SM: Citroën’s Maserati-Engined Supercar

by Brian Long & Philippe Claverol

How many cars do you know that were both state vehicle and rally car? The SM was a tour de force par excellence. Or, in ‘Murrican, it was out there, big time.

Maserati 250F: A Legendary Formula 1 Car

by Walter Bäumer & Jean-François Blachette

If you follow the serious 250F literature you know there is untrodden ground. Is this the book to button it all up? It pretty much is. It is massive in terms of physical attributes, and massively important.

SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales, and Legends

by Richard H. Graham

The Blackbird may be old but stories about this “hottest plane in the cold war” don’t get old. Here people who were involved in many different areas of its building and operation relate stand-out situations.

Three’s a Crowd: The First 20 Years of British Formula 3

A Pictorial History 1964–1983 from Stewart to Senna via Walker and Warwick

by Chris & Tony Ellard

You probably recognize all of those names, but there are many, many more here, embedded into rich, mostly photographic context.

Midnight Flyboys

by Bruce Henderson

Operation Carpetbagger was a covert op and remained classified for half a century but then received a Presidential Unit Citation and Congressional Gold Medals for the outsize contributions to the war effort.

Skyhookers

An Illustrated History of Hook-on Aircraft and Their Dirigible Motherships

by William Wolf

You’re looking up at an airship in flight, little aircraft buzzing around it. You blink; they’re gone! Before the U.S. Navy perfected that trick there was an already long history of exploring how to launch one aircraft from another, perchance to also capture it again.

Pensive Racing Drivers

by Max Küng

The quiet moments, before a race when the mind settles in on the task at hand, or after, when the last hand has been played. Even the victor lugging his magnum of champagne looks oddly spent. These are the moments captured here.

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