DESTROYERS 37 Luigi Rossetti HUNDREDS OF PROFESSIONS IN COMMERCIAL AVIATION 38 Vittorio Pajno SAILPLANE DESIGN 39 Michele Palermo NORTH AFRICA AIR BATTLES 40 Francesco Greco THE SLING OF DAVID 41 Gian Piero Milanetti SOVIET AIRWOMEN 43 Michele Plaermo EAGLES OVER GAZALA 44 Emilio Brotzu ITALIAN SPOTTERS WORLDWIDE SHOTS Vol.1 Airliners and cargoes 45 Emilio Brotzu ITALIAN SPOTTERS WORLDWIDE SHOTS Vol.2 Executive and miniliners 46 Emilio Brotzu ITALIAN SPOTTERS WORLDWIDE SHOTS Vol.3 Combat p.1 47 Emilio Brotzu ITALIAN SPOTTERS WORLDWIDE SHOTS Vol.3 Combat p.2 48 MACCHI MC 205 VELTRO Maurizio Di Terlizzi Unmissable Italian/English appendix we find the story of volume that tells the story of Luigi Gorrini, the pilot that flew the Macchi MC205, the II WW the most with this aircraft. To Italian aircraft that was meant complete the monography the to take the place of MC202. author describes in detail two Complete and rich of techni - model kits: Hasegawa and Su - cal details, with coloured pho - permodel. tos both wartime and current (the modern shots include cockpit views and the contem - Author: Maurizio Di Terlizzi porary views offer some useful Pages: 64 references for the distinctive Format: 17 x 24 cm green/sand “ring” camouflage Photos/Illustrations: 22 co - of the Veltro). The book has lour; 37 b&w (including three- totally 22 coloured and 37 views and profiles) black and white illustrations Price: € 9,60 and various hand drawings. A ISBN: 9788886815550 chapter is dedicated to MC Series: Aviolibri N. 1 205 pilotsʼ uniforms, all descri - bed with great precision. In the 3 FIAT G. 55 CENTAURO Maurizio Di Terlizzi The narrative text and the Author: Maurizio Di Terlizzi captions are both in English Pages: 64 and Italian. Format: 17 x 24 cm The book starts with a brief Photos/Illustrations: 32 co - story of the origin and use of lour; 49 b&w (including the G.55 design. three-views and profiles) The technical part is rich of Price: € 9,60 colour detailed interior pictu - ISBN: 9788886815352 res and of technical details Series: Aviolibri N. 3 of the exterior of the type, in - cluding flaps and undercar - riage. The is also a camouflage and markings chapter and a section dedicated to model - lers with the RCR resin kit in 1/48th, the Mister Kit exam - ple in 1/72nd and the SMER 1/50th a scale example all being built and discussed. 4 REGGIANE RE 2005 SAGITTARIO Maurizio Di Terlizzi The author illustrates one of Author: Maurizio Di Terlizzi the most beautiful aircrafts of Pages: 64 the II World War, starting Format: 17 x 24 cm with an historical outline of Photos/Illustrations: 18 co - the Re2005 design with lour; 55 b&w (including black and white photo - three-views and profiles) graphs. The following chap - Price: € 9,60 ters are dedicated to a ISBN: 97888868155383 technical description of the Series: Aviolibri N. 4 type (with photos and ma - nual illustrations), to mar - kings and camouflage (with three colour side views, pho - tos of the interior of the type and of engine installation) and to manufactureʼs kits. The text is both in English and Italian. 5 RADIOTELEPHONIC FLYING HELMETS OF THE REGIA AERONAUTICA Alberto Spaziani With the precious collabora - Author: Alberto Spaziani tion of his collector friends Pages: 64 and the support provided by Format: 17 x 24 cm the Aeronautica Militare, the Photos/Illustrations: 45 co - author has been able to lour; 19 b&w bring some light on this little Price: € 12,30 known field of flight helmets ISBN: 9788886815833 of the Regia Aeronautica in Series: Aviolibri N. 5 WorldWar II. The text, inclu - ding captions, is offered both in Italian and English, and deals with all aspects of the massive number of different helmets illustrated. 6 FOCKE WULF 190 p. I Ferri Mauro - Bastianini Alessio This is the first of the new Authors: Ferri Mauro - Ba - “Variant File” series edited stianini Alessio by IBN. The text is bilingual Pages: 64 and it is a detailed guide on Format: 20 x 28 cm the versions and the deve - Photos/Illustrations: 25 co - lopment of one of the most lour; 55 b&w(including famous german planes of three-views and profiles) World War II. The first part Price: € 15,50 deals with the initial genesis ISBN: 9788886815901 and the phototypes to the A- Series: Aviolibri Variant File 4 version, including photos N. 1 of the real aircraft on how to build a Tamiya 1/48 scale model kit. The text includes precious colour profiles and lots of drawings, also on scale. 7 MACCHI MC 202 FOLGORE p.I Maurizio Di Terlizzi The first part of the mono - events that led to the birth of graphy is dedicated to an the Saetta aircraft. aircraft that is the one of the most researched between those that partecipated in Author: Maurizio Di Terlizzi the II World War. The text is Pages: 64 bilingual (Italian/English) and Format: 20 x 28 cm the volume deals with the hi - Photos/Illustrations: 18 co - story and the modelling sec - lour; 55 b&w(including tion in a very complete and three-views and profiles) accurate way. Price: € 15,50 There are around one hun - ISBN: 9788886815420 dred b&n photographs, five Series: Aviolibri Special N. coloured pictures, drawings, 1 explanations schemes, and illustrations concerning the modellistic section (Astrokit and Classic Airframes 1/48) plus six excellent colour pro - files. Last but not least the author did not neglect the 8 JUNKERS JU 87 PICCHIATELLO Maurizio Di Terlizzi This Italian publication has Author: Maurizio Di Terlizzi a bilingual text and it deals Pages: 64 with the Italian Ju 87, a bom - Format: 20 x 28 cm bing aircraft of the IIWWwi - Photos/Illustrations: 18 co - dely used by the Regia lour; 88 b&w(including Aeronautica. three-views and profiles) The text is supplemented Price: € 15,50 with interesting photos, one ISBN: 9788886815581 of which is in World War II Series: Aviolibri Special N. 2 vintage colour. There is a modelling section with colour photos of a pair of 1:48 Ha - segawa Ju 87s – a B/R and ʻ87D and descriptions of the necessary changes and added detailing. The chapter on camouflage and colour is accompanied by a table of the equivalent FS 595b numbers and the availability of paints of these colours from various manufactures. 9 MACCHI MC 202 FOLGORE p. II Maurizio Di Terlizzi Dedicated to modellers and Author: Maurizio Di Terlizzi history fans, this second part Pages: 64 of the monography, deals Format: 20 x 28 cm with the Folgore activity, Photos/Illustrations: colour; starting from the abandon of b&w (including three-views Tunisia (1943) to the end of and profiles) the II War World. Price: € 15,50 The text is both Italian and ISBN: 9788886815628 English and there are a Series: Aviolibri Special N. mass of period b&n and co - 3 lour photos, a good selection of colour side profiles along with a section on modelling the type. A whole chapter is dedicated to camouflage and markings and there are a lot of detailed photos that are both period and modern. Also provided are good views of the cockpit, gun - sight. 10 AERMACCHI MB 339 Maurizio Di Terlizzi This bilingual (italian/en - Author: Maurizio Di Terlizzi glish) volume, deals with all Pages: 64 aspects of the MB339 life Format: 20 x 28 cm from development to ser - Photos/Illustrations: 57 co - vice. lour; 43 b&w(including It covers the story of the three-views and profiles) type in words, photographs Price: € 15,50 and full artwork in Aeronau - ISBN: 9788886815635 tica Militare Italiana, Argen - Series: Aviolibri Special N. 4 tinean,New Zeland, Ghanian, Peruvian, Malay - sian, Dubain and Eritrean service. It offers extensive narrative text coupled with a mass of b/n and colour photos. The are plenty of attractive air-to-air shots, colour schemes and cockpit details plus a healthy sec - tion on building the Frems kit (1/48th scale).
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