Yankee Air Pirates

May joy and happiness snow on you, may the bells jingle for you and may Santa be extra good to you! From Bangkok to Paris, Merry Christmas!

Researching the original owners of the items shown in Yankee Air Pirates might have been the most interesting and rewarding aspects of the preparation of the project. Internet is a wonderful resource and while crossing data, we managed to go deeper into...

Our friend Chris Monier has done an incredible work with his book "F-8 Crusader BuNo 149210". Chris acquired a Crusader cockpit some years ago, and during restoration he was able to document the aircraft story and trace back the pilots who flew it in...

Yankee Air Pirates Volume 1 was supposedly released on October 28th, but it seems it is not available everywhere yet. Here is an update of what we know: We received some author copies from Bushwood books in the UK, which is the European distributor. So...

October is here, and hopefully Vol.1 will be available by the end of the month. François brought to Paris the example he received in Bangkok, and we thought we might share some of the contents with our readers. Sooo, by popular demand, here are the very...

At least, that's what the many documents sent to us by the publisher stated, warning us of various misfortunes if we failed to meet any deadline. So we faithfully delivered the script in June 2012, and provided all required corrections earlier this year....

Olivier (right) trying to adjust the colors of a scanned certificate while François is holding the original document. The cramped workplace and crowded shelves are, sadly, Olivier's trademark! Summer has finally decided to show up in Paris, after weeks...

Summer break has finally arrived! Time for me to fly back to Europe for a couple of weeks and to discover what the postman brought home during the last months. The patch harvest has not been bad: several Air Commando / Special Operations related patches,...

Misty FAC F-100 pilot checking a rocket pod before taking off from Phu Cat AB (U.S. Air Force) We have just finished reviewing the PDFs sent by the publisher in their final format. The result is really great! We are really satisfied with the work done...

I am currently visiting François in Thailand. A great opportunity to dive off Koh Tao, one of the most beautiful spots in Southeast Asia. Besides the superb coral reefs, we had the pleasure to explore the wreck of HTMS Sattakut, which started her career...