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From Supermarine Seafire XVII to Douglas DC-10, A Lifetime of Flight

by Ronald Williams

By looking over Williams’ shoulder as he pilots a great variety of aircraft in many different parts of the world you a sense for the practical and technical aspects of commercial flight from its early piston days to the jet age.

Hitler’s Eagles: The Luftwaffe 1933–45

by Chris McNab

A good one-stop survey of both the good and the bad, the weak and the strong of an essential part of the war effort that started as a dominant air force and then deteriorated.

First to Fly: North Carolina and the Beginnings of Aviation

by Thomas C. Parramore

There’s apparently more to North Carolina’s place in aviation history—or lore—than the Wright brothers! A local historian lays it all out.

4 Group Bomber Command, An Operational Record

by Chris Ward

It’s difficult when dealing with numbers and statistics and lists and more lists not to forget that all these data points involve real people and real pain. Chris Ward does well on both counts.

Surviving Bomber Aircraft of World War Two

by Don Berliner

Where are they now, the bombers that returned home? This book points you in the right direction and tells you something about them.

British Experimental Combat Aircraft of World War II

by Tony Buttler

In many ways, aircraft that do not get built or become household names play just as large role in the advancement of knowledge: they show what doesn’t work or isn’t feasible or is ahead of its time. This book is full of them.

Red Eagles: America’s Secret MiGs

by Steve Davies

Ever heard of “Constant Peg”? A once-top secret USAF squadron in Nevada acquired Russian aircraft to prepare its pilots to both fly and defeat them.

World’s Fastest Four-Engine Piston-Powered Aircraft

by Mike Machat

This super sleek photo recon plane did fly faster, higher, and farther than anything else in the sky but the relentless march of progress sidelined it.

The Pointblank Directive

by L. Douglas Keeney

No matter how much you’ve read or seen, this book has something new to say and does it in an uncommonly dramatic way.

US Guided Missiles: The Definitive Reference Guide

by Bill Yenne

Ok. Your eyes are glazing over. No! This is a fine book, well written, important. Cheap even. What’s not to like??

Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot

by Starr Smith

Oscar-winning actor Stewart was a star and saw the stars: he was a competent pilot even before he entered the service, attained the rank of Brigadier General in the Air Force Reserve, and even went Mach 2 in the back seat of a B-58 Hustler jet bomber.

Grumman F6F Hellcat

by Corwin “Corky” Meyer & Steve Ginter

With a kill-to-loss ratio of 19-to-1 and producing 307 aces the “Wildcat’s big brother,” specifically built to counter the Japanese Zero, was probably the most important Naval aircraft in WWII.

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