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Sikorsky S-43/JRS-1 Amphibian By Steve Ginter
100-pages perfect bound
3 color and 232 b&w photos, 8 drawings.
53 S-43/JRS-1 "Baby Clippers" were produced (31 civil, 15 Navy, 2 Marine, and 5 USAAC). The book covers all users including civilian and post war users. 10 of the Navy's JRS-1s were at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, all survived the attack and one, BuNo 1063, is undergoing restoration at the Smithsonian today. ...
Brewster F2A Buffalo, Richard S. Dann; Ginter Publishing, Simi Valley, CA, 2017; softcover, 176 pages, 391 photos, 22 illustrations.
This comprehensive monograph covers the entire history of Brewster's much maligned Buffalo fighter aircraft. The book starts out with the background of the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation and the events that led to the selection of the F2A as the Navy's first monoplane fighter. Following th...
CONSOLIDATED PB4Y-1/1P LIBERATOR
by Steve Ginter
241-pages, 4-color cover images, 72 drawings, and 511 b&w photos.
The Navy's acquisition of the B-24D as a long range patrol bomber/sub hunter (PB4Y-1) and as a long range photo recon platform (PB4Y-1P) marked a major shift in patrol doctrine and the eventual end to the flying boat patrol plane. The Navy Liberators became a one ship strike forces as they roamed thousand...
Vought SB2U Vindicator by Steve Ginter with Joe Weathers, Jr.
248-pages, 89-color photos, 22-duotone photos, 506 b&w photos and 25-drawings.
The Vought SB2U Vindicator Scout Bomber was the Navy's second production carrier monoplane to fly after the Douglas TBD and for a time was the fastest aircraft in the Navy's inventory. The extremely clean aircraft was a unique blend of the old stick-and-rudder fabric covered constru...
Sikorsky HR2S-1/CH-37C Deuce H-37A/CH-37B Mojave Heavy-Lift Helicopter. 137-pages, 138 color photos, 145 B&W photos and 48 drawings.
The USMC Deuce was originally designed as a heavy-lift assault helicopter capable of delivering 36 combat troops or equipment (up to two jeeps or field artillery) from ship to shore. It was quickly adapted by the Army which purchased almost twice as many as the Marines. During its early testing ...
BIRTH OF A LEGEND McDONNELL F4H-1 PHANTOM II 185-pages, 69-color photos, 251-b&w photos, 127-illustrations.
In late 1953, McDonnell Aircraft made an unsolicited proposal to the U.S. Navy for a big, carrier-based, supersonic, "All-Weather Attack Fighter". After not much more than a cursory review, it was rejected. That inauspicious beginning subsequently resulted in one of the world's best known jet fighters, the F-4H/F-4 Ph...
Douglas A-4C/L Skyhawk In Navy Service by Steve Ginter
192-pages, 16 in color.
Book contains 70-illustrations, 389 b&w photos, and 50-color photos.
Book six in the Naval Fighter Series on the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk covers the A-4C/L in Navy service. It covers the technical aspects of these aircraft and squadron histories including squadron patches. Previous books in the series are: NF-49, USN A-4A/Bs; NF50, USMC/USMCR/US...
Douglas A-4C/L Skyhawk in Marine Service.
48-pages, 148 b&w photos, 11 color photos, 26-squadron patches.
This book covers the squadron histories of the 23-Marine units that flew the A-4C/L Skyhawk in the 1960s and 1970s. This is the 7th book in the A-4 Skyhawk series. The others are: number NF49 Navy A-4A/Bs, NF50 USMC and Reserve A-4A/Bs, NF51 Navy A-4E/Fs, NF52 USMC A-4E/Fs, NF82 Two Seat Skyhawks and NF109 Navy A-4C/...
Martin AM-1/1Q Mauler "Able Mable" By Bob Kowalski
152-pages, 326 b&w photos, 4-color photos, 48-drawings, and 15-squadron insignias.
"Able Mable", the Martin AM-1/1Q Mauler, was the product of a 1943 Navy contract for two prototype bomber torpedo (BT) planes. Two other contractors, Curtiss and Fleetwings also received prototype contracts. In 1944 after the testing of these prototypes and a new entry the Douglas Skyraide...
Grumman F2F and F3F (pre-war Navy/Marine biplane fighters. 192-pages [ F3F-1 F3F-2 F3F-3] And Civilian Variants By Richard S. Dann
Published by Ginter Books
The 192-page F2F and F3F book is generously illustrated with over 440 photos, including 34 color photos, many not previously published. In addition, 39 illustrations and line drawings are included.
The early 1930s was a time of great change in the field of m...
Douglas F4D-1 / F-6A Skyray By Nick Williams
256-pages, over 600 b&w photos and drawings, 23-pages of color (86-color photos).
The radical tailless F4D Skyray built by Douglas in the early 1950s was the product of flying wing research work originally done by Jack Northrop and Germany's Alexander Lippisch of Me-163 fame. Since no horizontal tail was present, longitudinal and lateral control was maintained by trailing edge "...
McDonnell-Douglas C-9A 'Nightingale'/C-9B 'Skytrain II' By Steve Ginter
96-Pages, Almost all color: the book has 178 color photos, 26 b&w photos, 27 color patches, 35 illustrations.
The iconic Douglas DC-9 airliner was chosen by the USAF for a aeromedical evacuation and VIP transport aircraft as the C-9A and VC-9C respectively and by the US Navy/USMC as a passenger/cargo aircraft as the C-9B. 21 C-9As and 3 VC-9Cs were b...
McDONNELL FH-1 PHANTOM
64-pages, perfect bound, color covers, 159-b&w photos, 4-color photos, 25-drawings, 6-insignias.
By Steve Ginter
The US Navy's first purpose-built carrier jet fighter was the McDonnell FD-1/FH-1 Phantom, first ordered in January 1943. The small elegant aircraft had a long gestation period due to the delay in development of its Westinghouse jet engines. Originally six and even eight small 300 lb...
Boeing F4B Biplane written by retired Navy Captain Richard S. Dann. With 408 b&w photos and 24 drawings filling its 160-pages.
After three years of intensive research, author Richard S. Dann has finally produced the definitive history of the Boeing F4B, the Navy's iconic Golden Age fighting plane. The Boeing F4B, a favorite of pilots who flew it, still draws interest of hobbyists and historians alike, primarily due to the s...
USN / USMC Fairchlid R4Q / C-119 "Packet" / "Flying Boxcar"
By Nicholas M. Williams
72-pages, 140 b&w photos, 5 color photos, 22-patches, and 19 drawings.
In 1949 the US Navy was looking for a tactical assault transport for its Marine Corps units and arrangements were made to divert 8 off the shelf C-119Bs from the USAF to the USMC. These 8 aircraft and the 31 C-119Cs that followed were designated R4Q-1s. A small nu...
USN / USCG / USMC Beech Expeditor JRB / SNB / C-45 1940 through 1972.
ISBN: 979-8-9899509-1-1
89-pages, 275 b&w photos, 13 color photos, 30 drawings, 41 patches. limited to 1,000 copies. By Steve Ginter.
Over 1,600 "Twin Beech" aircraft were given BuNos and operated by the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. 8-versions were originally built. From the 8-versions, 21-different sub-versions were created which showed the ver...
Curtiss XF15C-1 "Stingaree" 36 b&w pages with color covers, 87 b&w and 4 color photos.
During WWII, the Navy ordered two carrier capable composite powered fighters (each equiped with one prop and one jet engine) to counter the land based all jet aircraft being developed by the Germans. The first was the small Ryan FR-1 "Fireball" followed by the much larger Curtiss XF15C-1 "Stingaree" heavy fighter. Three XF15C-1s, BuNos 0...
KAMAN SYNCHROPTER
HTK-1/TH-43E, HOK-1/OH-43D, HUK-1/UH-43C
By Tommy Thomason and Steve Ginter
ISBN: 979-8-9899509-4-2
80 pages, 174 B&W photos, 8 color photos, 51 drawjngs, 15 patches
In 1945, there were several aircraft companies involved in helicopter design, test and production in America. The smallest and least well financed one had just been incorporated by a 26 year old Charles Kaman to pursue a synchropter de...
Grumman FF/SF Plus G-23 Delfin/Goblin and Prototypes By Richard S. Dann
132 pages (128 B&W, plus 4 color Pages), 363 photos and drawings
The Grumman FF-1 and its derivatives, namely the SF-1 and G-23, represent a paradox in naval aircraft design. On one hand, it represented the end of the line for two-seat US Navy fighters in the biplane era. On the other hand, it incorporated relatively new technologies that when brough...
USN/USMC/USCG/USAAC Loening Amphibian By Steve Ginter
All b&w including covers
64-pages, 241 photos, 13 patches, 4 drawings
The Loening Amphibians were a unique adaptation of design for a "shoehorn" fuselage bi-plane equiped with retractable landing gear. It could virtually operate from anywhere. First ordered by the Army in 1924, it was quickly ordered by the Navy/Marines and finally by the Coast Guard. It was in fac...
Grumman J4F-1/2 Widgeon/Gosling
By Steve Ginter
40-pages, 126 b&w photos, 5-color photos, 18-drawings.
ISBN: 979-8-9899509-7-3
Grummans success with its famous JRF/G-21 "Goose" was so great that Grumman saw the need for a less costly, smaller version that targeted smaller companies, executives, celebrities and sportsmen. This became the G-44 "Widgeon". It cost about $30,000, which was 1/2 the price of a "Goose". Th...
BOEING XPBB-1 SEA RANGER / LONE RANGER By Steve Ginter
ISBN: 979-8-9899509-8-0
32-pages, all b&w, 12-drawings, 79-photos
In 1940 the Navy awarded Boeing a contact for the XPBB-1, a large 139.8 foot wing span twin-engine flying boat with performance far superior to the four-engine PB2Y Coronado and the twin-engined PBM Mariner. The airplane was named the "Sea Ranger" and later the "Lone "Ranger" when the project was c...
CHANCE VOUGHT REGULUS II
48-pages, 48 b&w photos, 18-drawings, 5-color photos By Steve Ginter
ABOUT THIS BOOK: In a time when most fighters were subsonic and a handful were supersonic Chance Vought was contracted to build a Moch 2, submarine-launched, nu-clear-armed cruise missile. The result was an airframe so fast that the Navy's fastest fighter (also built by Vought), the F8U Crusader, could not keep up with it. The att...
PIASECKI HRP-1/2 "RESCUER" (helicopter)By Tommy Thomason 56-pages, 127 b&w photos, 20-drawings, 4-color photos
ABOUT THIS BOOK: The big U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter is the direct descendant of a Navy contract awarded during WW II to a young helicopter pioneer, Frank Piasecki, and his group of part-time engineers to design, build and fly what would be at the time the world's largest helicopter, the HRP-1 Rescuer. It wo...