Ginter Books

By Steve GinterSoftbound 48-pages, 96 b&w photos, 3 color photos, 26 b&w illustrations In 1944, the Army issued requirements for a jet-propelled medium bomber which eventually spawned four...

By Steve GinterSoftbound 48-pages 131 b&w photos, 7 drawings The Bell XFM-1/YFM-1 Airacuda was the first airplane designed and built by Larry Bell's new Bell Aircraft Corp. (founded in July 1935)...

By Nick Williams The radical tailless F4D Skyray built by Douglas in the early 1950s was the product of flying wing research work originally done by Jack Northrop and Germany's Alexander Lippisch of...

SMOKIN’ TIGERSA Pictorial History ofReconnaissance Attack Squadron ONE (RVAH-1)byMichael Grove and Angelo Romano On 1 Nov 1955, Heavy Attack Squadron ONE (HATRON ONE or VAH-1) was established...

48 PAGES, 159-B&W PHOTOS, 4-PAGES DRAWINGS By Scott Libis

By Steve Ginter The iconic Douglas DC-9 airliner was chosen by the USAF for a aeromedical evacuation and VIP transport aircraft as the C-9A and VC-9C respectively and by the US Navy/USMC as a...

By Geoffrey HaysSoftbound This 264-page book about the North American B-45 is generously illustrated with 267 drawings, 355 photos, of which 15 are color aircraft images, and color drawings of 33...

David McLaren114 pagesSoftbound The North American Aviation Corporation's series of "Lightweight" Mustangs, the XP-51F, XP51G, XP-51J, and ultimately the P-51H, came as a result of North American's...

Duncan Curtis114 pagesSoftbound Air Force Legends Number 207 is the second volume in the North American F-86D/K/L series and covers the US Air Force usage of the F-86D/K/Ls. Duncan Curtis has taken...

Earl Berlin153 pagesSoftbound The answer to a need for larger and faster commercial and military airlifters was provided by, among others, the Douglas aircraft company with its military C-74 and...

William J. Simone145 pagesSoftbound North American's oft-forgotten F-107A remains perhaps the most enigmatic of the famous early "Century Series" fighters. The enigma stems from the fact that it was...

By Angelo Romano Originally designated Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102), the DIAMONDBACKS of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA-102) were established on 1 Jul 1955 in Jacksonville, Florida. The first...

By Angelo Romano Originally designated Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102), the DIAMONDBACKS of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA-102) were established on 1 Jul 1955 in Jacksonville, Florida. The first...

By Angelo Romano137 pagesSoftbound

By Steve Ginter; 241-pages, 4-color cover images, 72 drawings, and 511 b&w photos The Navy's acquisition of the B-24D as a long range patrol bomber/sub hunter (PB4Y-1) and as a long range photo...

By Steve Ginter; 48-pages, 148 b&w photos, 11 color photos This book covers the squadron histories of the 23-Marine units that flew the A-4C/L Skyhawk in the 1960s and 1970s. This is the 7th...

By Steve Ginter

By Steve Ginter & Nick Williams114 pagesSoftbound

Includes 57 B&W photos, drawings, technical data and specification. 34 pages.

Written by Steve Ginter 275+ photos / 6 color/and more 150 pages

By Angelo Romano WORLD WATCHERS A Pictorial History of Electronic Countermeasures Squadron ONE (ECMRON-1) and Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron ONE (VQ-1) Pages: 308, Size: 8.5 X 11 (inches),...

By Angelo Romano A Pictorial History of Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group (FEWSG), Fleet Tactical Readiness Group (FTRG), Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron THIRTY-THREE (VAQ-33), Tactical...

By Angelo Romano WORLD WATCHERS A Pictorial History of Electronic Countermeasures Squadron ONE (ECMRON-1) and Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron ONE (VQ-1) Pages: 308, Size: 8.5 X 11 (inches),...

By Angelo Romano A Pictorial History of Composite Squadron ASW THIRTY-THREE (VC-33), Composite Squadron Night THIRTY-THREE (VC-33), Composite Squadron All Weather THIRTY-THREE (VC-33), Carrier...

By Angelo Romano and AMHC (AW) John D. Herndon, USN, Ret.240 pages, 444 color photos, 180 b&w photos, 37 color profiles.This Pictorial History of US Navy's Electronic Countermeasures Squadron Two...

By Nicolas WilliamsSoftbound The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 brought U.S. Army Air Corps strategists to the realization that a new global transport was needed to carry large...

By William J SImoneSoftbound Created by the famous Lockheed "Skunks Works" and highly publicized at the start of the 1950s, the futuristic XF-90 seemed to epitomize what a supersonic fighter ought...

By Steve Ginter65 pagesSoftbound The Consolidated Vultee (Convair) XB-46 was a four-jet medium bomber built to a 1944 USAAF requirement. It was the largest of the four different bombers built to...

By Steve Ginter4 pagesSoftbound The XF-84H was derived from the RF-84F as a supersonic propeller test vehicle driven by an afterburning Allison XT-40 turboprop engine. Two aircraft were built and...

By Allan Carey161 pagesSoftbound

By Gerry Balzer72 pagesSoftbound

By Lou Drendel and Norm Taylor161 pagesSoftbound

Item #213 - 144 pages with several black & white photos and diagrams

41 pages with several black & white photos and diagrams. Softbound.

Item #212 - 144 pages softbound

By Duncan Curtiss 81 pgs

By Steve Pace48 pagesSoftbound

101 photos, 35 drawings 56 pages

By Steve Pace88 pagesSoftbound

By Richard Dann; 192-pages, over 440 photos, including 34 color photos, many not previously published. In addition, 39 illustrations and line drawings are included. The early 1930s was a time of...

By Bob Kowalski; 152-pages, 326 b&w photos, 4-color photos, 48-drawings, and 15-squadron insignias "Able Mable", the Martin AM-1/1Q Mauler, was the product of a 1943 Navy contract for two...

By Steve Ginter; 193-pages, 70-illustrations, 389 b&w photos, and 50-color photos Book six in the Naval Fighter Series on the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk covers the A-4C/L in Navy service. It covers the...

By Tommy H Thomason In late 1953, McDonnell Aircraft made an unsolicited proposal to the U.S. Navy for a big, carrier-based, supersonic, "All-Weather Attack Fighter". After not much more than a...

By Gunther Winkle The USMC Deuce was originally designed as a heavy-lift assault helicopter capable of delivering 36 combat troops or equipment (up to two jeeps or field artillery) from ship to...

By Steve Ginter and Joe Weathers Jr; 249-pages

By Richard S. Dann & Steve Ginter; 176-pages, 391 B&W photos, 22 illustrations This comprehensive monograph covers the entire history of Brewster's much maligned Buffalo fighter aircraft. The...

By Steve Ginter; 100-pages, 3 color and 232 b&w photos, 8 drawings 53 S-43/JRS-1 "Baby Clippers" were produced (31 civil, 15 Navy, 2 Marine, and 5 USAAC). The book covers all users including...

Douglas Siegfried, Tailhook Association Archivist and former S-2 pilot, and Steve GinterSoftbound The book covers the operational history of the aircraft in squadron service including the reserves...

By William Riley & Thomas DollSoftbound This book covers US Naval Aviation from its beginnings in 1911 until 1961 through the interesting and some times colorful "Blue Goose" or Command Aircraft...

By Steve GinterSoftbound The Douglas AD/A-1 Skyraider Part Two covers Skyraider Fleet and Utility squadrons with text on each squadron and photos and squadron patches/insignia when available. Because...

By Robert J Kowalski and Tommy H. ThomasonSoftbound The Grumman S2F (S-2) was developed to meet a specific mission requirement, carrier-based antisubmarine warfare. It proved to be so useful and...

By Steve GinterSoftbound Covers: Development, Testing, Variants, Test/R&D, CAG, FASRONs, Training Squadrons, Base/Carrier/Air Group/Squadron Hacks and Marine Skyraiders. The Douglas Skyraider...

By Steve GinterSoftboundThe Martin PBM Mariner flying boat with its distinctive gull wing was proposed to the Navy in 1937 as a replacement for the very successful Consolidared PBY. The major...

By Tommy Thomason129 pagesSoftbound

By Steve Ginter137 pagesSoftboundThe Super Gooney was used as a transport, VIP carrier, station hack, a trainer with VT-29, and its usage in Antarctica with VX-6 from 1952 into the 1980s.

By Steve Ginter137 pagesSoftboundThe book begins with a 24-page in depth review of the origins of the patrol flying boat covering most Curtiss boats (except the NC boats), the Naval Aircraft Factory...

By Steve Ginter & Corwin Meyer225 pagesSoftbound

By Steve Ginter176 pagesSoftbound