Archive for Items Categorized 'Military', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
The Pucará Story
by Ricardo Caballero, Phil Cater
Still in production after some 45 years, and still only airplane insiders know and appreciate this little multi-role machine. For the first time in English, a proper book gathers all you need to know.
311 Squadron
by Pavel Vančata
A number of foreign nations fought with the British in WWII. Here Czech bomber crews serving in the RAF get a nod.
Badges & Uniforms of the Royal Air Force
by Malcolm C. Hobart
If you collect insignia or spent time analyzing photos, this book will be a handy reference for deciphering who’s what in the RAF and its predecessor, and even several of the auxiliary services.
Spitfire Aces of Burma and the Pacific
by Andrew Thomas
If all you know of the Spitfire is “Battle of Britain” you may well be surprised in how many other places and roles this iconic aircraft added laurels to its name.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F
by Robert Michulec
Probably the most famous of the German fighter planes, the Bf109 was the backbone of the Luftwaffe and the most produced fighter aircraft in history.
American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925
by E.R. Johnson
Can’t tell one hulking plane from another? Don’t know the difference between tactical and strategic airlift? Don’t know that the Jumbo Jet you’ve been flying for the past 40 years has a military cousin? It’s all here.
Lockheed P-38J–L Lightning
by Robert Pęczkowski
Rich with photos and drawings of the late-model J and L versions of the sexy Lightning, this book will make aircraft modelers—or illustrators—swoon.
By the Bomb’s Early Light
by Paul Boyer
The Bomb had a fallout beyond the physical destruction it wrought. Whatever lessons were learned came at a terrible price. The book examines its impact on the American psyche and policy-making from the trivial to the sublime.
Secret US Proposals of the Cold War: Radical Concepts in Military Aircraft
by Jim Keeshen
A very different look at aircraft proposals: photos of the models and illustrations that were created to demonstrate the ideas to planners and prospective buyers.
Negative Gravity: A Life of Beatrice Shilling
by Matthew Freudenberg
This aeronautical engineer solved a vexing problem in a famous WWII aero engine, raced motorcycles, had a long string of letters after her name, but resolutely marched to her own beat—which is why today few remember her!
Northrop Flying Wings
by Graham M. Simons
What occupied Jack Northrop’s mind in the 1920s would take until the late 1980s to be fully realized. Being ahead of one’s time is a difficult enough cross to bear; add to that financial woes, political bickering, a military that can’t make up its mind—and life becomes a drag. And drag is the very thing Northrop hated.
German Air Projects 1935–1945: Attack, Multi-Purpose and Other Aircraft
by Marek Ryś
An assortment of highly exotic machinery illustrates innovative approaches to engineering problems. Some seem to be answers to questions no one asked, others are task-specific adaptations of already existing apparatus.