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51 OTHER COUNTRIES AVIATION • GERMAN AVIATION WWI Antonov’s Heavy Transports: From the An-22 to An-225, 1965 to the Present. YefimGordon and Dmitriy Komissarov. This book charts the development and service history of the Antonov design bureau’s heavy transport aircraft, including the unique six-engined An-225 “Mriya:” created for carrying theBuran space shuttle, and is the biggest aircraft in the world today. The book is illustrated by a wealth of newphotos and color artwork.​ Size: 8.5"x11" • 598 color/bw photos • 288pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6071-8 • hard • $59.99 A Guide to the Russian Federation Air Force Museum at Monino Korolkov & Kazashvili. The Monino museum is founded on a rich collection of full-scale aircraft exhibits, as well as helicopters, aircraft engines, armament and search-and-rescue equipment, and reflects the history of Russian and Soviet aviation development from 1909 to the present. Size: 8.5"x11" • 130 color/bw photos • 176pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0076-8 • hard • $39.95 MiG-29 Flight Manual Alan R. Wise. The MiG-29 Fulcrum is acknowledged as the finest lightweight, multi-role fighter ever produced in Russia. This book provides a rare and unprec- edented glimpse inside a top Russian aircraft. Using information that only a few years ago was highly classified, this translated text presents an extraordinary look at the capabilities and complexities of one of the very best fighters. Size: 8.5"x11" • 110 color photos • 160pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1389-4 • soft • $24.95 OTHER COUNTRIES Dassault Mirage: The Combat Log Salvador Mafé Huertas. The first book ever to chronicle in detail all of the Mirage III, 5, F1 and 2000 aircraft and specifically their use in combat operations. The Mirage has seen more combat than any present day jet fighter, including action in the Six-Days War, the Falklands, the Gulf War and many other lesser known conflicts. Size: 9"x12" • 400 color/bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0168-3 • hard • $59.95 Jezreel Valley Mysteres: The Mystere IVA in Israeli Air Force Service, Squadron 109, 1956–1968 Shlomo Aloni. Israel acquired 61 Dassault Mystere IVA combat aircraft from France that were delivered to the Israeli Air Force and issued to two units: Squadron 101 at Hatzor, in the south, and Squadron 109 at Ramat David in the north. The Squadron 109 Mystere era covered mostly air-to-air from 1956 until 1962 and mostly air-to-ground from 1962 until 1968. Size: 8.5"x11" • 291 color/bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4825-9 • hard • $59.99 Ghosts of Atonement: Israeli F-4 Phantom Operations During the Yom Kippur War Shlomo Aloni. In the years that preceded the October 1973 Yom Kippur War, Israel invested heavily in the creation of a heavy attack force of four F-4 Phantom/Kurnass squadrons. This is a must for anyone with interest in F-4 Phantom operations, Israeli Air Force heritage, andmodern military history. Size: 8.5"x11" • 298 color/bw photos • 228pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4756-6 • hard • $59.99 The Israeli Air Force 1947–60: An Illus- trated History Salvador Mafé Huertas. Israel exists because of the resolute people that live in this small country, both civilian and military, but above all because of the Chel Ha’avir, which in the following years would be proclaimed the most combat experienced air force in the world. Size: 8.5"x11" • 190 color/bw photos • 176pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0390-2 • hard • $35.00 Hammers: Israel’s Long-Range Heavy Bomber Arm, The Story of 69 Squadron Aloni & Avidror. From the B-17 Flying Fortress and PBY Catalina, to the F-15I Thunder, Israeli Air Force 69 Squadron, the Hammers, has always been the long-range, heavy bombing element of Israeli air power. Inclueds Israeli B-17 operations, the complete story of how the Israeli Phantoms defeated the Syrian SAM network in Lebanon and the thundering introduction of the F-15I. Size: 8.5"x11" • 300 color/bw photos • 228pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3655-3 • hard • $59.99 Vultures over Israel: The Vautour in Israeli Service Squadron 110, 1957–71 Shlomo Aloni. The French Vautour was designed to serve as an attack aircraft, bomber and nightfighter. Israel purchased all three versions and was the only nation to operate all three types. Sqdn.110 recon Vautours collected imagery crucial for IAF Operation Focus, the preemptive strike that opened the June 1967 Six Day War. Size: 8.5"x11" • 400 color/bw photos • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3960-8 • hard • $59.99 MiG Aces of the VietnamWar István Toper- czer. There were 19 pilots in the Vietnamese People’s Air Force during the war. This book presents the most famous North Vietnamese flying aces’ careers from their training years to their missions and aerial victories, togeth- er with details of their MiG fighter aircraft in combat service. Size: 8.5"x11" • 245 color images • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4895-2 • hard • $45.00 Flying Dragons: The South Vietnamese Air Force Robert C. Mikesh. This book contains the most complete history of the South Vietnamese Air Force. In many ways, this is an American story; since VNAF was organized, trained, equipped, and attained its maximum strength under the tutelage of the US military. This updated book now features an abundance of color photos and new incites of the air force’s role in that war that have settled with time. Size: 8.5"x11" • 300 color/bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2158-7 • hard • $49.95 Marcel Dassault Mirage III Pere Redón. This book is a concise, illus- trated history of the legendary Dassault Mirage III. Covered are its technical developments, markings, and use by French, Spanish and other forces. Size: 11"x8.5" • 68 color/bw images • 48pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4370-4•soft •$12.99 GERMANAVIATION WWI WWI German Aviators: The Sanke Cards Charles Woolley. Clear, large scale images of all known and highly collectible Sanke personality photo postcards produced during WWI are now available, carefully replicated, and included all under one cover in this deluxe volume. Over 270 different cards of 132 individual aviators are included in this ground-breaking edition. Size: 8.5"x11" • 300 bw photos • 272pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1879-9 • hard • $69.95 Schlachtflieger! Germany and the Origins of Air/Ground Support, 1916–18 Duiven & Abbott. This book presents the history of the Schutzstaffeln from their formation as escort aircraft, to their being renamed Schlachtstaffeln and their role as infantry support aircraft. Partic- ipating in all the major German offenses on the Western Front in 1918, and manned mainly by enlisted pilots and gunners, these units became the first true close air support squadrons. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 color/bw photos • 400pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2441-1 • hard • $79.95 German Aces of WWI: The Pictorial Record Franks & VanWyngarden. The images of famous airmen such as Rich- thofen, Udet, and Voss are well known and frequently published, but the same cannot be said for all of the over 300 German airmen who achieved five or more aerial victories inWWI. Each photo is accompanied by a brief service history and victory total of the ace. Size: 11"x8.5" • 330 bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2117-X • hard • $59.95 AviationAwardsof ImperialGermanyinWWI and theMenWhoEarnedThem: VolumeVII, TheAviationAwardsofEightGermanStates andtheThreeFreeCities NealW.O’Connor. The last of O’Connor’s series covering the air awards and pilots of Imperial Germany. The eight German states appear first inalphabetical order. Among the 43biographies included in this volume are: Althaus, Böhme, von Cossel, Dornheim, Flörke, Friedewald, von Grone, and Haehnelt. Size: 8.5"x11" • 700 bw photos • 528pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1626-5 • hard • $69.95 101 Hours in a Zeppelin: Ernst August Lehmann and the Dream of Transatlantic Flight, 1917 Robert S. Pohl.Based on the orig- inal letters of physics professor Robert Wichard Pohl, who spent several years flying on zeppelins during the First World War, this book tells the story of the first flight to exceed 100 hours in the air. Size 6"x9" • 20 b/w photos • 208 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6641-3 • hard • $29.99 27.99 GBP/$42.99 CAD The Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German Naval Airship Division Douglas H. Robinson. The standard reference now revised and expanded. Robinson opened up his vast photo archives to enhance this new edition of his classic work. Much of the new photographic material is published here for the first time. Size: 8.5"x11" • 350 bw photos • 400pp. ISBN: 0-88740-510-X • hard • $59.99 Zeppelin: The Story of the Zeppelin Airships Hans G. Knäusel. Author Hans Knäusel describes the Zeppelin story with a critical look at the economic and political effects of the period, from the beginning in 1900 until the destruction of the Hindenburg in 1937. He also discusses airships built in other countries using the Zeppelin system, as well as the hangars and landing masts vital to operation of the big airships. Size: 7"x10" • 189 bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4478-7 • hard • $35.00 German Airships Heinz J. Nowarra. Concise, illustrated history of Germa- ny’s use of lighter-than-air ships with emphasis on WWI through the 1930s. Size:11"x8.5"•70photos/drawings•52pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-199-2•soft •$19.99 The Imperial German Eagles in World War I: Their Postcards and Pictures Vol. 1 Lance Bronnenkant. Postcards featuring German WWI aviators have long been collected, traded, and reproduced, but no author until now has focused on determining when, where, why, and by whom these pictures were taken, or when and why they were issued as postcards. This work pursues the answers to those questions, and unfolds like a detective story. Size: 8.5"x11" • 600 bw photos • 400pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2440-3 • hard • $69.95