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AVIATION HISTORY
UK AIRFIELDS OF THE COLD WAR Philip
Birtles This book provides a new study of
Cold War airfields for all who study airfield
history and archaeology. 8-1/4 x 10-1/2,
160 pgs, 150 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-
85780-346-4. Item # MC346 ........$39.95
UNFLOWN WINGS: Soviet/Russian Unreleased
Aircraft Projects 1925–2010
Yefim Gordon & Sergey Komissarov A
detailed volume uncovering a wide range
of Soviet aviation projects that, for a variety
of reasons, never progressed beyond
the drawing board. Packed with over 800
illustrations including photos, drawings,
and diagrams, this impressive book will
be of interest to enthusiasts and modelers
alike. 8-1/2 x 11, 640 pgs, 1,000 b/w &
color photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-906537-
34-0. Item # CP734 .......................$89.95
USAF INTERCEPTORS Marty Isham &
David McLaren This book offers readers
an excellent photo compilation of all
the great USAF Air Defense Command
interceptors from the entire Cold War
era. All the great aircraft flown by the Air
Defense Command are well documented
with rare archival and candid photography.
8-1/2 x 11, 128 pgs, 300 b/w photos.
Sftbd. ISBN 978-1-58007-198-7.
Item # SP150P ........ $24.95 POD Book
U.S. EXPERIMENTAL & PROTOTYPE AIRCRAFT
PROJECTS: Fighters 1939–1945
William Norton Follows the fast-paced
development of American fighter aircraft
during WWII, focusing on projects that either
never reached combat forces or only
did so in a limited manner. Emphasis is on
little-known projects that matured to the
point of significant design development.
10 x 10, 264 pgs, 390 b/w & 30 color
photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-58007-109-3.
Item # SP109 ................................$46.95
U.S. NAVAL AIR SUPERIORITY: Development
of Shipborne Jet Fighters 1943–1962
Tommy H. Thomason Profiles the turbulent
design and development stage of the Navy’s
carrier-based jet fighter program. The photos
in this edition are black & white. 10 x
10, 276 pgs, 300 b/w photos, 50 technical
drawings. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-58007-110-9.
Item # SP110 .................................... $46.95
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN VIETNAM
Steve Ginter This is a photographic history
of a long series of deployments by
a myriad of USAF aircraft, from the fighters
that were the tip of the spear to the
support aircraft that performed logistical
and special missions in the Vietnam War.
8-1/2 x 11, 160 pgs, 300 b/w, 62 color
photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-09892583-0-2.
Item # GB830 ................................ $39.95
V2: The A4 Rocket from Peenemünde
to Redstone Murray Barber This is the
most comprehensive book ever on the
V2; it includes important new details of
the post-war development and testing
of the rocket and its role in the dawning
of the space age. 9 x 12, 296 pgs, 350
photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-906537-53-1.
Item # CP753 ............................... $79.95
VERTICAL TAKE-OFF FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
Bill Rose This is an illustrated history of
concepts, experimental, and operational
military VTO & VTOL aircraft. 8-1/2 x 11,
176 pgs. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-906537-39-5.
Item # CP739 ............................... $42.95
VICTORY 1940 John Dibbs & Tony
Holmes Presents a stunning pictorial
chronology of the legendary Battle of Britain,
when the might of the German Luftwaffe
was defeated for the first time by
the RAF’s heroic “Few.” This book also
features amazing warbird photography
by John Dibbs, as well as never-beforeseen
WWII archival images. 12 x 8-1/2,
224 pgs, 250 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-
910415-49-8. Item # CP549 ......... $32.95
VOUGHT F8U-3 CRUSADOR III Tommy H.
Thomason The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader
III was an aircraft developed by Chance
Vought as a successor to the successful
F-8 Crusader program and as a competitor
to the F-4 Phantom II. 8-1/2 x 11, 92 pgs,
175 photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-984611-
40-9. Item # GB140 ...................... $22.95
VOUGHT’S F-8 CRUSADER - PART 2
Steve Ginter First published in 1988, this
book is one of four volumes on the famous
F-8 Crusader series. The book covers
the squadron histories of the RF-8
squadrons and its usage in Vietnam. 8-1/2
x 11, 66 pgs, 220 b/w photos and illustrations.
Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-942612-17-2.
Item # GB217P.........$21.95 POD Book
VOUGHT’S F-8 CRUSADER - PART 3
Steve Ginter First published in 1989,
this volume puts forth the Marine
squadron histories of Vought’s infamous
F-8 Crusader from 1958 through
1968. It covers the 14 active-duty and
9 reserve Marine squadrons that flew
it. 8-1/2 x 11, 66 pgs, 160 b/w photos.
Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-942612-18-9.
Item # GB218P ...... $21.95 POD Book
VOUGHT’S F-8 CRUSADER - PART 4
Steve Ginter First published in 1990, this
book is a squadron-by-squadron history
of the “Last Gunfighter,” Vought’s
F-8 Crusader. It covers the 69 Navy
units that flew the “MiG Master” including
squadron patches with additional
pages on operating the Crusader in Vietnam.
8-1/2 x 11, 218 pgs, 600 b/w photos.
Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-942612-19-6.
Item # GB219P........ $34.95 POD Book
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR – WBT Vol. 4
Barrett Tillman Filled with vintage photos
of Vought’s legendary F4U Corsair from
assembly line to flight line, plus exploded
views, cutaway and phantom drawings
from tech manuals, disassembled aircraft,
rare variants, and experimental
models. 8-1/2 x 11, 104 pgs, 204 b/w
photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-1-58007-212-0.
Item # SP467P .........$21.95 POD Book
VOUGHT F-8 CRUSADER: Development
of the Navy’s First Supersonic Jet
Fighter Bill Spidle Detailed coverage of
the Vought F-8 Crusader’s design, production,
record flights; the XF8U-3 Super
Crusader; significant NASA variants; and
foreign operators augments the story of
this aircraft’s development. This book
provides the vital “missing link” in the
story of this legendary aircraft: the U.S.
Navy’s first supersonic jet fighter. 10 x 10,
228 pgs, 431 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-
58007-242-7. Item # SP242 .........$44.95
VOUGHT SB2U VINDICATOR Steve
Ginter with Joe Weather Jr. The Vought
SB2U Vindicator Scout Bomber was the
second USN carrier monoplane to fly after
the introduction of the Douglas TBD
Devastator, and for a time it was the fastest
aircraft in the US Navy’s inventory.
Equipped with folding wings and capable
of carrying a 1,000-lb bomb, Vindicators
saw active service from 1938 to 1943.
This book includes extensive first-person
accounts by Vought test pilots and USN/
USMC aviators. 8-1/2 x 11, 284 pgs, 642
photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-9993884-0-2
Item # GB840 ................................$52.95
VULCAN’S HAMMER: V-Force Aircraft &
Weapons Chris Gibson Running in parallel
with aircraft development were a number
of programs to advance V-bomber weaponry.
In addition to free-fall bombs, the UK
aviation industry undertook development
of missiles and the associated propulsion
and guidance systems, and in Blue
Steel, created the most complex vehicle
ever produced in the UK. 8-1/2 x 12, 176
pgs, 100 photos and 100 illustrations/line
drawings. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-902109-
17-6. Item # HK917 .......................$49.95
WARBURTON’S WAR: The Life of Maverick
Ace Adrian Warburton Tony Spooner
This book paints a picture of a fascinating
man who, with 350 operational missions
from Malta, became a living legend among
the aces of WWII. 5 x 7-3/4, 204 pgs, 20-
pg b/w photo section. Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-
907579-43-4. Item # AD794 .........$12.95
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