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A silver streak flashes over the Air Force Base at Muroc, California. The slim, shark-bellied McDonnell XF-88 is unveiled as another advance in America's air mastery.
Curtiss Model 98 XBTC-2 was designed because of a request for a single seat dive/torpedo bomber in 1942. A Wright R 3350 with a four bladed prop should power the -1, a P&W R-4360 with 3-bladed contra props the -2.
A concise history pictorial of Richard Vogt's well known asymmetrical flying machine. Includes many never before published photographs and schematics.
Published 2001, 88 pages, 140 black & white photographs, softcover, 11" x 8.5"
Richard Bueschel revises and updates his classic series of books on Japanese Naval and Army Air Force aircraft of World War II. The JAAF Nakajima Ki-84 HAYATE (Frank) is presented in this volume. All variations and markings are covered in this fifth book
Nakajima Ki49 Donryu: in Japanese Army Air Force Service softcover
The JAAF Nakajima Ki-49 DONRYU (Helen) is presented in this volume. All variations, markings and units are covered in this, the seventh in a multi-volume series.
Mitsubishi Ki67 / Ki109 Hiryu: in Japanese Army Air Force Service IJAAF softcover
The IJAAF Mitsubishi Ki-67/Ki-109 HIRYU (Peggy) is presented in this volume. All variations, markings and units are covered in this, the eighth in a multi-volume series.
In early 1937, Curtiss and Vought, the Navy's two pre-war suppliers of fleet catapult scout floatplanes, were asked to submit bids for a high-speed replacement of the very successful SOC Seagull series. Navy design number 403 called for a mid-wing monopla
The famed Luftwaffe bomber in its late model designation is presented here in photographs, color profiles and detailed line drawings.
Published 1996, 90 black & white photographs, 15 colour profiles / multi views, black & white line drawings, 64 pages,
Number 1 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Messerschmitt Me 262.
Number 7 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Heinkel He 60.
Published 1997, 40 pages, black & white photographs and illustrations, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11" inches.
Pre-cursor to modern Stealth technology, a jet powered version flew in February 1945.
Schiffer Military History #47
Published 1997, 52 pages, 70 black & White photographs, softcover, 8.5" x 11"
This book is a concise history of the world's first operational jet fighter in World War II. This legendary Luftwaffe aircraft is shown in photos, line drawings, and color profiles.
A legend in its own time, over five thousand Phantoms were built in St Louis and Japan over more than twenty years. This heavily tabular book gives the construction number and first flight date of each aircraft and the attrition or retirement date and dis
The Fi 103 V-1 was the world's first practical cruise missile. The manned V-1s, the Fi 103R - known as the "Reichenburg" - were developed as a measure to continue the use of the V-1s after the Allies destroyed the missile's launch sites.
Published 2001,
X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Over 200 images, including three-view drawings, comprise this one of a kind photo album on the He 162. No other aviation publication has ever assem
A guide to the P-38 Lightning in the 12th Army Air Force. Lots of period photos and some color profiles round out the text. Also includes masking seals for canopies in 1/32 and 1/48 scales. Softcover. All text is in English.
The pilot-operated Bachem Ba 349 “Natter” (“Adder”) was one of several unexpected new weapons Germany was seeking to perfect for a more effective defense against Allied heavy bombers. The idea of the ground-to-air missile to slow down, if not stop, attack
This book explores the history of the Strategic Air Command's biggest bomber that helped keep the peace during the early years of the Cold War. The six-engined B-36 - later ten engine - was the first intercontinental bomber that could fly across continent
Boulton Paul Defiant: Warpaint #42 softcover
24 pages, black & white and colour photographs, 29 colour profiles, colour multi-views, 1:72 scale line drawing plans, production and unit lists, model kit decal and accessory list, softcover, A4 Format, 21 cm
During the Second World War, RAF Lancaster bombers took the conflict into the very heart of Hitler's Third Reich, and flew some of the most daring operations of the war. Surprisingly, of the 7,377 Lancasters built only two survive today, one in Britain an
The legendary Supermarine Spitfire receives the famous Haynes manual treatment with the full co-operation and authorisation of the Royal Air Force.
The first protoype was trucked from El Segundo to Murdoc Dry Lake (Edwards AFB). Its design had been refined into a bulbous shape which gave rise to the nickname "Willy the Whale".
The F/A 18 Hornet was not the first Naval Aircraft designed to meet all the Navy needs. The XF8B-1 was another Boeing called it the "Five-in-One" fighter (fighter, interceptor, dive bomber, torpedo, or horizontal bomber).
Designed with both the aircraft enthusiast and the modeller in mind, this series offers a comprehensive and accurate account of a single aircraft type within each issue. Drawings provided in both colour side and plan view with 1:72 scale plans, kit decal