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46 JET AGE AVIATION, 1950 s TO PRESENT: GENERAL & CIVIL AVIATION • SPACE FLIGHT Enter the Drones: The FAA and UAVs in America Bill Carey. The history of how unmanned aerial vehicles, popularly called "drones," evolved in the last quarter century from military applications to a disruptive new commercial industry. As the book describes, the evolution faces considerable legal and technological hurdles—though none higher than winning regulatory approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. Size:6"x9"•61colorandb/wphotos•192pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-5077-1•hardcover•$29.99 Jet City Rewind: Aviation History of Se- attle and the Pacific Northwest Timothy A. Nelson. Seattle has hosted flying history from dirigibles to jumbo jets.Thisbook recaptures that historicalawe,andconnects itwithasenseofplace. DoyouknowexactlywheretheBoeingCompany began? Where was the magnificent 314 Clipper built? This book will answer those questions and manymoreaswedig intotheaviationarcheology of the “Jet City” and its surroundings. Size:91/8"x81/8"•200colorandb/wphotos•144pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-5106-8•hardcover•$29.99 Planes of the Presidents: An Illustrated History of Air Force One Bill Holder. This book covers United States presidential aircraft including Boeing Clippers, DC-6s, C-54s, Con- stellations, 707s and 747s, as well as a variety of Air Force and Marine Corps support aircraft. Size:8.5"x11"•130color/bwphotos•48pp. ISBN:0-7643-1187-5•soft•$19.95 Desert Boneyards: Retired Aircraft Stor- age Facilities in the U.S. Hoeveler & Krämer. The Desert Boneyards are gigantic desert aero- dromes inwhichmilitaryandcivilianaircraft from all over the world are stored, either permanently or for a time, in order to serve as sources of spare parts or to be reactivated after a certain time. The reader is shown the best-known of these desert boneyards in Arizona and California. Size:8.5"x11"•200colorphotos•160pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-3662-1•hard•$45.00 Queen of the Skies: The Lockheed Con- stellation . Claude G. Luisada. This extensively researched account, gathered from archival documents, interviews, and the author’s own personal experiences, sets the history of the Lockheed Constellation against the backdrop of the years 1940 to 1980. Illustrated with more than 100 photos and diagrams, Queen of the Skies is a fascinating story, particularly for airplane or aviation history enthusiasts. Size:7"x10"•51b/wphoto&illus.•Index•424pp.• ISBN:978-0-7643-4639-2•hardcover•$45.00 Colorful Aircraft: Unique Paint Schemes on the World’s Passenger Airliners Norbert Andrup. Detailed color images of nearly all the special paintings of international airlines, along with background information on their history. Airlines included are: Lufthansa, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Air France, Alitalia, SAS, Finnair, KLM, Iberia, SAA, Cathay Pacific, JAL, Korean Air, Quantas, Air China, PIA, Qatar, Etihad, El Al, Southwest, and many others. Size:8.5"x11"•300colorphotos•144pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-3656-0•hard•$45.00 Frontier Airlines: A History of the Former Frontier Airlines 1950-86 Gregory R. Stearns. Presented in this book is the story of the former FrontierAirlines from its founding justafterWWII to its eventual demise in the 1980s. The legacy of pioneering air service, purchasing jets, and competing after airline deregulation are just a few of the entertaining storylines that capture a golden and bygone era. The human side of how airlines operate is also documented. Size:8.5"x11"•280color/bwphotos•240pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4040-6•hard•$49.99 The Republic Airlines Story 1945-1986 Terry Love. Republic Airlines and its twelve predecessors formed one of the finest national airlines that ever spanned the nation. Although in existence for only six years, it created a legacy of dependability and service while flying into more locations than any other airline of the time. This book includes photos and illustrations depicting all phases of the history of Republic Airlines and its predecessors. Size:8.5"x11"•250color/bwphotos•160pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4247-9•hard•$49.99 The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Claude G. Luisada and Steven D. Kimmell. Fol- low the life of this aircraft from its initial inception to the delivery of the first production models. Includes many illustrations carefully chosen to assist the reader in better understanding and visualizing many of the new features found on the Dreamliner. Size:11"x8.5"•125photos•152pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4637-8•hardcover•$35.00 The Book of Air Shows Philip Handleman. This book is a full-color celebration of the great American air shows. From the early bi- and tri- planes, to the WWII era warbirds, up to the present day F-15 and SR-71, any and all aircraft that fly through the modern air shows is presented. Size:9"x12"•200colorphotos•176pp. ISBN:0-88740-471-5•hard•$49.95 Aerial Firefighting WolfgangJendsch. Includes fire-extinguishing planes known as airtankers, firefighting helicopters, transports, and direction and command planes essential to successful firefighting. Many rare, never-before-published images show firefighting aircraft in action. The detailed text provides technical descriptions of forest fire fighting and speculates on the future of firefighting aviation. Size:9"x12"•415colorphotos•352pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-3068-1•hard•$39.99 R.G. Smith: The Man and His Art An Autobiography with Rosario “Zip" Rausa. “R.G." describes his transition from helping design tactical aircraft to painting them in such compelling and dramatically beautiful fashion that he earned a worldwide reputation as one of the most skilled and admired aviation artists of all time. Size:11"x8.5"•140photos•112pp. ISBN:0-7643-0755-X•hard•$29.95 Unmanned Air Vehicles: An Illustrated Study of UAVs Bill Holder. Although the prime missionofmilitaryUAVshasbeen reconnaissance and surveillance, there is also consideration for mounting weapons on the vehicles. Surprisingly, just about every type of propulsion system has been considered, and they have used both single andmultipleengines,withpiston, rotary, turbojet, pulsejet, and rocket engines. Size:8.5"x11"•150color/bwphotos•72pp. ISBN:0-7643-1500-5•soft•$19.95 SPACE FLIGHT The History of the American Space Shuttle Dennis R. Jenkins. This book provides a detailed overview of the history of winged spacecraft and the development of the vehicle we call the "space shuttle," andprovidesatechnicaldescriptionoftheorbiter,main engines,external tank,and solid rocket boosters.Two pagesarededicatedtoeachofthe135missionsflown by theAmericanspaceshuttle, including technicaldata, crewnames,andphotosofeachmission. Size: 8.5" x 11" • 1,040 color and b/w photos 336pp. • ISBN: 978-0-7643-5770-1 hard • $59.99 Rockets and Missiles of Vandenberg AFB: 1957-2017 Joseph T. Page II. This book chronicles Vandenberg AFB's rocket and missile launches that helped theUSwin theColdWar.Neverbeforeseen photographs illustrate the variety of space launch vehicles used to lift national security satellites into orbit, as well as the operational testing of missiles used by United States nuclear alert forces. Size:8.5"x11"•207color/bwphotos•192pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-5679-7•hard•$39.99 Disasters in Space: Stories from the US– Soviet Space Race and Beyond Hermann Woydt. This book records over a dozen American and Soviet space disasters from 1967 to the present day. Presented are tragic and near tragic missions such as NASA’s Gemini 6A and 8, Apollo 1 and 13, the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, as well as the Soviets’ Soyuz 1, 11, and 18-1, and more. Size:6"x9"•166color/bwphotos•144pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-5617-9•hard•$19.99 The Soviet Space Program: First Steps: 1941– 1953 Eberhard Rödel. This concise history is the first book in a new series on the Soviet space program,and features many rare photographs, diagrams, and charts. When Soviet rocket experts examined the first Nazi V-2s in early 1945, they immediately realized that their own technology was years behind what the Germans had developed. Size: 6" × 9" • 207 color and b/w photos • 128 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5539-4 • hard cover • $19.99 The Soviet Space Program: The Lunar Mission Years: 1959–1976 Eugen Reichl. With the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union started the space race; the race for the moon soon followed. This book chronologically examines the fifty-nine missions the USSR sent, or intended to send to the moon from 1959 to 1976. Size:6"x9"•93color/bwphotos•160pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-5675-9•hard•$19.99 The Soviet Space Program: The N1, the Soviet Moon Rocket Eugen Reichl. The complete history of this rarely known Soviet space program is presented here, starting in 1959, along with detailed technical descriptions of the N1’s design and development.A full discussion of its attempted launches,disasters,and ulti- mate cancellation in 1974 completes this definitive history. Size: 6" × 9" • 89 color and b/w photos • 144 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5855-5 • hard cover • $19.99 Saturn V: America’s Rocket to the Moon Eugen Reichl. This book,part of the“America in Space”series, tells the gripping story of the development and creation of the Saturn V in concise, detailed text, and features numerous high-quality color images,technical drawings, and specification/dimension charts. Size: 6" × 9" • 160 color images • 144 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5482-3 • hard cover • $19.99 Project Apollo: The Moon Landings, 1968–1972 Eugen Reichl. This book brings the later years of the Apollo era to new life with details including the test flights in Earth’s orbit; the first orbits of the moon; the legendary Apollo 11 mission; the drama of Apollo 13; and Apollo 17, the last manned moon flight in 1972. Size: 6"x9" • 130 color and b/w images • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5375-8 • hard cover • $19.99 Project Apollo: The Early Years, 1960–1967 Eugen Reichl. In May 1961,American President John F. Kennedy committed the nation to carrying out a manned landing on the moon before the end of the decade.This volume covers the early years of theApollo program, still the most significant space effort in the history of mankind. Size: 6"x9" • 127 color images • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5174-7 • hard cover • $19.99