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Grumman FF/SF Plus G-23 Delfin/Goblin and Prototypes By Richard S. Dann
132 pages (128 B&W, plus 4 color Pages), 363 photos and drawings
The Grumman FF-1 and its derivatives, namely the SF-1 and G-23, represent a paradox in naval aircraft design. On one hand, it represented the end of the line for two-seat US Navy fighters in the biplane era. On the other hand, it incorporated relatively new technologies that when brough...
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McDonnell-Douglas C-9A 'Nightingale'/C-9B 'Skytrain II' By Steve Ginter
96-Pages, Almost all color: the book has 178 color photos, 26 b&w photos, 27 color patches, 35 illustrations.
The iconic Douglas DC-9 airliner was chosen by the USAF for a aeromedical evacuation and VIP transport aircraft as the C-9A and VC-9C respectively and by the US Navy/USMC as a passenger/cargo aircraft as the C-9B. 21 C-9As and 3 VC-9Cs were b...
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Vought SB2U Vindicator by Steve Ginter with Joe Weathers, Jr.
248-pages, 89-color photos, 22-duotone photos, 506 b&w photos and 25-drawings.
The Vought SB2U Vindicator Scout Bomber was the Navy's second production carrier monoplane to fly after the Douglas TBD and for a time was the fastest aircraft in the Navy's inventory. The extremely clean aircraft was a unique blend of the old stick-and-rudder fabric covered constru...
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World Class DIAMONDBACKS. A Pictorial History of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA-102) by Angelo Romano
US NAVY SQUADRON HISTORIES No. 306
ISBN-13: 978-1-7349727-3-3 Soft bound (NF306)
Originally designated Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102), the DIAMONDBACKS of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA-102) were established on 1 Jul 1955 in Jacksonville, Florida. The first aircraft to carry the distinctive DIAMONDBACK markings was...
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Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk floatplane
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McDonnell F3H Demon 150 pages
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KAMAN SYNCHROPTER
HTK-1/TH-43E, HOK-1/OH-43D, HUK-1/UH-43C
By Tommy Thomason and Steve Ginter
ISBN: 979-8-9899509-4-2
80 pages, 174 B&W photos, 8 color photos, 51 drawjngs, 15 patches
In 1945, there were several aircraft companies involved in helicopter design, test and production in America. The smallest and least well financed one had just been incorporated by a 26 year old Charles Kaman to pursue a synchropter de...
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US NAVY SQUADRON HISTORIES No. 303
Title: Electronic Aggressors
Subtitle: US Navy Electronic Threat Environment Squadrons - Part One 1949-1977
218 pages, 544 photos (mostly color), 48 color profiles, 22 patches, 34 tables and graphs.
Author: Angelo Romano
Short Desc:
A Pictorial History of Composite Squadron ASW THIRTY-THREE (VC-33), Composite Squadron Night THIRTY-THREE (VC-33), Composite Squadron All Weather TH...
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US NAVY SQUADRON HISTORIES - NO. 305
WORLD WATCHERS
A Pictorial History of Electronic Countermeasures Squadron ONE (ECMRON-1) and Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron ONE (VQ-1).
by Angelo Romano
Pages: 304
Size: 8.5 X 11 (inches)
Format: Paperback with semi-rigid cover
Illustrations: 633 mostly color photos, 39 color profiles, 82 patches
Publisher: Ginter Books
The lineage of VQ-1's "World Watchers" can be traced bac...
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Douglas XB-42/42A Mixmaster and XB-43 Jetmaster
Air Force Legends number 229
ISBN: 979-8-9899509-3-5
88-pages, 182 b&w photos, 3-color, 40 drawings
During WWII, the unsolicited Douglas Aircraft proposal for a contra-rotating pusher propeller powered light bomber would become the most unusual and iconic U.S. military aircraft built during the war. Shades of "Buck Rogers" to be sure. Amazingly, no major problems were...
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Douglas F4D-1 / F-6A Skyray By Nick Williams
256-pages, over 600 b&w photos and drawings, 23-pages of color (86-color photos).
The radical tailless F4D Skyray built by Douglas in the early 1950s was the product of flying wing research work originally done by Jack Northrop and Germany's Alexander Lippisch of Me-163 fame. Since no horizontal tail was present, longitudinal and lateral control was maintained by trailing edge "...
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Curtiss XF15C-1 "Stingaree" 36 b&w pages with color covers, 87 b&w and 4 color photos.
During WWII, the Navy ordered two carrier capable composite powered fighters (each equiped with one prop and one jet engine) to counter the land based all jet aircraft being developed by the Germans. The first was the small Ryan FR-1 "Fireball" followed by the much larger Curtiss XF15C-1 "Stingaree" heavy fighter. Three XF15C-1s, BuNos 0...
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Douglas AD/A-1 Skyraider Part One
Covers: Development, Testing, Variants, Test/R&D, CAG, FASRONs, Training Squadrons, Base/Carrier/Air Group/Squadron Hacks and Marine Skyraiders.
By Steve Ginter
256-pages, Color Covers, 169 illustrations, 472-photos.
The Douglas Skyraider entered fleet service with VA-19A in February 1947 and was retired in 1969. A single engine attack aircraft able to carry more tonnage of bombs tha...
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Douglas AD/A-1 Skyraider Part Two, U.S. Navy Squadrons. By Steve Ginter. 272-pages, 13-color photos, 589 b&w photos, and 138 patches. The Douglas AD/A-1 Skyraider Part Two covers Skyraider Fleet and Utility squadrons with text on each squadron and photos and squadron patches/insignia when available. Because the Skyraider's service life bridges from post WWII, through the Korean War and into the Vietnam War, the AD/A-1 squadron...
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USN / USCG / USMC Beech Expeditor JRB / SNB / C-45 1940 through 1972.
ISBN: 979-8-9899509-1-1
89-pages, 275 b&w photos, 13 color photos, 30 drawings, 41 patches. limited to 1,000 copies. By Steve Ginter.
Over 1,600 "Twin Beech" aircraft were given BuNos and operated by the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. 8-versions were originally built. From the 8-versions, 21-different sub-versions were created which showed the ver...
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USN / USMC Fairchlid R4Q / C-119 "Packet" / "Flying Boxcar"
By Nicholas M. Williams
72-pages, 140 b&w photos, 5 color photos, 22-patches, and 19 drawings.
In 1949 the US Navy was looking for a tactical assault transport for its Marine Corps units and arrangements were made to divert 8 off the shelf C-119Bs from the USAF to the USMC. These 8 aircraft and the 31 C-119Cs that followed were designated R4Q-1s. A small nu...
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Boeing F4B Biplane written by retired Navy Captain Richard S. Dann. With 408 b&w photos and 24 drawings filling its 160-pages.
After three years of intensive research, author Richard S. Dann has finally produced the definitive history of the Boeing F4B, the Navy's iconic Golden Age fighting plane. The Boeing F4B, a favorite of pilots who flew it, still draws interest of hobbyists and historians alike, primarily due to the s...
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Northrop F-20 Tigershark
By Northrop Test Pilot Paul Metz with Tigershark Voices quoted from 8-other Test Pilots/Engineers.
ISBN#979-8-9854726-6-0
144-pages, 296 color photos, 20 b&w photos, and 135 illustrations.
The F-20 was conceived as the next evolution of the Fighter for Export (FX), a concept that had been in place for over 50 years and a formalized U.S. government policy for over 25 years. Northrop invested $...
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North-American T-28 Trojan [T-28A T-28B T028C T-28D]
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North-American YF-93A Penetration Fighter Air Force Legends 227 By William Simone 52-pages, 4-color and 87-b&w photos, with 39 draqwings.
North-American's oft-forgotten YF-93A (NA-157) was an advanced version of the F-86A Sabre day fighter designed for the penetration fighter reqirement. It was originally designated the F-86C and was designed around NACA flush inlets and a 8,000 lb thrust J48 afterburning engine with three ...
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McDONNELL FH-1 PHANTOM
64-pages, perfect bound, color covers, 159-b&w photos, 4-color photos, 25-drawings, 6-insignias.
By Steve Ginter
The US Navy's first purpose-built carrier jet fighter was the McDonnell FD-1/FH-1 Phantom, first ordered in January 1943. The small elegant aircraft had a long gestation period due to the delay in development of its Westinghouse jet engines. Originally six and even eight small 300 lb...
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Martin XB-48 48-pages, 96 b&w photos, 3 color photos, 26 b&w illustrations. In 1944, the Army issued requirements for a jet-propelled medium bomber which eventually spawned four aircraft. These were the North-American B-45 (see Air Force Legends 224), Convair XB-46 (see Air Force Legends 221), Boeing B-47, and the Martin XB-48 the sudject of this book. Specifications were somewhat general and called for an 80,000 to 200,000 lb...
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The Bell XFM-1/YFM-1 Airacuda Bomber Destroyer Air Force Legends 225 48-pages 131 b&w photos, 7 drawings Author Steve Ginter
The Bell XFM-1/YFM-1 Airacuda was the first airplane designed and built by Larry Bell's new Bell Aircraft Corp. (founded in July 1935). This was to be a futuristic and innovative Allison V-1710 powered twin pusher bomber destroyer armed with 37mm canons mounted in the forward engine nacelles. The airc...
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SMOKIN' TIGERS
A Pictorial History of Reconnaissance Attack Squadron ONE (RVAH-1)by Michael Grove and Angelo Romano
On 1 Nov 1955, Heavy Attack Squadron ONE (HATRON ONE or VAH-1) was established and temporarily based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida. On the same day, CDR P.F. Stevens assumed the command of the squadron. He was a highly decorated patrol-bomber pilot during World War II.
In 1956, VAH-1 und...
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North-American B-45 Tornado. 264-pages (13-pages of color). 90,000 words, over 450 images. Author Geof Hays.
This 264-page book about the North-American B-45 is generously illustrated with 267 drawings, 355 photos, of which 15 are color aircraft images, and color drawings of 33 insignia of units which flew the Tornado.
The book is presented in 12 chapters detailing B-45A, B-45C and RB-45C design, production, performance...
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