Ian Allan, 1990. — 68 p. — ISBN: 0711018863. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. A history of this vertical take-off fighter and its varients including the Sea Harrier.
Squadron/Signal Publications, 2003. — 66 p. — ISBN: 0897474627. CAMOUFLAGE - The method or result of concealing people or things from the enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings. {American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New College Edition.) Camouflage most likely reaches as far back as the beginning of human history. Grass, twigs,...
Squadron/Signal Publications, 1988. — 63 p. — ISBN: 0897472047. The F/A-18 Hornet has become the most common aircraft on the decks of US aircraft carriers in the history of naval aviation. While the Super Hornet is a distant relation of the A-D Hornets, they all trace their roots to the loser of the lightweight fighter competition of the early 1970s, the Northrop YF-17. 100...
Squadron/Signal Publications, 1990. — 62 p. — ISBN: 0897472543. Introduction: When I wrote "F-14 In Action" during 1977. the Tomcat was a relatively new aircraft. It had made its first operational deployments just two years previously and there were only ten squadrons in active service. A lot has happened since 1977. but Grumman's big swing-wing fighter is still the hottest...
Ginter Books, 2005. — 97 p. — ISBN: 094261268X. The two seat Grumman Cougar was one of the first swept-wing trainers to be put into service with the Navy and was also one of the first two seat version of a fleet fighter. Before this the new pilots were just given a lot of ground training and just given the keys. This book covers all of the different uses of the trainer from the...
Zenith Press, 2010. — 161 p. — ISBN: 0760333068. Descended from the F4F Wildcat (and sometimes called the Wildcat’s big brother), the Grumman F6F Hellcat debuted with the Pacific Fleet in mid-1943 and soon was taking on Japanese Zero fighters. Over the next two years, the Hellcat proved to be the most successful fighter aircraft in naval history-with more than 5,000 air-to-air...
Lampart, 2000. — 220 s. Książka obejmuje nie tylko samoloty znane, lecz także te, które produkowane były w pojedyńczych egzemplarzach, czy też pozostały tylko na deskach kreślarskich. Zaprezentowano wszystkie typy samolotów używanych przez japońskie lotnictwo morskie. Całość poprzedzona obszernym wstępem historycznym stanowi kompedium wiedzy na temat lotnictwa japońskiego.
Yale University Press, 2005. - 208 p. The Battle of Midway is considered the greatest U.S. naval victory, but behind the luster is the devastation of the American torpedo squadrons. Of the 51 planes sent to attack Japanese carriers only 7 returned, and of the 127 aircrew only 29 survived. Not a single torpedo hit its target. A story of avoidable mistakes and flawed planning,...
TAB Books Inc., 1987. — 68 p. — (Colours & Markings Vol. 5). — ISBN: 0830685294. Detail & Scale, Inc. is please to have acquired the Colors & Markings Series, and this volume is the first one to be released since this acquisition was made. It is being released as a companion volume to The A-6 Intruder in Detail & Scale, which covers the many details of the Intruder in the...
Publisher: TAB Books Inc., 1987 - 76 p. Detail & Scale, Inc. is please to have acquired the Colors & Markings Series, and this volume is the first one to be released since this acquisition was made. It is being released as a companion volume to The A-6 Intruder in Detail & Scale, which covers the many details of the Intruder in the familiar Detail & Scale format. The A-6...
Squadron/Signal Publications, 2001. — 66 p. — ISBN: 0897474325. Ron Mackay's "Fleet Air Arm: British Carrier Aviation 1939-1945" offers a solid overview of the British Fleet Air Arm in World War II. The book offers a good summary-level discussion of such topics including: (1) the Early Days, (2) Into Action, (3) Battle of the Atlantic, (4) Mediterranean Fortunes, (5) Operation...
Aero Publishers, 1969. - 55 p. ISBN: 0816805768 Aero Series 20 The Aero Series started off as a series of profiles of significant World War Two and 1920s aircraft, but from number 24 it switched to modern military jets and later also included military helicopters and civil airliners. With highly pictorial content, more pages and more colour illustrations were included as the...
Osprey Publishing, 1989. — 200 p. — ISBN: 0850459052. The F-8 Crusader was many things to many people. To its manufacturer, one of the leading pioneeer aircraft companies, Chance Vought, it was the last – and ultimately successful – chance to regain its once Olympian status as one of the main suppliers of fighter aircraft to the US Navy. To its early pilots, the F-8 was a...
Osprey Publishing, 1990. — 130 p. — ISBN: 0850459699. There is no pretending that this book is an historical study of Skyraiders, Skyhawks, and Skywarriors - or, as they were affectionately known, Spads, Scooters, and Whales - in US naval service, or that it is exhaustive in its presentation of their camouflage and markings. II is simply intended to record some of these...
Bernhard & Graefe, 1998. — 88 p. — ISBN: 3763760164. Das Buch beschreibt die Geschichte des Do X Prototyps von der Entstehung bis zu der Zerstoerung im Berlin im WWII. Das Buch erwaehnt auch die zwei Flugboote, die fuer Italien gebaut wurden und ueber deren Schiksaele kaum etwas bekannt ist.
Editura Modelism, 1995. — 99 p. — ISBN: 9739749720. Romanian documents and veterans were the base of that book. A happy circumstance put together the two authors and so documents from the german archives were united to those of the romanian Airforce.
Squadron/Signal Publications, 1995. — 82 p. — ISBN: 0897473396. The intent of the WALK AROUND series is to provide maximum information in a limited number of pages. This led us to the decision to restrict this book to the PBY-5/5A/6A and their variants, USAF OA-lOA and Catalinas/Cansos of the Allied Air Forces. Considered obsolete by many as the Second World War II began, the...
Putnam, 1990. — 612 p. — ISBN: 0870217925. This volume provides a chronicle of the aircraft which have served with the Navy, the Marines and the Coast Guard in 80 years-a period which opened with the Curtiss Pusher and comes up to date with thc Grumman F-14A Tomcat variable-geometry fighter. Between these two extremes can be traced, through the contents of this book, the...
Specialty Press, 2002. — 108 p. — ISBN: 1580070507. The very capable Intruder was the mainstay of the carrier attack force for almost 30 years. Coverage includes all attack and tanker variants, detailed coverage of the little-known A-6B and A-6C variants, standard ARM and Shrike shooters, Composite Wing details, and advanced A-6F coverage. For military and aviation enthusiasts...
Comments