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ASTONISHING STORIES PILOTS TELL PILOTS
Robert N. Pripps Airplane pilots are notorious
storytellers. As this collection of tales (mostly
true) are revealed in this book, the reader,
whether a pilot or not, can experience a sense
of what it is like to be at the controls of everything
from a puddle jumper to a Mach 3 jet.
8 x 5, 34 b/w photos, Sftbd. ISBN 978-1-
58007-280-9. Available February 2022
Item # SP275 ......................................$19.95
AMERICAN SECRET PROJECTS 4 Tony
Buttler This revised book in the American
Secret Projects series describes the design
and development of American bomber and
attack aircraft from the end of World War
II to the mid-1970s both for the Air Force
and the Navy. 8-1/2 x 11, 360 pgs, 500
photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-910809-90-7
Item # MC990 ...............................$44.95
CHINESE AIR POWER Yefim Gordon &
Dmitriy Komissarov This book focuses on
the current People’s Liberation Army Air
Force (PLAAF) and the Naval Aviation order
of battle and describes the most advanced
aircraft types currently in service or due
to enter service. 8-1/2 x 11, 320 pgs, 700
photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-910809-46-4
Item # AD513 ................................$44.95
CIVIL AIRCRAFT MARKINGS 2021 Allan S.
Wright The new 2021 edition of this best-
selling annual publication builds on the long history
and heritage of the title. First published in
1950, this new edition is the 72nd outing of Civil
Aircraft Markings. 4-3/4 x 7-1/4, 464 pgs, 50
photos. Sftbd ISBN 978-1-910809-89-1
Item # AD989 ........................................ $19.95
CLOSE CALL II: RAF Close Air Support in
the Mediterranean Vic Flintham Volume
II starts from the assault on Sicily and tells
through a succession of battles in Italy and
southern France where the Allied armies
could depend on an immediate air cover
made possible by Allied air forces having total
air supremacy. 8-1/4 x 11-3/4, 224 pgs,
200 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-902109-65-7
Item # HK965 ....................................................................$44.95
CROWDED SKIES: Cold War Reconnaissance
over the Baltic Robert Hopkins
III This meticulously researched book by
distinguished Swedish author Lennart
Andersson and former RC-135 pilot and
Cold War historian Robert Hopkins III
uses newly declassified documents plus
first-hand accounts to tell the story of
these diverse and often dangerous missions.
8-1/2 x 11-3/4, 240 pgs, 200 photos.
Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-902109-62-6 Item
# AD520 Available May 2022 ...........................................$44.95
DOUGLAS C-74 GLOBEMASTER Nicholas
M. Williams This monograph of the C-74
Globemaster is written by Nick Williams,
an award-winning author of more than two
dozen articles published in the Journal of
the American Aviation Historical Society
and publications in the U.K. This new book
on the C-74 is the result of nearly 50 years
of research, containing comments from
several of the C-74’s engineers as well as
former Douglas and Air Force pilots. 8-1/2 x 11, 104 pgs, 198 photos.
Sftbd. ISBN 978-1-7349727-8-8 Item # GB2788 .........$32.95
FOCKE-WULF TA 154: Luftwaffe Reich
Defence Day and Night Interceptor Dietmar
Hermann This is a significantly revised
and expanded version of a book originally
published with a small print run in 2006 in
the German language. It is an absorbing
account of remarkably sophisticated German
World War II aircraft on which relatively
little has previously been published.
9 x 12, 224 pgs, 350 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-910809-94-5
Item # CP994 ...................................................................$44.95
FRENCH SECRET PROJECTS 3: Spaceplane
Designs 1964–1994 Jean-Christophe
Carbonel This book relates the story of the
remarkable concepts, crossovers between
aircraft and spacecraft beginning with the
“antipodal bomber” of 1944 and continuing
to the Aerospatiale STS-2000 project
through the Transporteur Aero-Spatial,
VERAS, AW Pyramid, Bumerang, Sanger
II, HOTOL, Hermes, and Taranis. Non-European
projects such as Dyna-Soar, Hyperplane, HOPE, and MAKS
are also covered. 8-1/2 x 11, 312 pgs, 500 photos. Hdbd. ISBN
978-1-910809-91-4 Item # AD991 ...................................$44.95
GRUMMAN F2F/F3F AND CIVILIAN VARIANTS
Richard S. Dann The first half of
this monograph covers the developmental
history of the F2F and F3F. Individual aircraft
histories are provided for each aircraft,
listing assigned commands, mishaps
and final disposition. Detailed period engineering
photos show every aspect of the
aircraft. This is followed by an operational
history of each Navy and Marine Corps
squadron that operated the F2F and F3F. 8-1/2 x 11, 192 pgs, 513
photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-1-7349727-2-6 Item # GB2726 .$44.95
MILITARY AIRCRAFT MARKINGS 2021
Howard Curtis This book has been fully revised
and updated by one of Britain’s leading
authorities on military aviation. This is the
must-have companion for all those interested
in military aviation. 4-3/4 x 7-1/4, 304 pgs,
24 photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-1-910809-88-4
Item # MC988 .......................................$19.95
NACHTJÄGER: Luftwaffe Night Fighter
Units 1939–1945 David Williams This is a
compendium edition of the much regarded
and long out-of-print Nachtjäger volumes
in the acclaimed Classic Colours series on
the aircraft, camouflage and markings of
the Luftwaffe between 1933-1945. 9 x 12,
192 pgs, 420 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-
906537-56-2 Item # CP756.............. $39.95
NORTH AMERICAN B-45 TORNADO Geoffrey
Hays This book is presented in 12
chapters detailing B-45A, B-45C and RB-
45C design, production, performance,
payload, endurance and operations as it
served as a bomber, reconnaissance and
flight test aircraft. 8-1/2 x 11, 264 pgs, 450
photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-1-73497-279-5
Item # GB2795 ................................$56.95
THE PHANTOM OF SCARPA FLOW Alexandre
Korganoff This book investigates both
phantoms of Scapa Flow beginning with
a dramatic reconstruction of the German
operation. The second part is the result of
research in both Britain and Germany, including
much evidence gathered from surviving
eyewitnesses on both sides. 5 x 7-3/4,
220 pgs. Sftbd. ISBN 978-1-910809-79-2
Item # AD519 Available May 2022 ....... $12.95