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51 JET AGE AVIATION, 1950s TO PRESENT: GENERAL & CIVIL AVIATION • SPACE FLIGHT Desert Boneyards: Retired Aircraft Stor- age Facilities in the U.S. Hoeveler & Krämer. The Desert Boneyards are gigantic desert aero- dromes in which military and civilian aircraft 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" • 200 color photos • 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 docu- ments, 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 • hard cover • $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" • 300 color photos • 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 Frontier Airlines from its founding just after WWII 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" • 280 color/bw photos • 240pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4040-6 • hard • $49.99 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” • 130 b/w photographs • 288 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5541-7 • hard cover • $34.99 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" • 250 color/bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4247-9 • hard • $49.99 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" • 200 color photos • 176pp. ISBN: 0-88740-471-5 • hard • $49.95 Aerial Firefighting Wolfgang Jendsch. 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" • 415 color photos • 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" • 140 photos • 112pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0755-X • hard • $29.95 Unmanned Air Vehicles: An Illustrated Study of UAVs Bill Holder. Although the prime mission of military UAVs has been 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 and multiple engines, with piston, rotary, turbojet, pulsejet, and rocket engines. Size: 8.5"x11" • 150 color/bw photos • 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," and provides a technical description of the orbiter,main engines, external tank, and solid rocket boosters. Two pages are dedicated to each of the 135missions flown by theAmerican space shuttle, including technical data, crew names, and photos of eachmission. Size: 8.5"x11" • 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 the US win the ColdWar. Never before seen 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" x 11" • 207 color/bw photos • 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" x 9" • 166 color/bw photos • 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" x 9" • 93 color/bw photos • 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 Project Mercury: America in Space Series Eugen Reichl. This book is a concise, detailed history of America’s first steps into space. ProjectMercurywas America’s entry into the manned spaceflight program. All missions in Project Mercury are discussed, including details on all craft and the astronauts involved. Superb color, archival images, cutaways, and plans are also included. Size: 6"x9" • 89 color images • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5069-6 • hard • $19.99 Project Gemini: America in Space Series Eugen Reichl. This second volume in the "America in Space" series continues the history of the American manned space program. Beginning in 1964, two unmanned and tenmanned flights took place in the Gemini program. All Project Gemini missions are discussed, including details on all craft and the astronauts involved. Superb color, archival images, cutaways, and plans are also included. Size: 6"x9" • 132 color images • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5070-2 • hard • $19.99 NASA: Space Flight Research and Pioneer- ing Developments Hans-Jürgen Becker. This book covers NASA’s space flight research from the agency’s beginnings as NACA in 1915 to present-day NASA. Exciting projects and devel- opments are portrayed, such as the first supersonic flight of the X-1 in 1947, the flights of the fastest manned aircraft, the rocket-powered X-15, the flight-testing of the lunar module for the moon landings, testing new wing concepts, and more. Size: 8.5"x11" • 164 color photos • 208pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3879-3 • hard • $39.99