Archive for Author 'Helen Hutchings', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

Queen of the Midnight Skies

The Story of America’s Air Force Night Fighters

by Garry R. Pape & Ronald C. Harrison

While focusing on the Northrop P-61 the book also discusses other types, in the context of technology, operational matters, and personnel.

Life on a Wing and a Prayer

by Peter G. Dickens

A true story of and by someone who has spent decades flying anything and everything with wings. This memoir is the result of people who knew and appreciated those stories leaning on the author to write them down.

Defying Detroit, Automobile Manufacturing in Southern California

by Leslie Mark Kendall

Would you have guessed that Los Angeles County alone was once the second-largest auto manufacturing hub in the US, putting as many as half a million cars a year on the road? It’s quieter now—but still busy.

P-61 Black Widow, Northrop Night Fighter in WWII

by David Doyle

Designed from the outset to incorporate then-new radar the P-61 became America’s first dedicated night fighter, capable of carrying heavy weapons to give it the bite of the deadly nocturnal predator spider it is named after.

Benjamin Holt & Caterpillar: Tracks & Combines

by Reynold M. Wik

Mud is the enemy of wheeled machinery. Holt was the entrepreneurial and mechanical genius of a wheel-making family and his invention of a continuous track system revolutionized agriculture and heavy construction.

Twilight of the Gods, Vintage Motorcycling’s Race Against Time

by Greg Adomaitis

This book posits that motorcycling in the US is at a critical moment as demographics and lifestyles are changing and new technology is making inroads.

The 1954 Hudson Italia

Hudson Motors’ Stylish Swansong

by Mark L. James

Bodied by Touring in Italy this model was primarily intended to gauge public reaction to styling ideas. It did receive positive customer reactions but just over two dozen ended up being built.

Your Mom Races Rally: Motherhood, Motorsports and the Revolution of Fun

by Kelly Conroy

This is not a hardcore car book. It’s about the memoirist’s voyage of personal discovery that leads her to unexpectedly becoming a rally driver.

Deadliest Decade: How Speed, Money, and Technology Transformed Auto Racing

by Preston Lerner

Can you guess which decade this book will be about? 1964 to 1973. But it really reaches farther. Bad things are allowed to happen because good things are expensive and inconvenient. Then critical mass is reached. It was ever thus.

Life at Shutter Speed, Two Decades of Larry Chen Photography

by Larry Chen

Chen is the only automotive photographer to hold the title of Canon Explorer of Light. He’s probably shot five million frames and is a big mover in the influencer sphere. See why in this retrospective.

Beyond Fundamental Carburetion

The Evolution of Fuel and Engine Control Systems

by Dean G. Tryon

Written with the antique, classic, and collectible car owner as well as restorer and mechanic in mind this text explains the theory and practice behind the transition from carbs to fuel injection.