Aircraft

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192 pages with plenty of black & white photos

168 pages with plenty of black & white photos

By Steve Ginter

Written by Bob Kowalski 41 pages Many photos

By Steve Ginter 88 pages Softbound

By Capt Richard Hoffman USN Ret 65 pages Softbound

By Steve Ginter and Corwin Corky Meyers216 pagesSoftbound

By Tommy Thomason 56 pages

By Steve Ginter 160 pages Softbound

By Steve Ginter 72 pages Softbound

By Steve Ginter 128 pages Softbound

By Capt Richard Hoffman USN (Ret)192 pagesSoftbound

By Steve Ginter192 pagesSoftbound

By Steve Ginter192 pagesSoftbound

By Steve Ginter128 pagesSoftbound

By Steve Ginter88 pagesSoftbound

By Steve Ginter176 pagesSoftbound

By Steve Ginter & Corwin Meyer225 pagesSoftbound

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 PN boats and their derivatives (Douglas PD-1, Keystone...

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 differences were: it was to be a true blue water, open...

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 entered fleet service with VA-19A in February 1947 and was...

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 the Skyraider's service life bridges from post WWII,...

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. "Blue Goose" refers to a color scheme that developed for...

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 adaptable that it is still in military and civil service...

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 and training squadrons and as a squadron utility and...

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 civilian and post war users. 10 of the Navy's JRS-1s were...

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 book starts out with the background of the Brewster...

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 recon platform (PB4Y-1P) marked a major shift in patrol...

By Steve Ginter and Joe Weathers Jr; 249-pages

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 cursory review, it was rejected. That inauspicious...

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 technical aspects of these aircraft and squadron...

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 book in the A-4 Skyhawk series. The others are: number...

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 prototype bomber torpedo (BT) planes. Two other contractors,...

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 great change in the field of military fighter aviation...

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 Me-163 fame. Since no horizontal tail was present,...

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 passenger/cargo aircraft as the C-9B. 21 C-9As and 3 VC-9Cs...

By Steve Ginter The US Navy's first purpose-built carrier jet fighter was the McDonnell FD-1/FH-1 Phantom, first ordered in January 1943. The small elegant aircraft had a long gestation period due to the delay in development of its Westinghouse jet...

By Richard S. Dann After three years of intensive research, author Richard S. Dann has finally produced the definitive history of the Boeing F4B, the Navy’s iconic Golden Age fighting plane. The Boeing F4B, a favorite of pilots who flew it, still...

72-pages, 140 b&w photos, 5 color photos, 22-patches, and 19 drawings By Nicholas M. Williams In 1949 the US Navy was looking for a tactical assault transport for its Marine Corps units and arrangements were made to divert 8 off the shelf C-119Bs...

89-pages, 275 b&w photos, 13 color photos, 30 drawings, 41 patches. By Steve Ginter. Over 1,600 “Twin Beech” aircraft were given BuNos and operated by the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. 8-versions were originally built. From the...

36 b&w pages with color covers, 87 b&w and 4 color photos. By Steve Ginter. During WWII, the Navy ordered two carrier capable composite powered fighters (each equiped with one prop and one jet engine) to counter the land based all jet aircraft...

By Tommy Thomason and Steve Ginter 80 pages, 174 B&W photos, 8 color photos, 51 drawjngs, 15 patches In 1945, there were several aircraft companies involved in helicopter design, test and production in America. The smallest and least well financed...

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

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 an outstanding and extraordinarily effective war-plane...

101 photos, 35 drawings 56 pages

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 on the task of documenting the Air Force operational...

By Steve Pace88 pagesSoftbound

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 further development of their standard P-51A and B/C...

By Steve Pace48 pagesSoftbound

By Duncan Curtiss 81 pgs

Item #212 - 144 pages softbound

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

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

By Lou Drendel and Norm Taylor161 pagesSoftbound

By Gerry Balzer72 pagesSoftbound

By Allan Carey161 pagesSoftbound

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 briefly tested as noise produced by the propeller even...

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 this requirement. The other three were the North...

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 to look like. I was one of the first Air Force jets to...

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 loads over great distances. The Douglas Aircraft...

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 insignia of units which flew the Tornado. The book is...

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). This was to be a futuristic and innovative Allison...

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 aircraft. These were the North American B-45 (see Air...

By William SimoneSoftbound 53-pages, 4-color and 87-b&w photos, with 39 drawings North American's oft-forgotten YF-93A (NA-157) was an advanced version of the F-86A Sabre day fighter designed for the penetration fighter reqirement. It was originally...

By Paul MetzSoftbound 144-pages, 296 color photos, 20 B&W photos, and 135 illustrations The F-20 was conceived as the next evolution of the Fighter for Export (FX), a concept that had been in place for over 50 years and a formalized U.S. government...

By Steve GinterSoftbound 88-pages, 182 b&w photos, 3-color, 40 drawings During WWII, the unsolicited Douglas Aircraft proposal for a contra-rotating pusher propeller powered light bomber would become the most unusual and iconic U.S. military aircraft...

By Angelo Romano137 pagesSoftbound

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 (ECMRON-2 or VQ-2), later designated Fleet Air...

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 Special Squadron Night THIRTY-THREE (VC-33), All Weather...

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 Electronic Warfare Squadron THIRTY-FOUR (VAQ-34),...

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), Format: Paperback with semi-rigid cover or softbound...

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), Format: Paperback with semi-rigid cover or softbound...

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 aircraft to carry the distinctive DIAMONDBACK markings...

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 aircraft to carry the distinctive DIAMONDBACK markings...

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 and temporarily based at Naval Air Station (NAS)...

By Roy Braybrook; 144 pages; Hardcover

Author: Ra'anan Weiss ‹¨«??ISBN: 978-965-7220-18-4 ‹¨«??Format: Soft Bound; 132 pages ‹¨«??Size: 21x28 cm ‹¨«??Publication #8 of the popular series 'Aircraft in Detail'. Over 750 photos!

Author: Ra'anan Weiss Format: Soft Bound; 48 pagesSize: 21x29.7 cm- Over 120 photos.- Color profiles.- The story of the first jet fighter of the IAF.- Revealing details of the Meteor's purchase and service.

Author: Ra'anan Weiss & Shlomo Aloni Format: Soft Bound; 84 pagesSize: 21x29.7 cmOver 300 photos.Color profiles and drawings

Author: Ra'anan Weiss and Shlomo Aloni ISBN: 978-965-7220-12-2 Format: Soft Bound; 84 pages Over 270 photos and color profiles

Author: Ra'anan Weiss Format: Soft Bound; 100 pages�??Size: 21x28 cm

Author: Ra'anan WeissFormat: Soft Bound; 108 pagesIllustrated with over 380 photos plus color profiles

Marek J. Murawski, Marek Rys' 8.25 x 11.5, 120 pages,3 D visualizations, Photos, renders, 9788364596117,paperback The first volume of the Monograph Junkers Ju 88 describes the genesis and...

140 pages; 136 archival photos, 80 graphicsAfter the start of the production of the first production version Ju 88 A-1 two subsequent versions, based on the same airframe were developed. The first of them was the Junkers Ju 88 A-2, designated, as its...

By Andrzej Glass, Tassos Katsikas • 172 pages• 155 archival photos• 150 redenders• color profiles• drawings sheets A4 and A3• format (sizes): (210x297 mm)• matte coated paper• soft cover binding

By Dariusz Paduch • 84 pages• format (sizes): (210x297 mm)  

This publication is devoted to the Ilyushin Il-2, famous Soviet ground-attack aircraft. The 20 page, A4 size booklet contains 10 sheets of 1:48 scale drawings, 5 sheets of 1:72 scale drawings (which include a specification of external changes in various...

By Stanisław Krzysztof Mokwa • 20 pages• 15 drawings sheets A4, 1:72, 1:48, 1:32• 5 color profiles (10 views)• 3 double sheet A2 with the scheme 1:32• Masking foil• Format (sizes): (210x297 mm)• booklet binding This...

By Mariusz Łukasik  

By Mariusz Łukasik 20 pages15 pages A4 model making plansmasking folis.9 colour profilesInsert A2 (scale 1:32)  

Henschel Hs 126Srećko Bradić20 pages15 pages A4 model making plansmasking folis.10 colour profilesInsert A2 (scale 1:32)    

By Maciej Noszczak 20 pages8 color profiles17 sheet with modeling plans2 double-sided A2 sheet with modeling plans The Messerschmitt Bf 110 was a typical working horse of the German Luftwaffe. It was used for a variety of tasks, although it was designed...

The Soviet Light Bomber Petlyakov Pe-2 Oleg Pomoshnikov • 20 pages• drawings sheets A4• drawings sheets B2• color profiles• mask foil• Matte coated paper• Format (sizes): A4 (210x297 mm)• Booklet binding  

Junkers Ju 88C Maciej Noszczak format A4 pages 20Insert A3    

The Sukhoi Su-24 Stanisław Krzysztof Mokwa • 24 pages• drawings sheets• color profiles• Matte coated paper• Format (sizes): A4 (210x297 mm)• Booklet binding  

Gloster Gladiator Mk. I, I Trop, II, II Meteo, Sea Gladiator, J-8 Marek Ryś • 24 pages• drawings sheets• color profiles• Matte coated paper• Format (sizes): A4 (210x297 mm)• Booklet binding      

Messerschmitt Bf 109 T Mariusz Łukasik • 20 pages• drawings sheets• color profiles• Matte coated paper• Format (sizes): A4 (210x297 mm)• Booklet binding Messerschmitt Bf 109T was supposed to operate from German aircraft...