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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 designs.
This was one of the first aircraft used as a target drone. This book explains the original concept outlining the need for a remote controlled aircraft and how that concept evolved into the QF-86 program. Lots of photographs from both inside and outside th
At the beginning of the 1930s, North American Aviation designed one of the most popular aircraft of all time, the T-6 Texan. Over 24,404 planes in 260 versions and variants were produced.
The North American XB-70 Valkyrie is one of the most unusual looking aircraft in aviation history, and only two were constructed. It was originally designed as a Mach 3 high-altitude bomber, but was later used as a research aircraft.
Published 2023, 52 pages, 87 black & white and 4 color photos, 39 line drawings, model kit reviews, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
Published November 2023, 138 pages, 320+ walkaround colour photographs, softcover, 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" inches
Detailed developmental and operational history of the first USAF dedicated all-weather, jet-powered interceptor. It also features the colorful paint schemes applied to F-89s, which should appeal to both modelers and historians.
Published 1999, 200 blac
This book is an in-depth study covering John K. "Jack" Northrop's quest for a clean flying machine. Covered are: Northrop's initial N-1M project, the N-9M, XP-56, through the B-35 project, B-49 project, and the huge bombers planned only on the drawing boa
Much misinformation has been published by those who support, as well as those who are against, the continued deployment of nuclear weapons as instruments of deterrence. This book provides an apolitical description of nuclear weapons, how they are designed
Off Target: America's Guided Bombs, Missiles and Drones: 1917-1950 hardcover
Published March 2021, 544 pages, black & white and colour photographs, hardcover, 6 3/4" x 9 3/4" inches
This unique reference details the RAF aircraft and technologies developed for logistics support of the British armed forces from the Cold War era up through today's precision delivery of equipment to forward operating bases in Afghanistan and the Middle E
Published Fall 2023, 439 Pages, 64 black & white illustrations, Chiefs of air Staff list, index, bibliography, softcover, 6" x 9" inches
By Randall Wakelam, William March and Peter Rayls
The story of the F-111 is not yet complete! Although the flying days of the F-111 have passed, unanswered questions still remain. The sole purpose of One-Eleven Down is to answer; “Why some F-111’s never came home.”
Startling in its innovation and daringly suicidal, Operation Dingo was not only the Fireforce concept writ large but the prototype for all the major Rhodesian airborne attacks on the external bases of Rhodesian African nationalist insurgents in the neighb
The North American P-51 Mustang was one of the most successful and effective fighter aircraft of all time. It was initially produced in response to a 1940 RAF requirement for a fast, heavily-armed fighter able to operate effectively at altitudes in excess
The North American P-51 Mustang remains one of the most famous and recognizable
aircraft in the world to this day. Nimble and fast—qualities that led the Mustang to be
used even today in air races—the aircraft was forged in battle.
Even today, almost eighty years after its first flight, the North American P-51 Mustang remains one of the most famous and recognizable aircraft in the world. Nimble and fast, qualities that lead the Mustang to be used even today in air races, the aircraf
Published Fall 2023, 264 Pages, 106 b&w illustrations, 196 colour illustrations, 56 colour figures, 3 maps 9 3/4" x 11 1/4" inches
By Michael Hood and Tom Jenkins
This book covers United States presidential aircraft including Boeing Clippers, DC-6s, C-54s, Constellations, 707s and 747s, as well as a variety of Air Force and Marine Corps support aircraft.
48 Pages, published in 2000.
Published Fall 2024, 208 pages, black & white and colour photographs illustrations, 12 colour profiles, line drawings, B-17 production list, glossary, bibliography, index, hardcover, A4 Format 8 1/4" x 11 3/4"
R.G. Smith began his career as an engineer for Douglas Aircraft Company in the 1930s, and played a key role in the design of many successful tactical airplanes and along the way developed world-class skills as an artist.........
Air-Britain's long out of print Royal Air Force Flying Training and Support Units is generally regarded as an impressive reference source. Now its successor, RAF Flying Training & Support Units Since 1912, hugely expands and revises its coverage..........
The Red Knight is the product of 25 years of meticulous research. It is the most comprehensive account ever written about the Royal Canadian Air Force’s legendary solo jet-aerobatics performer. The Red Knight chronicles the history of the program, from i
With heightened tensions mounting in the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower's request for more accurate intelligence information on the Soviet Union was the spark that ignited the U-2 project. Modified USAF bombers began overflights of the Soviet Union