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46 JET AGE AVIATION, 1950s TO PRESENT: UNITED STATES • GENERAL & CIVIL AVIATION 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. Chron- icled 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 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 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. Doyouknowexactlywhere theBoeingCompany 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 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"•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 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•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 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"•280color/bwphotos•240pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4040-6•hard•$49.99