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Italian Aces of WWI and their Aircraft
Gentilli/Iozzi/Varriale. For the first time, a detailed
history of a little known aspect of WWI in the air: the
forty-two Italianaces.From legendarypersonalities
such as Baracca and Scaroni to completely forgot-
tenaces,eachbiographydetails theirpersonalities,
and their combat careers during and after the war.
Size:9”x12”•500bwphotos,profiles•496pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1664-8•hard•$69.95
The RussianMilitary Air Fleet inWWIAugust
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/bw images•336pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-3351-4•hard•$79.99
Vol.2: Victories, Losses, Awards
Size:8.5”x11”•300color/bw images•400pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-3352-1•hard•$79.99
Flying Officers of the United States Navy
1917-19.Thisbook,originallypublished justafter
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”•2000bwphotos•304pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0219-1•hard•$49.95
The Camel Drivers: The 17th Aero Squadron
in WWI Reed & Roland. The 17th Aero Squadron
flewSopwithCamelsunderBritishcommandalong
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”•200bwphotos•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”•375bw/colorphotos•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”•280bw/colorphotos•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”•128bwphotos•240pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-4400-8•hard•$59.99
New England Aviators 1914-18: Their
Portraits and Their Records. This two-volume
set originally appeared in 1919 in limited quanti-
ties. 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”•200bwphotos•472pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0345-7•hard•$49.95
Vol.2
Size:6”x9”•250bwphotos•480pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0346-5•hard•$49.95
The Lafayette Flying Corps: The Ameri-
can 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/observa-
tion squadrons over the Western Front – also
included are the thirty-eight pilots of the
Escadrille Lafayette.
Size:8.5”x11”•320bwphotos•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”•350bwphotos•460pp.
ISBN:0-88740-577-0•hard•$45.00
United States Naval Aviation 1910-18
Noel Shirley. A complete history of the early
development 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”•320bwphotos•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”•340color/bwphotos•272pp.
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”•1000photos•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”•150color/bwphotos•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 skill-
fully resolved myths and woven a comprehensive
study of the often very confusing story of these
classic airplanes.
Size:8.5”x11”•500bw/colorphotos•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”•250bwphotos/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”•150bwphotos•178pp.
ISBN:0-88740-585-1•hard•$29.95
Last of the Flying Clippers: The Boeing
B-314 Story M.D. Klaás. Klaás, historian and
writer of Pan Am’s early flying boat era during
the 1930s and 1940s, has put together historical
accounts of America’s greatest – and the world’s
largest – commercial airplane of the 1930s and
early 1940s.
Size:8.5”x11”•370bw/colorphotos•320pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0562-X•hard•$49.95
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”•200bwphotos•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”•300bw/colorphotos•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”•350color/bwphotos•224pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-3234-0•hard•$69.99
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