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Grumman TBF Avenger. No. 87 in the Warpaint series
by Charles Stafrace
Without doubt the Grumman Avenger was the most successful torpedo-bomber of the Second World War, and certainly one of the wartime aircraft that could most sustain punishment and yet make it back to base. Built by both Grumman under its TBF designation and by Eastern Division of General Motors under the TBM designation, no less than 9,837 examples were c...
Grumman F6F Hellcat. Even before Pearl Harbor the U.S. Navy realised that it would be hard for its existing fighters, the F2A Buffalo and F4F Wildcat, to deal with Japan's shipboard fighters, especially the A6M Zero. The situation was such that in June 1941 the U.S. Navy placed orders with Grumman 's 'Iron Works' for the F6F Hellcat before the first prototype had even flown. It was the right decision for Grumman 's new fighter...
Curtiss P-40. Derived from the earlier Curtiss 75 Hawk the P-40 Warhawk was an attempt to update the original design for more modern warfare. Unfortunately the aircraft that first emerged was seriously underpowered, undergunned and suffering from stability problems. Although not an auspicious start for a fighter design the Curtiss engineers and those of Allison, the engine builders, finally resulted in an aircraft that was wor...
Handley Page Night Bombers 0/100, 0/400 & V/1500 Author: W.A. Harrison
By William Harrison
The Handley Page 0/100, 0/400 and V/1500 were the first true heavy bombers of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War, giving Britain the long-range striking power needed for strategic bombing deep into Germany. Designed initially with a 114ft wingspan (later 100ft), folding wings, armour protection an...
Hawker-Siddeley 748 & Andover in Military Service. Author Adrian Balch 56 pages
Making its first flight on 24 June 1960 the prototype AVRO 748, G-APZV, became a very successful rugged replacement for the many DC-3 Dakotas flying around the world. In production, it became the second most successful British turboprop transport aircraft and was only superseded in numbers produced by those of the Vickers Viscount.
A total o...
Aero L-39, L-59, L-139 & L-159 Albatros
By Jakub Fojtik Ph.D.
This latest Warpaint title covers the Aero L-39 Albatros, a a Czech-designed jet trainer and light attack aircraft developed by Aero Vodochody during the 1960s as a successor to the L-29 Delfin. It first flew in 1968 and entered service in 1972, becoming the standard jet trainer for Warsaw Pact nations. With over 2,900 units built, the L-39 became one of the mo...
Dassault Mystere & Super Mystere
By Andy Evans
40 plus 4 pages
The Dassault MD.452 Mystere was a straightforward development of the successful Dassault Ouragan with a 30-degree swept wing and modified tail surfaces. The aircraft saw extensive service with the French air force, evolving first into the Mystere IVA, and the Super Mystere, which was the first Western European supersonic aircraft to enter mass production. B...
Mil Mi-4 By Jakub Fojtik.
This latest authoritative work of reference to join the Warpaint series charts the rise of the helicopter in both military and civilian use throughout the vast territories of the Soviet Union from the mid-1950s. The Mi-4 was the first successful series production type, and its widespread use with the Soviet Army and Navy saw fundamental changes to tactics and doctrine.
Lavishly illustrated wit...
IIyushin II-28 Author Nikolay Jakubovich
68 pages
8 pages of Colour Profiles
Never seen before Images
Nikolay Yakubovich documents fully this milestone in Soviet aviation history.
The Ilyushin Il-28 (NATO reporting name 'Beagle') was the Soviet Union's first jet bomber to enter large-scale production. Licence-built in China as the Harbin H-5, as well as in the Czech Republic, total production in the USSR alone was 6...
Mikoyan MiG-17 by Nikolay Yakubovich
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco followed on from the successful MiG-15 design providing the Soviet air forces with a high-subsonic fighter aircraft that was able to hold
its own against many of the NATO aircraft of its day. MiG-17s first saw combat in 1958
in the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis and later proved to be an effective threat against more modern supersonic fighters of the ...
Sikorsky S-55 Chickasaw and Westland Whirlwind The S-55 was deemed to be the first completely successful design for helicopter entrepreneur Igor Sikorsky, the type first entering service with all three United States services in the early 1950s Korean War years and going into mass production, seeing service with vast number of countries worldwide.
Convair (Consolidated Vultee) B-36 'Peacemaker' Conceived when the Americans thought that the stuttering British candle would be snuffed out by Germany, the Consolidated Vultee, Convair, B-36 was intended to take the air war to Europe from the Continental USA. Fortunately Britain hung on and caused the cancellation of the invasion due to the stalwart efforts of the RAF during the Battle of Britain. As global war developed the ...
Gamma Goat Detail In Action.
Conceived at a time when the U.S. Army was seeking to revolutionize its tactical vehicle fleet, the Gama Goat showed considerable promise. Deriving its name from its designer, Roger Gamaunt, the Gama Goat was initially a project of aerospace giant Chance-Vought. The all-wheel drive vehicle with steerable axles at each end and a flexible connection between the halves of its two-part body provide ag...
Mutt In Action (Soft cover) The 4WD M151 was intended to be a lightweight, high-mobility replacement for the M38A1, itself a successor to the famed World War II jeep. Dubbed the Military Utility Tactical Truck or "MUTT" by the military - GIs almost universally referred to the vehicle as a "jeep." The series' service life spanned more than 40 years and four manufacturers, and the vehicles saw service everywhere the U.S. GI was ...
The McDonnell F-4A/F-4B/F-4N/F-4J/F-4S & RF-4B Phantom US Navy and Marine Corps Versions By Andy Evans
84 Pages
Full Colour
The iconic F-4 Phantom is one of the most recognisable aircraft ever produced. Initially built for the US Navy, its multi-role abilities as an interceptor, fighter-bomber and reconnaissance platform were quickly adopted by the Marine Corps and first entered service in 1961. So impressed with the ...
Universal Work Holder. A really useful tool which is ideal for holding small
and odd-shaped parts for filing, painting, engraving,
sawing, shaping etc.
The four steel pins can be placed anywhere around the head
and are also useful for bending and forming wire around.
Handle can be removed and the head can then be locked
in a bench vice.
- 140mm long
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...
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...
US NAVY SQUADRON HISTORIES - NO. 305
WORLD WATCHERS
A Pictorial History of Electronic Countermeasures Squadron ONE (ECMRON-1) and Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron ONE (VQ-1).
by Angelo Romano
Pages: 304
Size: 8.5 X 11 (inches)
Format: Paperback with semi-rigid cover
Illustrations: 633 mostly color photos, 39 color profiles, 82 patches
Publisher: Ginter Books
The lineage of VQ-1's "World Watchers" can be traced bac...
US NAVY SQUADRON HISTORIES No. 304
Title: Electronic Aggressors
Subtitle: US Navy Electronic Threat Environment Squadrons - Part Two 1978-2000
218 pages, 499 photos (mostly color), 31 color profiles, 33 patches, 41 tables and graphs.
Author: Angelo Romano
Short Desc:
A Pictorial History of Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group (FEWSG), Fleet Tactical Readiness Group (FTRG), Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron ...
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...