Overview :First published in 2004, the Grumman Goose book tells the story of the small twin engined utility seaplane first designed in 1937 for 10-wea... Read More
Overview :The Consolidated Vultee (Convair) XB-46 was a four-jet medium bomber built to a 1944 USAAF requirement. It was the largest of the four diffe... Read More
Overview :The "Flying Pancake," "Flying Flapjack," "Flying Saucer," and "Zimmer's Skimmer" were all names used to describe Charles H. Zimmerman's unor... Read More
Overview :The XF-84H was derived from the RF-84F as a supersonic propeller test vehicle driven by an afterburning Allison XT-40 turboprop engine.... Read More
Overview :The photos in this edition are black and white. First published in 1994, the XFY-1 Pogo book tells the story of one of two Navy prototypes c... Read More
Overview :By the last half of World War II, most new US fighter designs were much heavier and more complex than earlier fighters. When planning a repl... Read More
Overview :The McDonnell F3H Demon is probably the least remembered modern Naval fighter, even though it was our first true all-weather missile fighter... Read More
Overview :The JF/J2F "Duck" was one of those military workhorses moving around in the background before and during WWII that did a tremendous job but ... Read More
Overview :The North American FJ-2/-3 Fury were a series of swept-wing carrier-capable fighters for the United States Navy and Marine Corps.... Read More
Overview :"Heinemann's Hot Rod", "Tinker Toy", "Bantam Bomber" are all nicknames for the embodiment of simplicity and design efficiency in the best at... Read More
Overview :Next to the helicopter the photo aircraft are among the less glamorous aircraft abroad ship but are some of the most important because with ... Read More
Overview :The Martin P4M Mercator, although outwardly similar to the smaller Lockheed Neptune, was designed later and developed for a different requir... Read More
Overview :The F2H-3/4 Banshee ("Big Banjo") was a direct outgrowth of the F2H-1 and F2H-2 series of Korean war fighter and recon jets (see Naval Fight... Read More
Overview :This aircraft was to replace the AJ-1/2 and the A3D as a nuclear attack bomber. This twin engine bomber carried the Linear Bomb (nuclear wea... Read More
Overview :The two seat Grumman Cougar was one of the first swept-wing trainers to be put into service with the Navy and was also one of the first two ... Read More
Overview :The Douglas Skyraider entered fleet service with VA-19A in February 1947 and was retired in 1969. A single engine attack aircraft able to ca... Read More
Overview :USMC/USMCR/USNR Douglas A-4A/B Skyhawks is the companion volume to Naval Fighters Number Forty-Nine, the Douglas A-4A/B Skyhawk in Navy Serv... Read More
Overview :The photos in this edition are black and white. First published in 1990, this book is a squadron-by-squadron history of the "Last Gunfighter... Read More