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50 JET AGE AVIATION, 1950s TO PRESENT: UNITED STATES • GENERAL & CIVIL AVIATION The Curtiss X-Planes: Curtiss-Wright’s VTOL Effort 1958-65 FrancisH. Dean. A lavishly illustrated story of Curtiss Wright Corporation’s 50’s-60’s efforts in developing a vertical takeoff (VTOL) aircraft. The author, an insider who headed preliminary design work, gives a brief history of CurtissWright, and of theCurtiss Propeller Division that spawned the program, then follows with the development details of the X-100 concept demonstrator and the follow-onX-19militaryaircraft. Size: 8.5"x11" • 340 color/bw photos • 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 de- signed 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 strategic nuclear bombardment capability. Size: 11"x8.5" • 200 bw photos • 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 • soft cover • $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" • 230 color/bw photos • 88pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0726-6 • soft cover • $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" • 200 b/w photos • 224pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5440-3 • hard • $45.00 The Neutron’s Long Shadow: Lega- cies of Nuclear Explosives Produc- tion in theManhattan Project Martin Miller. This is the story of the brilliant 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" • 300 color/bw photos • 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 technology alone it made possible the Thor, 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" • 160 color/bw photos • 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" • 200 bw images • 160pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3251-7 • hard • $45.00 GENERAL & CIVIL AVIATION D. B. Cooper and Flight 305: Reexamining the HijackingandDisappearance: RobertH.Edwards,PhD. This book takes a fresh look at one of themost intriguing unsolved mysteries of the last 50 years: the hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, and the disappearance of the hijacker, never to be apprehended or identified. Working exclusively from original source documents, “Flight 305” reinvents the narrative of the hijacking, filters fact fromspeculation, explainswhere the FBI went wrong, and proposes a new hypothesis that is consistent with all the known evidence. Size: 7” x 10” • Over 100 color and b/w images • 264pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6256-9 • hard cover • $29.99 Boeing Metamorphosis: Launching the 737 and 747, 1965–1969. John Fredrickson with John Andrew. John Andrew, a retired Boeing executive, offers a unique insider look at the profound changes Boeing experienced in the 1960s as the product mix shifted from military hardware to the first generation of jet-powered airliners. Size: 6” x 9” • 130 color and b/w photos • 240pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6162-3 • hard cover • $29.99 Airbus A300/310: A Legends of Flight Illus- trated History. Wolfgang Borgmann. producing the A300—the first twin-jet, wide-body airliner in the world—the European Airbus consortium succeeded in joining the league of leading aircraft makers. Filled with detailed text, including historical, technological, and flight information, as well as colorful photos, this volume provides a fascinating insight into the history of commercial aviation. Size: 9”x9” • 110 photos • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6139-5 • hard • $29.99 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”x11” • 644 color & b/w photos 288pp. • ISBN: 978-0-7643-6051-0 hard • $69.99 Boeing 737:A Legends of Flight Illustrat- ed History. Wolfgang Borgmann. The Boeing 737 is undoubtedly one of the best known of all passenger aircraft and has been built in greater numbers than any other commercial aircraft in the world.More than 10,000 examples have been built in all its variants—an unbelievably high number for an airliner. Size: 9”x9” • 120 photos • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6138-8 • hard • $29.99 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"x11" • 510 color & b/w photos 288pp. • ISBN: 978-0-7643-5325-3 hard • $59.99 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” • 125 photos • 152pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4637-8 • hard cover • $35.00 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"x11" • 215 color & b/w photos 128pp. • ISBN: 978-0-7643-5226-3 hard • $34.99 McDonnell Douglas DC-10/MD-11: A Leg- ends of Flight Illustrated History. Wolfgang Borgmann. TheMcDonnell Douglas DC-10 is one of the most distinctive wide-bodied aircraft and since the early 1970s has been operated by many airlines on medium- and long-distance routes throughout the world. Successfully flying passenger service for over 40 years, the DC-10 currently still flies for FedEx in an airfreight delivery role. Size: 9”x9” • 120 photos • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6137-1 • hard • $29.99 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" x 9" • 61 color and b/w photos • 192pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5077-1 • hard cover • $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. This book recaptures that historical awe, and connects it with a sense of place. Do you know exactly where the Boeing Company began? Where was the magnificent 314 Clipper built? This book will answer those questions and many more as we dig into the aviation archeology of the “Jet City” and its surroundings. Size: 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" • 200 color and b/w photos • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5106-8 • hard cover • $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" • 130 color/bw photos • 48pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1187-5 • soft • $19.95