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"BLUE GOOSE" COMMAND AIRCRAFT of the USN, USMC and USCG 1911 to 1961
BY: William A. Riley and Thomas E. Doll
128-pages, 15-color illustrations, 13-color photos, 435-B&W photos, and 9-B&W illustrations.
This book covers US Naval Aviation from its beginnings in 1911 until 1961 through the interesting and some times colorful "Blue Goose" or Command Aircraft. "Blue Goose" refers to a color scheme that developed for these a...
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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. ...
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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...
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£43.99
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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FROM BATS TO RANGERS
A Pictorial History of
Electronic Countermeasures Squadron Two (ECMRON-2)
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (VQ-2)
by Angelo Romano and
AMHC (AW) John D. Herndon, USN, Ret.
This Pictorial History of US Navy's Electronic Countermeasures Squadron Two (ECMRON-2 or VQ-2), later designated Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (FAIRECONRON TWO or VQ-2) by Angelo Romano and AMHC (AW) John D. Herndon,...
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World Class DIAMONDBACKS. A Pictorial History of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA-102) by Angelo Romano
US NAVY SQUADRON HISTORIES No. 306
ISBN-13: 978-1-7349727-3-3 Soft bound (NF306)
Originally designated Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102), the DIAMONDBACKS of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA-102) were established on 1 Jul 1955 in Jacksonville, Florida. The first aircraft to carry the distinctive DIAMONDBACK markings was...
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Douglas R4D-8/C-117D Super Gooney by Steve Ginter with Norm Tayler & Amgelo Romano. 15-color and over 300 b&w photos and text cover its 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. The DC-3S was a Douglas venture to add capability and life to the post war fleet of surplus DC-3s, C-47s and R4Ds. It was an remanufactured aircraft with a str...
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Curtiss XP-55 Ascender By Gerry Balzer, 72-pages, 148-b&w photos, 4-color photos. The Curtiss XP-55 Ascender was a tailless swept-wing WWII pusher fighter design born out by the USAAC 1940 fighter competition. The USAAC was looking for a fighter to counter the threat of the German Bf-109 and the Japanese Zero and replace the obsolete P-35s, P-36s and the front line P-40s just entering service. From this competition three unusu...
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£20.80
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Consolidated Vultee XB-46
64-pages, By Steve Ginter
115 b&w photos and 4 color photos. 25 illustrations.
The Consolidated Vultee (Convair) XB-46 was a four-jet medium bomber built to a 1944 USAAF requirement. It was the largest of the four different bombers built to this requirement. The other three were the North-American XB-45, the Boeing XB-47 and the Martin XB-48. The winner of the competition was the XB-45, but...
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Douglas C-74 Globemaster
By Nicholas M. Williams, 104 pages (88 in b&w, 16 in color), 141 b&w photos, 35 color photos, 22 illustrations.
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 brought U.S. Army Air Corps strategists to the realization that a new global transport was needed to carry large loads over great distances. The Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica, California, also quickly saw this need and desi...
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North-American B-45 Tornado. 264-pages (13-pages of color). 90,000 words, over 450 images. Author Geof Hays.
This 264-page book about the North-American B-45 is generously illustrated with 267 drawings, 355 photos, of which 15 are color aircraft images, and color drawings of 33 insignia of units which flew the Tornado.
The book is presented in 12 chapters detailing B-45A, B-45C and RB-45C design, production, performance...
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North-American YF-93A Penetration Fighter Air Force Legends 227 By William Simone 52-pages, 4-color and 87-b&w photos, with 39 draqwings.
North-American's oft-forgotten YF-93A (NA-157) was an advanced version of the F-86A Sabre day fighter designed for the penetration fighter reqirement. It was originally designated the F-86C and was designed around NACA flush inlets and a 8,000 lb thrust J48 afterburning engine with three ...
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Northrop F-20 Tigershark
By Northrop Test Pilot Paul Metz with Tigershark Voices quoted from 8-other Test Pilots/Engineers.
ISBN#979-8-9854726-6-0
144-pages, 296 color photos, 20 b&w photos, and 135 illustrations.
The F-20 was conceived as the next evolution of the Fighter for Export (FX), a concept that had been in place for over 50 years and a formalized U.S. government policy for over 25 years. Northrop invested $...
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