JET AIRCRAFT & AIRPLANE TITLES

SCIMITAR FILE, THE, Morgan & Stevens, Air Britain, new (issued w/o dj) see photo, origins, history, development, squadron & unit histories, individual aircraft histories, photos & drawings, 224 pgs.

SEA HARRIER OVER THE FALKLANDS, Ward, Commander 'Sharkey', Naval Institue, 1992, f/f, as new, see photo, commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Invincible, during the Falklands War of 1982, senior Sea Harrier adviser to the Command on tactics, direction & progress of the air war, photos, 299 pgs.

SEPECAT JAGUAR, Evans, Andy, Crowood, 1998, as new with dust jacket, deveopment operations of the French/British strike aircraft, individual aircraft histories, many photos, 175 pgs.

SHADOW FLIGHTS, Peebles, Curtis, Presidio, 2000, new, see photo, America's secret air war against the Soviet Union, previously top secret Soviet & U.S. documents, as well as the recollection of participants on both sides to tell of a secret war, photos, 322 pgs.

SHOOTING STAR T-BIRD & STARFIRE, Arnold, Rhodes, Aztec, 1981, vg, soft cover, see photo, serial number listing, specifications, cut away drawings, side & plan views, plastic model review, plan views inside both front and rear covers, photos, 144 pgs.

SHORT STRAW, Peterson, Bernard, Chuckwalla Press, 1996, new, signed, author flew 60 Corsair missions (VMF-212), then became FAC, photos, 398 pgs.

SKUNK WORKS, Rich & Janos, Little, Brown & Co., 1994, new Lockheed’s secret aerospace operation, which was responsible for the U-2 spy plane, the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance plane which reached speeds of over three times the speed of sound, the F-117 Stealth fighter which was undetectable by radar, photos, 370 pgs.

SMART WEAPONS, McDaid & Oliver, Welcome Rain, 1997, new, soft cover, history of remote controlled airborne weapons, many photos, 208 pgs.

SNAKES IN THE COCKPIT, Keeney, L. Douglas, MBI, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo, images of military aviation disasters, formerly classified, restricted, & never-before published photographs combine to deliver an assortment of incredible military flight mishaps, many photos, 132 pgs.

SNAKE PILOT, Zahn, Randy, Brassey, 2003, new, see photo, flying the Cobra helicopter in Vietnam, written by a pilot of the 1st Squdron, 9th Calvary, map & photos, 382 pgs.

SOVIET WINGS, Dzhus, Alexander, edited by John W.R. Taylor, Greenhill, 1991, f/f, up-close look at the military aircraft currently in service with the Soviet Air Force, includes detailed 3-views and complete technical information on 25 aircraft, many photos, 192 pgs.

SPACE LINER, Stockton & Wilford, Times, 1981, vg (inked comment)/vg, New York Times report on the Columbia's voyage, photos, 183 pgs.

SPACE SHUTTLE, Jenkins, Dennis, Walsworth, 2000, new (issued w/o dj), development of the NSTS, the beginning thru STS-75, 75 year history of the development of reusable lifting-reentry spacecraft, early works of Eugen Sager in Germany, cold war developments in the U.S., photos & drawings, 334 pgs.

SPACE SHUTTLE OPERATOR'S MANUAL, Joels & Kennedy, Ballantine, 1988, fine, soft cover, cockpit instructions with many illustrations and fold-outs, 179 pgs.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION , Allen, Patrick, MBI, 1999, new, soft cover, operations in Iraq, Kurdistan, Bosnia & anti-drug and border patrol, all color photos,128 pgs.

SPITFIRE INTERNATIONAL, Terbeck, van der Meer & Sturtivant, Air Britain, 2002, new (issued w/o dj), see photo, a production total of nearly 23,000 Spitfires and Seafires, well over 6,000 went to overseas air forces & concise detailed histories are given of all those that have been identified, background information, the Spitfire became sought by collectors around the world & rebuilt examples began to appear increasingly at air shows, to become one of the star turns. As stock diminished, values rose & a serviceable example can now command a six or seven-figure price. This publiction includes outline details of all Spitfires known to have been flown outside the UK with civil registrations, 460 black & white & colour illustrations including side views, insignia & maps, 480 pgs.

SPITFIRES OVER ISRAEL, Cull, Aloni & Nicolle, Grub Street, 1994, new, authoritative account of the air conflict during the Israeli war of independence, 1948-49, traces the roots of civil & military aviation in the Middle EAst back to early times of the 20th century, includes regions of involvment in both world wars, photos & maps, 360 pgs.

SPLASH ONE, Rendall, Ivan, Weidenfeld & Nicoloson, 1997, f/f, as new, see photo, story of jet combat, will the future bring namely robotic aircraft, cruise missiles, "smart weapons", & will these replace the fighter pilot, photos, 362 pgs.

SPY FLIGHTS OF THE COLD WAR, Lashmar, Paul, Sutton, 1998, new, soft cover, over 40 British & US aircraft were lost on these missions, photos, 244 pgs.

SPYPLANE - U-2 HISTORY DECLASSIFIED, Polmar, Norman, MBI, 1991, new, see photo, U-2 is considerd a maker of political and aeronautical history, details of the CIA deceptions, appendixes listing U-2 aircraft, losses & display status, photos, 278 pgs.

SR-71 BLACKBIRD: STORIES, TALES AND LEGENDS, Graham, Richard, MBI, 2002, new, see photo, third in a series covering Operational history of Fighter Command, Second Tactical Air Force, 100 Group & Air Defence, RAF Fighter Command, day to day recording, photos, 396 pgs.

STAND WELL CLEAR, Tooker, D.K., Naval Institue, 2003, new, see photo, second collection of true stories, writes a fine yarn about what happens when planes collide, gas gauges show empty, airfields are closed, or the right training manual hasn’t yet been written. photos, 208 pgs.

STORM OVER IRAQ, Hallion, Richard, Smithsonian, 1992, new, first detailed analysis of why the Gulf War could be fought the way it was, preparation and planning, new military technologies, photos, 383 pgs.

STRIKE EAGLE, Smallwood, William, Brassey, 1994, flying the F-15E in the Gulf War, photos, 218 pgs.

SUKHOI Su-27 , Halberstadt, Hans, MBI, 1992, f, soft cover, Mil-Tech Series, development, airframe & powerplant, cockpit & avionics, weapons, how to fly, photos, 96 pgs.

SUKHOI Su-27 FLANKER, Yefim Gordon, Airlife, 1999, new, see photo, specifications, various models compared, performance, detail plans & photots, 182 pgs.

SUPERFIGHTERS, Williams, Mel (editor), AIRtime, 2002, new, see photo, illustrated account of the development programs underway for the next generation of fighters scheduled to join the world's air forces between 2002 & 2012, included is the United States' F-22 Raptor; F-35 Joint Strike Fighter; Sweden's Saab Gripen; Europe's Eurofighter Typhoon; France's Dassault Rafale & Russia's Sukhoi Su-27 Super Flanker, air to air photos, drawings, 144 pgs.

SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT, Cross, Roy, Macdonald, ca 1955, vg (cover wear), early publiction on aerodyamics at soic speed, test pilots, problems with aircraft, photos & drawings, 63 pgs.