AVIATION BOOKS AND MODELING RESOURCES
CHANCE VOUGHT V-173/XF5U-1 FLYING
PANCAKES Steve Ginter Telling the story
of Charles H. Zimmerman’s unorthodox
V-173 and XF5U-1 aircraft is author Art
Schoeni. 8-1/2 x 11, 36 pgs, 57 photos.
Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-942612-21-9.
Item # GB221P........$16.95 POD Book
CHINESE AIRCRAFT: China’s Aviation
Industry Since 1951 Yefim Gordon This
first-ever book on Chinese military aircraft
offers comprehensive insight into
the Chinese aviation industry, including
secret projects and China’s aircraft in
overseas service. Describes all aircraft
types, including Shaanxi Y8, Chengdu
JF-17 (FC-1) light fighter, Shenyang J-10,
and KJ-2000 AWACS aircraft based on the
Il’yushin IL-76. 8-1/2 x 12, 312 pgs, 600
photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-902109-04-6.
Item # HK904 ................................$56.95
★ CHINESE AIR POWER Yefim Gordon
& Dmitriy Komissarov This book focuses
on the current People’s Liberation Army
Air Force (PLAAF) and the Naval Aviation
order of battle and describes the most
advanced aircraft types currently in service
or due to enter service. 8-1/2 x 11,
320 pgs, 700 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-
910809-46-4 Item # AD513 ..........$44.95
CLOSE CALL: RAF Close Air Support in
the Mediterranean Vic Flintham In this
first of two volumes, the author traces
the evolution and development of close
air support, beginning during the final
year of the Great War, via the doldrums
of the inter-war years, to the point where
the RAF was criticized heavily because of
its apparent absence at Dunkirk. 8-1/4 x
11-3/4, 192 pgs, 200 photos. Hdbd. ISBN
978-1-902109-64-0 Item # HK964 $44.95
CLOSE CALL II: RAF Close Air Support
in the Mediterranean Vic Flintham
Volume II starts from the assault on
Sicily and tells through a succession
of battles in Italy and southern France
where the Allied armies could depend on
an immediate air cover made possible
by Allied air forces having total air supremacy.
8-1/4 x 11-3/4, 224 pgs, 200
photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-902109-65-7
Item # HK965 ............................... $44.95
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF U.S. CRUISE
MISSILES: From Kettering’s 1920s’ Bug &
1950’s Snark to Today’s Tomahawk Bill
Yenne Employing a considerable archive
of U.S. cruise missile data and material
amassed during his extensive research, author
Bill Yenne has created a compelling
work containing a wealth of previously unpublished
photographs plus detailed technical
information that is simply unavailable
in any other product on the market today. 9
x 9, 204 pgs, 339 photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-
1-58007-262-5. Item # SP256S ... $34.95
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CONSOLIDATED PB4Y-1/1P LIBERATOR
Steve Ginter During WWII, the US Navy
adopted the Consolidated B-24D Liberator
as a long-range patrol bomber/sub hunter
(PB4Y-1) and as an armed photo recon aircraft
(PB4Y-1P). These Navy PB4Y Liberators
became deadly hunter-killer aircraft and
destroyed more than 1,000 enemy vessels.
This new book covers the aircraft and history
of all PB4Y-1 squadrons, as well as their
most significant combat operations. 8-1/2 x
11, 240 pgs, 587 photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-
0-9968258-7-0. Item # GB587 ........$49.95
CONSOLIDATED P2Y RANGER Steve Ginter
The P2Y was the aircraft that put Consolidated
on the map of great aircraft manufacturers
and led to the PBY and PB2Y flying
boats that served with such distinction
during WWII. Read about the history of
the aircraft in this Naval Fighters Series
book. 8-1/2 x 11, 136 pgs, 330 b/w, 4 color,
and 26 illustrations. Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-
9892583-1-9. Item # GB831 ............ $32.95
CONSOLIDATED VULTEE XB-46 Steve
Ginter The Consolidated Vultee (Convair)
XB-46 jet-powered medium bomber was
first developed by the USAAF in 1945.
Although the XB-46 bomber never went
into production, it became the first allpneumatic
aircraft, using pneumatics to
operate landing gear, brakes, and bomb
bay doors. This Cold War–era aircraft’s
greatest legacy is its unique beauty. 8-1/2
x 11, 64 pgs, 129 photos, Sftbd. ISBN 978-
0-9968258-4-9. Item # GB584 .......$21.95
CONVAIR ADVANCED DESIGNS: Secret
Projects from San Diego, 1923–1962
Robert E. Bradley This book brings the futuristic,
but stillborn, concepts to life. Featuring
many never-before-seen company
photos, models, and drawings of concepts.
8-1/2 x 11, 184 pgs, 341 b/w photos
& illus. Sftbd. ISBN 978-1-58007-218-
2. Item # SP133P .....$36.95 POD Book
CONVAIR XF2Y-1 AND YF2Y-1 SEA DART
Billy Jack Long First published in 1992, this
book covers the engineering, development,
and testing of the Navy’s only supersonic
seaplane fighter ever built. The Sea Dart
design was unique, as it used either one or
two extendable skis for its takeoffs and
landings. 8-1/2 x 11, 74 pgs, 130 b/w photos.
Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-942612-23-3.
Item # GB223P ......... $21.95 POD Book
CONVAIR XFY-1 POGO Steve Ginter,
“Skeets” Coleman, Billy Jack Long & Bill
Chana First published in 1994, this book
tells the story of one of two Navy prototypes
contracted as vertical takeoff turboprop
fighters capable of operating from
LSTs, destroyers, cruisers, and larger
capitol ships. 8-1/2 x 11, 34 pgs, 63 photos.
Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-942612-27-1.
Item # GB227P.........$16.95 POD Book
CORKY MEYER’S FLIGHT JOURNAL
Corky Meyer Designing high-performance
military aircraft in the slide-rule era was
challenging. Being the first person to fly
these airplanes and expand an aircraft’s
flight envelope was often very frightening,
if not downright deadly. This story covers
the most important era in the history of
flight, told by a man at the epicenter of the
activity. Before retiring in 1978, Corky had
tested more than 130 different types of
military and commercial jet and pistonengine
aircraft and survived numerous
sensational close calls as an experimental
test pilot. 7 x 10, 256 pgs, 200 b/w photos.
Sftbd. ISBN 978-1-58007-203-8.
Item # SP093P .........$46.95 POD Book
★ CROWDED SKIES: COLD WAR RECONNAISSANCE
OVER THE BALTIC Lennart
Andersson and Robert Hopkins III This
meticulously researched book by distinguished
Swedish author Lennart Andersson
and former RC-135 pilot and Cold War
historian Robert Hopkins III uses newly
declassified documents plus first-hand accounts
to tell the story of these diverse
and often dangerous missions. 8-1/2
x 11-3/4, 240 pgs, 200 photos. Hdbd.
ISBN 978-1-902109-62-6 Item # AD520
Available January 2022 .................... $44.95
DEADLY DUO: The B-25 and B-26 in
WWII Charles Mendenhall This is a detailed
overview of two important aircraft,
the North American B-25 and the Martin
B-26, with particular emphasis on their
development and combat histories. 8-1/2
x 11, 156 pgs, 235 b/w photos. Sftbd.
ISBN 978-0-933424-22-7.
Item # SP422P ........$32.95 POD Book
DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO VOLUME
1 Stuart Howe The first volume in the
two volume set traces the history of the
Mosquito from its first flight in November
1940 through to its production and many
variants. 8 x 11, 176 pgs, 418 b/w and
color photos. Sftbd. ISBN 978-0-947554-
76-7. Item # AD476 ...................... $32.95
DIVE BOMBER AND GROUND ATTACK
UNITS OF THE LUFTWAFFE 1933–1945 —
VOLUME 1 Henry L. DeZeng IV & Douglas
G. Stankey This is the first book in a twovolume
series (divided into the early and
late phases of the war). It provides aviation
historians with an exhaustive reference
work on all the Luftwaffe’s dive-bomber
and ground-attack units, including information
on operations. 9 x 12, 208 pgs, 420
photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-906537-08-1.
Item # CP708 ...................................$59.95
DIVE BOMBER AND GROUND ATTACK
UNITS OF THE LUFTWAFFE 1933–1945
— VOLUME 2 Henry L. DeZeng IV &
Douglas G. Stankey This is the second
book in a two-volume series (divided into
the early and late phases of the war). It
covers pre-war formation, designation,
and reorganization until the demise of
the Luftwaffe. 9 x 12, 208 pgs, 420 photos.
Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-906537-09-8.
Item # CP709 ...............................$89.95
DORNIER DO 335 PFEIL/ARROW J. Richard
Smith and Eddie J. Creek The authors
have fully revised, updated, and significantly
expanded their work incorporating
more than 150 additional rare photographs,
diagrams, and new material about
the development, construction, and flying
of the Do335 and the little-known projects
and concepts it spawned. 9 x 12, 288 pgs,
600 photos. Hdbd. ISBN 978-1-906537-
50-0. Item # CP750 ....................... $79.95
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