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45 JET AGE AVIATION, 1950 s TO PRESENT: UNITED STATES • GENERAL & CIVIL AVIATION Allied Aircraft Art: Nose Art, Paint Schemes & Unusual Markings on Aircraft from Korea to Desert Storm Campbell & Campbell. This book is a tour through modern aircraft paint schemes and markings, with its shark’s teeth, heavy metal magic, and racy ladies. A full color look at nose-art, paint schemes, and unusual markings on fighter, bomber, and transport aircraft from Korea to Desert Storm. Size:8.5"x11"•270colorphotos•64pp. ISBN:0-88740-444-8•soft•$12.95 Adversary: America’s Aggressor Fighter Squadrons Llinares & Lloyd. Adversary takes an inside look at the dedicated adversary tactics units within the USAF, Navy and Marine Corps. Every unit in this highly specialized group, from the Navy’s well known TOPGUN program to the USAF’s elite 414th Combat Training Squadron is reviewed. Marine Corps Sniper squadron and Navy reserve units are also covered. Size:8.5"x11"•250colorphotos•144pp. ISBN:0-7643-0688-X•hard•$29.95 Warfighters: A History of the USAF Weap- ons School and the 57th Wing Llinares & Lloyd. Warfighters takes a first-hand look at how the USAF creates its most elite, highly trained aircrews, and provides an inside look at the USAF Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, one of the Air Force’s most highly classified programs. Size:8.5"x11"•270colorphotos•264pp. ISBN:0-7643-0044-X•hard•$49.95 Warfighters 2: The Story of the U.S. Ma- rine Corps Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) Llinares & Lloyd This second installment in the Warfighters series provides an in-depth look at the USMC aviation organization and its specialized training unit, the Marine Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1). Every aircraft operated by the Marines is examined through words and pictures. Size:8.5"x11"•500color/bwphotos•352pp. ISBN:0-7643-0329-5•hard•$59.95 U.S. Army Aircraft since 1947: An Illus- trated History Stephen Harding. This is the only comprehensive guide to the 124 aircraft and experimental flying machines used by the United States Army since 1947. The definitive reference source on its subject. Size:8.5"x11"•220color/bwphotos•264pp. ISBN:0-7643-0190-X•hard•$45.00 U.S. Army Aviation Color Schemes and Markings 1942 to the Present Lennart Lundh. This book focuses exclusively on how Army Aviation’s aircraft have been painted and marked during nearly sixty years of service. Official changes in exterior schemes, interior colors, and all forms of markings are covered. Size:8.5"x11"•600color/bwphotos•208pp. ISBN:0-7643-1180-8•hard•$49.95 Edwards Air Force Base - Open House at the USAF Flight Test Center 1957-1966: A Photo Chronicle of Aircraft Displayed Robert D. Archer. The USAF Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB has long been one of the most interesting test sites in the world. This pictorial history covers all of the aircraft shown publicly between 1957-66, with a chapter for each year listing all of the aircraft shown. Size:8.5"x11"•600color/bwphotos•232pp. ISBN:0-7643-0689-8•hard•$45.00 Tilt Rotor Aircraft: An Illustrated History Alexander Lüdeke. This book describes the fascinating genre of tilt rotor airplanes. Since the first helicopters flew, attempts have been made to create a link between the mobility of the rotorcraft and the speed of the winged airplane. At first these attempts failed simply because of constructive difficulties. Progressive development in the past decades created new possibilities, and led to the current V-22 “Osprey." Size:8.5"x11"•330color/bwphotos•288pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4269-1•hard•$59.99 The Curtiss X-Planes: Curtiss-Wright’s VTOL Effort 1958-65 Francis H. Dean. A lavishly illus- tratedstoryofCurtissWrightCorporation’s50’s-60’s efforts indevelopingaverticaltakeoff(VTOL)aircraft. The author, an insider who headed preliminary designwork,givesabriefhistoryofCurtissWright, andoftheCurtissPropellerDivisionthatspawned the program, then follows with the development detailsoftheX-100conceptdemonstratorandthe follow-on X-19 military aircraft. Size:8.5"x11"•340color/bwphotos•176pp. ISBN:0-7643-1434-3•hard•$49.95 Secret Aerospace Projects of the U.S. Navy: The Incredible Attack Aircraft of the USS United States, 1948-1949 Jared A. Zichek. Some of the most radical attack aircraft ever designed to operate from an aircraft carrier were developed in 1948 for the USS United States, which was to have been the core of the Navy’s nascent stra- tegic nuclear bombardment capability. Size:11"x8.5"•200bwphotos•232pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-3229-6•hard•$59.99 Air Launch! A Pictorial History of Airborne Weapons Holder & Vadnais. This book exam- ines the history of airborne-launched weapons and a number of variations. Each weapon is given a brief developmental description and a summary of who has implemented it, and includes cross-references to other countries' similar platforms. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 color/bwr photos • 96pp. ISBN:0-7643-1392-4•softcover•$19.95 Firepower: A History of the Aircraft Gun Vadnais & Holder. This book covers the history of aircraft armament from the early days of WWI when aviators fired hand-held weapons at each other, through the airborne gun advancements during WWII, and finally up to the modern Gatling Guns. Size:8.5"x11"•230color/bwphotos•88pp. ISBN:0-7643-0726-6•softcover•$19.95 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Specters of the Nuclear Age Martin Miller. From a single bomb after the Nagasaki attack, the U.S. would build some 70,000 nuclear weapons over the course of the Cold War. How did both sides build and deploy so many bombs? This book shows these weapons in the author's own high-quality photographs. Size:12"x9"•200b/wphotos•224pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-5440-3•hard•$45.00 The Neutron’s Long Shadow: Leg- acies of Nuclear Explosives Pro- duction in the Manhattan Project MartinMiller.This is thestoryof thebrilliant harnessing of American industry to build huge production plants that produced the nuclear explosive material for the first atomic bombs during theWWII Manhattan Project and after. It is a story told by the author in historical narrative and new high-resolution photographs of fast-disappearing relics. Size: 12"x9" • 193 b/w photos • 208pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5237-9 • hard cover • $45.00 Nuclear Weapons of the United States: An Illustrated History James N. Gibson. This new book covers every nuclear delivery system the United States ever deployed. With few exceptions, each weapon and system is illustrated by either color or bw photos. Each weapon also comes with specifications and a history of its development, deployment and retirement. Size:8.5"x11"•300color/bwphotos•240pp. ISBN:0-7643-0063-6•hard•$49.99 The Navaho Missile Project: The Story of the “Know-How" Missile of American Rocketry James N. Gibson. The Navaho pro- gram is the least known, yet the most important of the United States early missile programs. In rocket technologyalone itmadepossible theThor, Jupiter, and Redstone missiles. It also allowed the construction of the Atlas ICBM’s engines, the same engine technology that powered the Apollo moon rocket and Space Shuttle. Size:8.5"x11"•160color/bwphotos•96pp. ISBN:0-7643-0048-2•soft•$19.95 The Rockets and Missiles of White Sands Proving Ground 1945-58 Gregory P. Kennedy. In 1945, the US Army established a testing center for rockets and guided missiles in south-central New Mexico. Named White Sands Proving Ground, this center was the locale for many of America’s first steps towards space. Chronicled here are all major activities at the base from 1945-58. Size:8.5"x11"•200bw images•160pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-3251-7•hard•$45.00 GENERAL & CIVIL AVIATION Hunting theWind: Pan AmericanWorld Airways’ Epic Flying Boat Era, 1929–1946 Teresa Webber & Jamie Dodson. Hunting the Wind captures the excitement, the adventure, and the glamor of Pan Am’s magnificent flying boats. Crewmember’s and passenger’s vivid accounts will appeal to history buffs, aviation enthusiasts, and anyone who values innovation, and the indominable spirit of the American Dream. Size:6"×9"•130b/wphotographs•288pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-5541-7•hardcover•$34.99 Boeing 727: Triumph in the Skies. Dan Dornseif. First flown in 1963, the Boeing 727 was skillfully designed to outclass its competitors and remained without a direct rival for nearly two decades.Although this book is about an airplane, it is as much about the people at Boeing who were undaunted and took the financial risks necessary to build a truly outstanding machine. Size: 8.5” x 11” • 644 color & b/w photos 288pp. • ISBN: 978-0-7643-6051-0 hard • $69.99 Boeing 737: The World's Jetliner Captain Dan Dornseif. The Boeing 737 has been an in- credibly successful jetliner.This book will provide a thorough analysis of this fine aircraft and its history, to be enjoyed by professionals,hobbyists, and enthusiasts alike.A detailed technical chapter and a "how to" chapter are included. Size: 8.5" x 11" • 510 color & b/w photos 288pp. • ISBN: 978-0-7643-5325-3 hard • $59.99 Twin Cessna: The Cessna 300 and 400 Series of Light Twins Ron Smith. The Cessna Aircraft Company produced a wide range of twin engine light aircraft, from the high performance Cessna 310 to the ten passenger pressurized turboprop Cessna Conquest II.This richly illustrated book presents the origins and development of these aircraft, including the sometimes subtle differences between models and their sub-variants. Size: 8.5" x 11" • 215 color & b/w photos 128pp. • ISBN: 978-0-7643-5226-3 hard • $34.99