Cini Mauro Illustrator (2 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good++. Cini, Mauro (illustrator). 2014. Aviation Collectibles. Text in English and Italian. Book is in fine condition clean tight and bright. Cover is clean and strong.

Italian and English Edition. Condition: New. Mauro Cini (illustrator). New oversized softcover in printed wraps. 4to. (11.57 x 0.16 x 8.31 inches) Color photography and illustrations. 64 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The very image of the helicopter, known by everyone, fans and non-experts. To anyone thinking of a helicopter, from the mid-fifties, the 205 comes to mind. And the "Huey" produced by Bell in the United States, and, under license, by Dornier in Germany, Agusta in Italy, AIDC in Taiwan and Fuji in Japan, more than 20,000 examples divided into a dozen of main versions with a myriad of variants and in service in more than seventy air forces over the past sixty years. Its fame originates from the extensive use by the United States Army during the Vietnam War, of which has become the symbol, as was the Jeep in World War II. The characteristic "flap flap" of the rotors, which announced their coming even before they are seen, gave the soldiers the certainty of the arrival of supplies, rescue or close air support. With the "Huey" was developed the concept for the new era of "utility": a medium capable of performing various tasks, such as the transport of people and materials, supply, medical evacuation, covering armed troops on the ground, which added to the battlefields a vertical dimensions. With the "Huey" was developed the concept for the new era of "utility": a medium capable of performing various tasks, such as the transport of people and materials, supply, medical evacuation, covering armed troops on the ground, which added to the battlefields a vertical dimension. The military originated helicopter has made it robust, simple and reliable, characteristics appreciated in the civil field. All of the Armed Forces and Corps of the Italian government at least adopted in one of the version, have used and still use it, thanks to Agusta production; the Agusta Bell were, more than half a century, a constant in Our domestic skies. Because of the amount of historical data and images, will be presented in this volume the AB 205 in Italian Army service, a later work will deal with other operators.