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Heinkel HE280: World's First Jet Aircraft: SMH#51 softcover
Published 1991. 48 pages, 100 black & white photographs and illustrations, 4 colour profiles, softcover, 11" x 8 1/4""
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.
his book provides a detailed overview of the history of winged spacecraft and the development of the vehicle we call the “space shuttle,” and provides a technical description of the orbiter, main engines, external tank, and solid rocket boosters
The Horten Brothers and Their All-Wing Aircraft is the heretofore untold true story of Reimar, Wolfram, and Walter Horten’s remarkable aeronautical achievements with the all-wing planform between 1933 and 1945 as told to aviation biographer David Myhra.
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"
Horten brothers biographer David Myhra continues his efforts for a full accounting of the events surrounding the design, construction, and flight testing of the twin turbojet powered all-wing prototype Horten Ho 9 fighter/interceptor and its serial produc
Horten brothers biographer David Myhra continues his efforts for a full accounting of the events surrounding the design, construction, and flight testing of the twin turbojet powered all-wing prototype Horten Ho 9 fighter/interceptor and its serial produc
X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Three Horten Ho 9s were constructed prior to war’s end: the V1 sailplane, the twin 004B powered prototype V2, and the serial production prototype V
Countless men served in World War II. In combat, on the seas, in administrative offices, and in the skies. This is a vivid and engrossing account in words and images of one man’s experience as a “Hump Driver,” a pilot who transported people, supplies, and
Take your seats, and by all means, fasten your seat belts! Come on a journey back in time to aviation's most daring and innovative era. Travel back nine decades, when for the first time, airplanes determined the victors of global wars—a time that altered
For the first time, the history of one of the most significant and longest-lasting Luftwaffe combat units is presented. Operating against Tito and his partisans in Yugoslavia, Nachtschlachtgruppe 7, and its predecessor units Störkampfstaffel Kroatien and
Pilot, scholar, daredevil, general . . . James "Jimmy" Doolittle was one of America\s greatest heroes. In a life filled with adventure and achievement, Doolittle did it all. As a stunt pilot, he thrilled the world with his aerial acrobatics. As a scientis
The book details the history of Imperial Japanese Army Flying Schools from 1912 to 1945, covering not only the formation of the schools, but also evolution of the training aircraft and the training of pilots, other aircrew, and ground crew maintenance per
Into the Blue covers USAF uniform heritage beginning with the early days of the USAS in World War I, through its progression to the modern day USAF uniforms.
The legendary Grumman A-6 Intruder was born into battle, making its first deployment off the decks of the USS Independence into Southeast Asia in 1966. For the next three decades, it was the ""main battery"" of the U.S. fleet and the primary strike weapon
published 2003 408 pages, 350+ black and white photos, line drawings hardcover 8 1/2" x 11" inches
Published 2003 464 pages, 350+ black and white photos, line drawings, Hardcover 8 1/2" x 11" inches
Jagdgeschwader 301 and 302 were established in 1943. Their mission was to intercept enemy bombers at night flying fast single-engined fighters. But they also had to engage Allied bombers by day. The pilots of these new fighter wings were a mix of former b
As a companion book to the previously published Japanese Aircraft Interiors, by the same author, this book defines more closely the equipment that outfitted these aircraft. There are chapters on such aircraft installed equipment as instruments, radios, ca
From ABDUL to ZEKE, this handbook covers all Allied designations for Japanese Navy/Army aircraft of WWII. Each aircraft is presented alphabetically according to its code name, and is also cross-referenced to its official (long) designations and project (s
Formed in August 1944, Jagdgeschwader 7 was equipped with the revolutionary Me 262 jet fighter, which was faster than any aircraft in existence at the time............
JU88 Over All Fronts: Schiffer Military History#35 softcover
The most versatile German aircraft of WWII is shown in its many uses and on a variety of war fronts.
published 1991, 48 pages, black & white photographs, line drawings, softcover, 11" x 8 1/2"
Published 2002, 80 pages, over 150 b/w and color photos, line drawings, softcover, 8.5" x 11" inches
In the summer of 1944, as the Second World War drew to a close, an unusual airplane took to the skies over Leipzig-Brandis on its maiden flight. It was the prototype version of the Ju 287 V1, a four-engine jet bomber.
Published 2004, 224 page, 300 black