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Flying Wings of the Horten Broth-
ers H.P. Dabrowski. Follow-up volume
covering the Horten brothers’ flying wing
concepts.
Size:11”x8.5”•70bwphotos•64pp.
ISBN:0-88740-886-9•soft•$14.95
Junkers Ju 287: The World’s First Swept-
Wing Jet Aircraft Horst Lommel. In the summer
of 1944, as WWII drew to a close, an unusual air-
plane took to the skies over Leipzig-Brandis on its
maiden flight. It was the prototype version of the Ju
287 V1, a four-engine jet bomber. With its forward
swept wings, the design was a critical milestone
in the annals of aviation technology and made the
Ju 287 the first swept-wing design in the world.
Size:8.5”x11”•300bwphotos•224pp.
ISBN:0-7643-2059-9•hard•$49.95
Lippisch P 13a & Experimental
DM-1 H.P. Dabrowski. Detailed look at
the unusual WWII-era Luftwaffe delta-wing
interceptor concept.
Size: 11”x8.5” • 80 bw photos/drawings
•48pp.
ISBN:0-88740-479-0•soft•$9.95
Messerschmitt Me 163 “Komet”
Vol.1 Mano Ziegler. The world’s first
operational rocket fighter in its WWII use
by the Luftwaffe.
Size:11”x8.5”•80bwphotos•48pp.
ISBN:0-88740-232-1•soft•$9.95
Messerschmitt Me 163 “Komet”
Vol.2 M. Emmerling. Follow-up volume
on the infamous WWII-era German
rocket fighter.
Size:11”x8.5”•80bwphotos•48pp.
ISBN:0-88740-403-0•soft•$9.95
Messerschmitt Me 262: Design
Concept, Prototypes, V Series, Flight
Tests David Myhra. Featured in this volume
are the early Me 262 concept and wind tun-
nel designs. This includes all of the Me 262
“Versuch,” or research design prototypes,
and the pre-production “Serein,” or S-type
flight test machines.
Size:11”x8.5”•400bw/colorphotos•248pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1888-8•hard•$39.95
Me 262 A-1a David Myhra. Featured is
theMe262A-1a, thestandard fightervariant
of this famed WWII aircraft.
Size:11”x8.5”•400bwphotos•216pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1939-6•hard•$39.95
Me 262: Versions A-1a Jabo through
A-5a David Myhra. Featured are the Me
262 “A” series types from the A-1a jabo
through the A-5 and including bomber,
recon, night-fighter and other variants.
Size:11”x8.5”•400bwphotos•216pp.
ISBN:0-7643-2058-0•hard•$39.95
Messerschmitt Me 262: Development, Test-
ing, Production Radinger & Schick. Accounts
of the developments of the fighter, fighter/bomber,
reconnaissance, and night fighter versions.
Size:8.5”x11”•150bw/colorphotos•112pp.
ISBN:0-88740-516-9•hard•$24.95
Arado Ar 234 Manfred Griehl. Concise history
of the world’s first operational jet bomber as used
by the WWII Luftwaffe.
Size:8.5”x11”•100bw/colorphotos•48pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1431-9•soft•$14.95
Ar 234/Ju 287 Kober. Short, detailed
history of the Luftwaffe’s first jet powered
WWII-era bomber aircraft.
Size: 11”x8.5” • 80 bw photos/drawings
•48pp.
ISBN:978-0-88740-203-6•soft•$14.99
DFS 228 David Myhra. This is the incredible story
of the German DFS 228, an ultra high-altitude,
photo-reconnaissance aircraft, and the first to have
a pressurized, and jettisonable cockpit.
Size:8.5”x11”•over220bwphotos•112pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1203-0•soft•$19.95
Dragonfly: The Luftwaffe’s Experimental
Triebflügeljäger Project David Myhra. The
world’s first attempt at perfecting a true, tail-sitting
vertical take off and landing (VTOL) interceptor
flying machine – Focke-Wulf’s Triebflügeljäger,
of 1944.
Size:8.5”x11”•240bw/colorphotos•120pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1877-2•soft•$29.95
Gotha P.60 David Myhra. A detailed look at the
aircraft proposed by Gotha to replace the Horten
Ho 229, which had already been selected for series
production by the RLM. Includes a comparison of
the two aircraft, as well as firsthand interviews with
those involved.
Size:8.5”x11”•330bw/colorphotos•120pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1399-1•soft•$19.95
Heinkel He 162 Heinz J. Nowarra.
Concise history of the operational WWII-
era Luftwaffe jet fighter.
Size: 11”x8.5” • 100 bw photos/plans
•48pp.
ISBN:0-88740-478-2•soft•$9.95
Heinkel He 162 Manfred Griehl. Follow-up vol-
ume on the unusual WWII-era Luftwaffe jet fighter.
Size:8.5”x11”•100bw/colorphotos•48pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1430-0•soft•$14.95
Heinkel He 280 Dressel/Griehl/Menke.
Detailed look at the first turbojet fighter
in the world.
Size:11”x8.5”•100bwphotos/plans•48pp.
ISBN:0-88740-344-1•soft•$9.95
The Horten Brothers and Their All-Wing
Aircraft David Myhra. The heretofore untold true
story of Reimar, Wolfram, and Walter Horten’s
remarkable aeronautical achievements with the
all-wing planform between 1933-1945.
Size:9”x12”•730bwphotos/plans•320pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0441-0•hard•$59.95
The Horten Flying Wing in WWII H.P. Dab-
rowski. Concise look at the WWII-era flying wing
aircraft of the Horten brothers.
Size:8.5”x11.5”•70bwphotos•52pp.
ISBN:0-88740-357-3•soft•$9.95
The Horten Ho 9/Ho 229 David Myhra. Horten
brothers biographer David Myhra continues his ef-
forts for a full accounting of the events surrounding
the design, construction, and flight testing of the
twin turbojet powered all-wing prototype Horten
Ho 9 fighter/interceptor and its serial production
prototype the Horten Ho 229V3.
Vol 1: Retrospective - Word for word interviews
make up this volume and often the details given
by one former worker differs from another leading
to more questions than answers.
Size:8.5”x11”•250bwphotos/plans•224pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1666-4•hard•$49.95
Vol 2: Technical History - This is the technical
companion volume to the Horten Ho IX Retrospec-
tive and documents how these flying machines
were constructed, shown largely in highly detailed
photos. Included are construction of the all-wing’s
wood main spar, wood wing ribs, plywood wing
covering, and internal fuel tanks, control surfaces,
drag rudders, nose wheel, etc.
Size:8.5”x11”•600bwphotos•256pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1667-2•hard•$59.95
T he Luftwaffe in World War II: S ecret Weapons , Experimental Designs, Jet Aircraft , Rockets, & M issiles