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The D-558 program was a Douglas Aircraft Company contract with the U.S. Navy and NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), intended to produce an aircraft for the purpose of exploring transonic and supersonic flight.
Published 2004, 84 pages, black & white and colour photographs and illustrations, colour profiles and multi views, technical drawings, colour detail photos, 1:72 scale plans, production list, registration index, glossary, softcover, A4 format 8 1/4" x 11
The authors describe this book as a labor of love and who can blame them for there are few aviation enthusiasts who do not share their great affection and respect for one of the finest and long-lived aircraft ever to take to the skies, the DC-/C-47.
No airliner in the history of commercial aviation has had a more profound effect than the Douglas DC-3. It was reliable, easy to maintain and carried passengers in greater comfort than ever before. Its origins stem from a design by the Douglas Aircraft Co
Published May 2023, 144 pages, 145 colour and black & white photographs, hardcover, 9" x 9"
With his hugely successful commercial aircraft, including the legendary DC-3, founder Donald W. Douglas led his company to the forefront of aircraft manufacturers starting in the 1930s. “Depend on Douglas” was the company motto, and the company founder st
Douglas DC-9: Legends of Flight Illustrated History hardcover
Published December 2022, 144 pages, 120 colour and black & white photographs, hardcover, 9" x 9"
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".
Published March 2022, softcover, 256 pages, 600+ black & wihte & 86 color photos photographs and illustrations, line drawings, model kit section, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
The Douglas F4D Skyray (always known as the 'Ford' because of its designation) was intended to be the US Navy's first supersonic fighter, though in fact it was really a transsonic aircraft. A very handsome machine it had a relatively short career but equi
The Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer was a progressive development of the F4D-1 Skyray. Many people believe that the Skylancer was a faster and better choice than its competitor, the Vought F8U Crusader. They believe that it had inherently better stretch potential
Fifteen color and over 300 black and white photos and text cover the Super Gooney's usage 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.
Published 2023, 100 pages, 350+ black & white and colour photographs, colour detail photos, 48 colour profiles, colour multi-view, 1:72 scale plans, unit lists, softcover, A4 Format 210 cm (8.25”) x 29.7 cm (11.69 “)
28 pages, softcover, colour profiles, black & white and colour photographs, 38 colour profiles, 1:72 scale line drawing plans, production and unit lists, model kit decal and accessory list, softcover, A4 Format, 21 cm (8 1/4”) x 29.7 cm (11 3/4 “)
The Douglas Devastator was the US Navy's first all-metal combat aircraft, the Navy's first airplane with a fully enclosed cockpit, the first aircraft to have hydraulically folding wings, and the first US Navy torpedo bomber to see combat........
Almost from the very beginning, Douglas had suggested to the Navy that a two-seat version of the Skyhawk would be useful, both as a trainer as well as for some types of combat missions where a second pair of eyes might be useful
Published 2024, 88 pages, 182 black & white and 3 color photos 40 illustrations, technical illustrations, model kit reviews, list of pilots, patches, glossary, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
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In 1935, the intent of the Army Air Corps was to build a potential intercontinental bomber, a “Guardian of the Hemisphere”; they granted Donald Douglas a contract to build the world’s largest bomber. ......................
Bob Kowalski continues the saga of the bomber Torpedo (BT) program and the similar Scout Bomber (SB) program with the obscure story of the Douglas XSB2D-1 and BTD-1 "Destroyer".
Bob Kowalski continues the saga of the Bomber Torpedo (BT) program and the similar Scout Bomber (SB) program with the obscure story of the Douglas XTB2D-1 "SkyPirate".
Published October 2023, 560 pages, over 720 black & white and colour photographs, insignia, patches, hardcover, 8 1/2" x 11" inches
Drone Strike! takes you inside the secret world of Remotely Piloted Aircraft and the future of 21st Century warfare, revealing the cutting-edge technology and unique capabilities of these amazing unmanned military aircraft.
Drone Warfare is one of the first books to examine the development and use of such aerial drones...........
This book is the first dedicated exclusively to Northrop Grumman’s E-8 Joint Surveillance
Target Attack Radar System—JSTARS—America’s current-day ground surveillance, battle
management, and command and control aircraft. The E-8’s complete history, from