NEW FROM SPECIALTY PRESS
WING LEADER: TOP-SCORING ALLIED
FIGHTER PILOT OF WORLD WAR II “Johnnie”
Johnson The thrilling story of the top-scoring
Allied fighter pilot of World War II “Johnnie”
Johnson, who served with Fighter Command
squadrons throughout the war, scoring his
38th and final victory in September 1944. 5
x 8, 320 pgs, 16 photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-
907579-24-3. Item # AD502 ............ $14.95
WINGS ABOVE THE PLANET: THE HISTORY
OF ANTONOV AIRLINES Andrii
Sovenko Provides many fascinating insights
into the world of international
heavy lift aviation. It also tells the story
of the challenging journey the company
made from being a subdivision of a secret
Soviet enterprise to becoming one of the
world leaders in a highly competitive sector
of aviation 9 x 11, 304 pgs, 400 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-0-
9548896-3-0. Item # AD500 .................................. $50.00
AVIATION BOOKS AND MODELING RESOURCES
1001 AVIATION FACTS Edited by Mike Machat
This book provides an insightful and indepth
look at aviation history by highlighting
many little-known, yet very important, aviation
facts. Stories are organized by category,
including military, commercial, and sport
aviation and features topics such as pilots,
personalities, aviation movies, TV shows,
and model building. 6 x 9, 336 pgs, 134
photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-1-58007-244-1.
Item # SP244 ..................................$24.95
THE 357TH OVER EUROPE Merle Olmstead
The history of the 357th Fighter
Group, Eighth Air Force, a P-51 outfit
that fought over Europe for 1-1/2 years
is told in this book. The 357th won two
Unit Citations and flew on the last of
the England-to-Russia “shuttle” missions
and was second only to the 56th
Fighter Group in total number of aerial
victories. 8-1/2 x 11, 160 pgs, 200 b/w
photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-933424-73-9.
Item # SP739P .........$26.95 POD Book
ACTION STATIONS REVISITED: No. 4:
South West England Dave Berryman
Item # AD121 ................................ $39.95
★ AIRLINE TAIL COLOURS – 5TH EDITION
Gerry Manning This book is a handy,
pocket-sized guide to the tail colors used
by airliners from every corner of the globe,
making it a useful basic aid to the recognition
of individual airlines. 5 x 7, 112 pgs,
600 photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-1-910809-
32-7. Item # AD508 ...................... $14.95
AIR WAR OVER SPAIN: Aircraft and Units
of the Nationalist and Republican Air Forces
1936–1939 Rafael Permuy López This
unique “Classic Colours” format, single volume
covers the opposing air forces in the
Spanish Civil War as well as the intervention
of the German, Italian, and Soviet air forces
in their respective guises. 9 x 12, 96 pgs,
215 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-906537-10-
4. Item # CP710 ...............................$34.95
THE AIR RACER Charles Mendenhall This
book is an effort to draw together, under
one cover, the intriguing story of the air
racer by means of plan-type illustrations.
The drawings contain over 200 of the
most interesting of these specialty aircraft.
8-1/2 x 11, 184 pgs, 774 b/w photos. Sftbd.
ISBN 978-0-933424-01-2. Item #
SP401P ....................$29.95 POD Book
ALBERT BALL VC Chaz Bowyer The fascinating
story of the Royal Flying Corps
first celebrity ace who was killed just
before his 21st birthday, leading a patrol
of SE5s. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 280 pgs, 20 b/w
photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-947554-89-7.
Item # AD489 ................................ $19.95
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT
OF WWII: Special Types 1939–1945 Bill
Norton Focusing almost exclusively on
official programs and aircraft that entered
development, this book shows how U.S.
aviation weapons progressed under the
pressure of war. From the state of the art
at the beginning of the war, to the advances
during the conflict, armed photo reconnaissance,
catapult-launched seaplanes,
autogyros, armed drones, and more are
covered in detail. 8-1/2 x 11-1/2, 272 pgs,
300 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-0-85979-
188-5. Item # AD188 .................... $39.95
AMERICAN BOMBER AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT
IN WORLD WAR 2 Bill Norton
A new perspective on the development
of U.S. bomber aircraft during WWII, revealing
how the intense combat pressures
of the war accelerated the scientific and
technological advances of aeronautics,
propulsion, aircraft systems, avionics,
and ordnance. 8-1/2 x 11, 224 pages, 410
photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-85780-330-3.
Item # MC330 ............................... $42.95
AMERICAN SECRET PROJECTS: Fighters,
Bombers, and Attack Aircraft 1937–1945
Tony Buttler & Alan Griffith Embracing
both fighter and bomber proposals from
the American Aircraft industry, this new
volume includes medium, heavy, and intercontinental
bombers, plus attack and antisubmarine
aircraft, both for the US Army
Air Forces and US Navy. 8-1/4 x 11, 300
photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-906537-48-7.
Item # MC748 ..............................$44.95
AMERICAN SECRET PROJECTS 2: AIRLIFTERS
George Cox & Craig Katson
This previously untold story of US airlifters
describes more than 200 unknown
experimental designs, and contains more
than 400 illustrations detailing some of the
largest and most incredible military transport
aircraft ever conceived. The book
also describes how US airlifters were developed
to meet ever-demanding military
transport requirements, as well as being
adapted for other key roles from nuclear
test beds to space-shuttle carriers. 8-1/4 x
11, 208 pgs, 400 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-
1-910809-16-7. Item # MC916 ...$44.95
★ AMERICAN SECRET PROJECTS 3:
U.S. AIRLIFTERS SINCE 1962 George
Cox & Craig Kaston This book, and its
companion volume American Secret Projects
2, covers airlifter designs from World
War II to the start of the 1960s, and has
been made possible by the authors being
given unprecedented access to major
aerospace company archives, uncovering
scores of design proposals that have
never previously been revealed. 8-1/4 x
11, 256 pgs, 400 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-
1-910809-33-4. Item # MC933 $44.95
AMERICAN SECRET PUSHER FIGHTERS
OF WORLD WAR II Gerald Balzer Analyzes
the state of military aircraft procurement
just prior to the start of WWII, and then
focuses on the winners of the 1940 fighter
competition: Vultee XP-54, Curtiss XP-55,
and Northrop XP-56. This book details the
technical difficulties of mating an advanced
aircraft design with inadequate engine development.
10 x 10, 182 pgs, 385 b/w & color
photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-58007-125-3.
Item # SP125 .................................. $42.95
★ AMERICA’S ROUND-ENGINE AIRLINERS:
Air Frames & Powerplants in the
Golden Age of Aviation Craig Kodera &
William Pearce The advancement and
success of America’s air transportation
system can be linked directly to the concurrent
growth of long-range, high-speed
airliners and their revolutionary powerplants.
This book tells the compelling story
of aviation progress and development
for the very first time. 10 x 10, 160 pgs,
250 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-58007-
264-9. Item # SP257S .............$44.95
Author Signed Edition
(While They Last)
AUFKLARER VOLUME 1: Luftwaffe Reconnaissance
Aircraft and Units 1935–1941
David Wadman This book is a colorful and
informative study of the operations, camouflage
schemes, and unit markings of the
reconnaissance aircraft flown by the German
Luftwaffe between 1935 and 1941. 9
x 12, 96 pgs, 300 photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-
1-85780-268-9. Item # CP374 ........$29.95
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