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33 EARLY AVIATION, WWI, 1920s–1930s: US, BRITISH, FRENCH, RUSSIAN & ITALIAN The Lafayette Flying Corps: The American Volunteers in the French Air Service in WWI Dennis Gordon. Includes detailed biographies of the 269 volunteer American airmen and gunners of France’s Service Aeronautique who flew in sixty-six pursuit and twenty-seven bomber/observation squadrons over the Western Front – also included are the thirty-eight pilots of the Escadrille Lafayette. Size: 8.5"x11" • 320 bw photos • 504pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1108-5 • hard • $59.95 Wings of Honor: American Airmen in WWI James J. Sloan. Wings of Honor is a compilation of all United States pilots, observers, gunners and mechanics who flew against the enemy in WWI. Covered are Americans who flew with the French and British air services, U.S. Navy aviators, and all other units in which Americans flew. Size: 8.5"x11" • 350 bw photos • 460pp. ISBN: 0-88740-577-0 • hard • $45.00 United States Naval Aviation 1910-18 Noel Shirley. A complete history of the early develop- ment of naval aviation in the U.S., and the role that the naval aviation service applied to the war effort during 1917-18. Detailed discussion is also provided regarding the role of USMC aviation during this time period. Size: 8.5"x11" • 320 bw photos • 336pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1179-4 • hard • $59.95 The Stand: The Final Flight of Lt. Frank Luke, Jr. Stephen Skinner. This book writes the last chapter on the life and death of America’s most spectacular WWI fighter pilot, and fills in the blanks left behind by history after the legendary Arizona balloon buster died under controversial circumstances deep behind enemy lines in September of 1918. Size: 8.5"x11" • 340 color/bw photos • 264pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3095-7 • hard • $69.99 U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft: Two Classics in One Volume William T. Larkins. This illustrated survey of Navy and USMC aircraft remains the most essential book on these airplanes ever written. These volumes remain the definitive record of the formative years for Navy and Marine Corps aviation. Size: 6"x9" • 1000 photos • 608pp. ISBN: 0-88740-742-0 • hard • $39.95 The Curtiss Hydroaeroplane: The U.S. Navy’s First Airplane 1911-16 Woodling & Chayka. This is the first book to detail the design and service history of the U.S. Navy’s first airplane, and presents the formative years of naval aviation between 1911-16. The Curtiss Hydroaeroplane made history as the first airplane to serve with the U.S. Navy, the Imperial Russian Navy and the Japanese Navy. Size: 8.5"x11" • 150 color/bw photos • 176pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3762-8 • hard • $59.99 Curtiss Fighter Aircraft: A Photographic History • 1917-48 Dean & Hagedorn. Making use of primary Curtiss documents, as well as the combined resources of the world’s leading historians of the subject, the authors have skillfully resolved myths and woven a com- prehensive study of the often very confusing story of these classic airplanes. Size: 8.5"x11" • 500 color/bw photos • 384pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2580-9 • hard • $69.95 Revolution in the Sky: The Lockheeds of Aviation’s Golden Age Richard Sanders Allen. This is the fascinating story of the single-engine Lockheeds flown by Charles Lindbergh, Wiley Post and Will Rogers, Amelia Earhart, and Jimmy Doolittle. Size: 8.5"x11" • 250 bw photos/maps • 256pp. ISBN: 0-88740-584-3 • hard • $37.50 The Northrop Story 1929-39 Richard Sanders Allen. From flying wings to polar explorers, from air racers to air liners, here is the full story of the single-engine airplanes designed and constructed by Jack Northrop during aviation’s golden age. Size: 8.5"x11" • 150 bw photos • 178pp. ISBN: 0-88740-585-1 • hard • $29.95 Wings across the Pacific Terry Gwynn-Jones. Wings Across the Pacific tells the epic struggle of the generation of pilots who made the dream of crossing the Pacific, a reality. The feats of Lindbergh and others who crossed the Atlantic have been more celebrated. But the Pacific was to flying what Everest was to mountain climbing: the biggest, most implacable, most irresistible challenge on earth. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 bw photos • 256pp. ISBN: 0-88740-743-9 • hard • $35.00 Innovations in Aircraft Construction Hans Redemann. From the Wright Brothers’ famous Wright Flyer in 1903, to the Concorde in 1969 this book emphasizes the great strides made in aircraft construction in the sixty-six years between these two famous designs. Size: 8.5"x11" • 300 color/bw photos • 248pp. ISBN: 0-88740-338-7 • hard • $29.95 Restoring Museum Aircraft Robert C. Mikesh. This book is considered the authoritative refer- ence to the wide and complex subject of aircraft preservation and restoration. Presented step by step through the process of aircraft restoration from the initial decision to prepare for an exhibit. Principal techniques in working with wood-and- fabric, and metal aircraft are discussed, using many real examples. Size: 9"x12" • 350 color/bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3234-0 • hard • $69.99 Battleship and Cruiser Aircraft of the United States Navy 1910-49 William T. Larkins. From the 1920s through WWII, aircraft operating from catapults were used for spotting gunfire and scouting ahead of the fleet. Flying these planes was unique and the dramatic launching and recovery operations are also covered. Size: 8.5"x11" • 400 bw photos • 272pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0088-1 • hard • $49.95 The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 William T. Larkins. Larkins’s book is the most complete information available on the Ford Tri-Motor, and includes information on design, construction, model designations, a cross-indexing of U.S. and foreign registrations, a cross-index to military Ford Tri-Motors, accident summaries, Ford factory employees and Ford Tri-Motor pilot listing. Size: 8.5"x11" • 520 bw photos • 320pp. ISBN: 0-88740-416-2 • hard • $49.95 The Russian Military Air Fleet in WWI August G. Blume. This two-volume set is a prodigious scholarly endeavor, offering for the first time in the English language a close up view of Russian Air Fleet operations and personnel. Vol.1: A Chronology • 1910-1917 Size: 8.5"x11"•300color/bwimages•336pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3351-4 • hard • $79.99 Vol.2: Victories, Losses, Awards Size: 8.5"x11"•300color/bwimages•400pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3352-1 • hard • $79.99 Flying Officers of the United States Navy 1917-19 . This book, originally published just after WWI, is the definitive reference to United States Naval aviators in WWI. Also included is a history of naval aviation operations in WWI. Size: 8.5"x11" • 2000 bw photos • 304pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0219-1 • hard • $49.95 The Camel Drivers: The 17th Aero Squadron in WWI Reed & Roland. The 17th Aero Squadron flew Sopwith Camels under British command along the Western Front during the summer of 1918. This definitive work on the 17th Aero Squadron in WWI is drawn from a wide range of official and personal sources. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0071-7 • hard • $45.00 The Hat in the Ring Gang: The Combat History of the 94th Aero Squadron in WWI Charles Woolley. This book contains a rich mixture of official as well as personal contemporarily written accounts of the 94th Aero Squadron, the most successful pursuit squadron in the United States Air Service. Size: 8.5"x11" • 375 color/bw photos • 272pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1427-0 • hard • $49.95 First to the Front: The Aerial Adventures of 1st Lt. Waldo Heinrichs and the 95th Aero Squadron 1917-18 Charles Woolley. The 95th Aero Squadron was the first American pursuit squadron to fly over the front in March 1918. Told through the words of those who served, Heinrichs’ richly written diary forms the nucleus of the story supported by contemporary letters, anecdotes, and combat reports. Size: 8.5"x11" • 280 color/bw photos • 240pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0749-5 • hard • $49.95 The 147th Aero Squadron in World War I: A Training and Combat History of the “Who Said Rats" Squadron Jack Stokes Ballard & James John Parks. This book is the first complete history of the American Air Service’s 147th Aero Squadron in World War I and provides, at last, an understanding of the role of this least known unit of the 1st Pursuit Group. Size: 8.5"x11" • 128 bw photos • 240pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4400-8 • hard • $59.99 New England Aviators 1914-18: Their Portraits and Their Records . This two-volume set orig- inally appeared in 1919 in limited quantities. 542 New England pilots – who flew with the USAAC, USN, USMC and British and French air forces – are given short biographical entries and WWI era photos. Vol.1 Size: 6"x9" • 200 bw photos • 472pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0345-7 • hard • $49.95 Vol.2 Size: 6"x9" • 250 bw photos • 480pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0346-5 • hard • $49.95