Aerospace Books | Schiffer Publishing

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The Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star was the first American operational jet fighter. David McLaren's new book chronicles the development and early trials of the aircraft during Lockheed's groundbreaking attempts to create a viable jet fighter, in a period when jet...

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Explains the technical and historical aspects of the little known Navaho program here for the first time. The Navaho program is the least known, yet the most important of the United States early missile programs. In rocket technology alone the...

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Drawn from the files of English, American, New Zealand, Australian and Canadian sources, as well as from veterans, this is the story of Lockheed's Lucky Star-the marvelous Ventura! Fashioned from the Lockheed Model 18 airliner, the Ventura went on to...

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Richard Bueschel revises and updates his classic series of books on Japanese Naval and Army Air Force aircraft of World War II. The JAAF Kawasaki Ki-61 HIEN (Tony) is presented in this volume. All variations and markings are covered in...

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Detailed book offers a thorough analysis of the landing gear systems used in Germany's iconic combat aircraft during the Second World War. This meticulously researched book covers the design, engineering, and operational importance of landing gear in aircraft like the...

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This new book is a detailed survey and a anew perspective on the development of Luftwaffe aircraft from 1935-1945. Special emphasis has been placed on details of weaponry, equipment and other areas that have up to now been inadequately covered....

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The F-105 Thunderchief, a supersonic fighter-bomber, dominated Vietnam skies with speed, power, and daring low-level strike missions. Information is included as to where each plane served, who flew it and the ultimate fate of each THUD. Contains photographs of different...

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This new large format volume is a grand tribute to all of those who served in SAC from its inception in 1947 to its disestablishment in 1992. The great variety of aircraft and missile systems of Strategic Air Command are...

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Number 8 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Arado Ar 240.[AuthorName]By (author) Gerhard Lang[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration][/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Arado Ar 240[/SubTitle][ColorPattern][/ColorPattern]

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Cobra! is a comprehensive, meticulously researched and fully documented history of Bell Aircraft Corporation and their piston engine fighters built during the Great Depression and through World War II. While the story centers on techincal aspects of the various fighters,...

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Classic pictorial covers the entire Luftwaffe on all fronts in over 500 photos.[AuthorName]By (author) Holger Nauroth[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]500 images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern]500 images[/ColorPattern]

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The first ballistic missle in its use during WWII.[AuthorName]By Joachim Engelmann[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]b/w photographs, line drawings[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern]b/w photographs, line drawings[/ColorPattern]

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Second of two illustrated volumes covering the Luftwaffe's WWII fighter units. Includes JG 53 Pik-As, JG 54 Grünherz, JG 77 Herz-As, JG 300, JG 301, JG 302 Wilde Sau, and JG 400.[AuthorName]By Bernd Barbas[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration][/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern][/ColorPattern]

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This autographical account of one young naval officer's brief World War II career as a carrier Landing Signal Officer details incidents and anecdotes, from the hilarious to the harrowing, drawn from the author's extemporaneous log, maintained during the advance of...

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The first U.S. night/all-weather fighter aircraft is chronicled, as is its use by Air Defense Command, Continental Air Command, Alaska and others.[AuthorName]By (author) David R. McLaren and Marty Isham[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration][/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]A Photo Chronicle[/SubTitle][ColorPattern][/ColorPattern]

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Companion volume to the author's previous book on nose art and unusual markings as seen on Desert Storm-era B-52s, B-1Bs , FB-111s, F-16s, F-4s, and many others. Today's nose art has become the rule and not the exception throughout the...

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This is the only comprehensive guide to the 124 aircraft and experimental flying machines used by the United States Army since 1947. The definitive reference source on its subject.[AuthorName]By (author) Stephen Harding[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration][/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]An Illustrated History[/SubTitle][ColorPattern][/ColorPattern]

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Tomcat! The Gurmman F-14 Story is an exciting oral history of the most versatile air supremacy fighter in the world . . . much of it written from the vantage point of the airplane's cockpit! Told in an anecdotal format,...

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Here is the life story of the most successful fighter pilot of all time, with 352 air combat victories - who spent ten and a half years behind Soviet barbed wire, surviving prison uprisings, hunger strikes, resistance against the NKVD...

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Facsimile reprint of the original flight handbook for the F9F-6 and -6P.[AuthorName] [/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][NumIllustration]0[/NumIllustration][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern][/ColorPattern]

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Volume II on the Me 262 with emphasis on the units that flew it.[AuthorName]Manfred Griehl[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][NumIllustration]over 80 b/w photographs, line drawings[/NumIllustration][SubTitle]Me 262 Vol.II[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 80 b/w photographs, line drawings[/ColorPattern]

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Formed in August 1944, Jagdgeschwader 7 was equipped with the revolutionary Me 262 jet fighter, which was faster than any aircraft in existence at the time. This unit experienced all of the highs and lows associated with the introduction of...

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The world's first operational jet fighter in its variety of types.[AuthorName]Heinrich Hecht[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][NumIllustration]over 80 b/w photographs, line drawings[/NumIllustration][SubTitle]Me 262 Vol.I[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 80 b/w photographs, line drawings[/ColorPattern]