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Republic Airlines and its twelve predecessors formed one of the finest national airlines that ever spanned the nation............
A large number of people in the United States had their first airplane ride in a Ford Tri-Motor during the 1920s and 1930s, a plane that remains to this day a fine example of engineering, planning and production. It was the application of a modified assem
Until now, Army Air Force Bases in Nebraska during World War II had never before been presented in a single book (most of the photographed structures are no longer visible)...............
This volume provides an in-depth look into the story of this extremely significant jetliner and the environment that has contributed to this amazing story. Rich with many photographs and drawings that are published for the first time!
Developed as the answer to the American B-1, the Tupolev Tu-160 was the Soviet Union’s most potent strategic bomber. Several project versions were rejected, and a highly controversial contest involving some of the Soviet Union’s top-class aircraft design
Here is the life story of the most successful fighter pilot of all time, with 352 air combat victories - who spent ten and a half years behind Soviet barbed wire, surviving prison uprisings, hunger strikes, resistance against the NKVD and forced labor. Af
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Designated M-4 and code-named "Bison" by NATO, the new four-turbojet bomber was developed within an incredibly short time—just one year. It made use of many innovative features, including a bicycle landing gear, and was designed around the most powerful j
Under the Lend-Lease agreement with the US, the Soviet Union received large quantities of
war material, including many aircraft; the Bell P-39 Airacobra takes a special place among
them.
Presented in this book is the story of the former Frontier Airlines from its founding just after World War II to its eventual demise in the 1980s. The legacy of pioneering air service, purchasing jets, and competing after airline deregulation are just a f
Developed in the 1960s/1970s, the Tu-144 was the Soviet Union’s only practical venture into supersonic commercial aviation. Though its career was all too brief, it was a major technological achievement for the Soviet aircraft industry. The book provides i
Conceived in the waning days of World War II as an escort for the mammoth Convair B-36 bomber, the McDonnell Model 36 “Voodoo” first took to the air in 1948. With advances in turbojet technology, aerial refueling, and miniaturized nuclear weapons, the Mod
During the waning days of World War II, a frenzied race was underway in rubble-strewn Europe as US and Soviet forces sought to seize advanced German weapons technology. Over the next quarter century the North American Aviation (NAA) would enhance these sp
Among the different Luftwaffe units that formed the Legion Condor, one in particular stands out for its important Naval Air contribution: the Aufklärungsstaffel See/88.............
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. ......................
Aircraft of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces: A Chronicle in Photographs, Volume 2 hardcover
Volume II covers: JG 53 Pik-As, JG 54 Grünherz, JG 77 Herz-As, JG 300, JG 301, JG 302 Wilde Sau, and JG 400.
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After World War II, the Soviet Union and the USA, who had been allies in the war, started moving towards political and military confrontation. The Soviet Union urgently needed a strategic bomber capable of striking at the USA. Thus, the windfall of three
Published October 2023, 288 pages, 280 black & white and colour photographs, unit patches, fleet list, glossary, index, bibliography, hardcover, 8 1/2" x 11" inches
Published April 2023, 192 pages, 400 colour and black & white photographs, aircraft profiles, line schemes, hardcover, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4" (inches)
B-26 Flak Bait: The Only American Aircraft to Survive 200 Bombing Missions during the Second World War hardcover
Published 2022, 352 pages, 200 black & white and colour photographs, colour profiles, missions lists and details, index, glossary, hardcover
Former military aviators and military history enthusiast will see the exclusive and definitive look at the 50-year history of the Navy Fighter Weapons School
On December 16, 1958, a Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile became the first rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB, California. Established from the remnants of a WWII and Korean War training base named Camp Cooke, the USAF selected the location to oper
Willy Messerschmitt's Bf 109 is among the most famous fighter aircraft in the history of military aviation, and it was during the Spanish Civil War that it first saw combat. Using newly-discovered records, the author describes the Bf 109's operational car