JET AIRCRAFT & AIRPLANE TITLES

WEEKEND WARRIORS, Cooper, Paul, Sunflower Press, 1997, new, soft cover, Naval Air Reserve squadrons flew combat in Korea, photos, 248 pgs.

WHEN THUNDER ROLLED, Rasimus, Ed, Smithsonian, 2003, new, see photo, author flew more than 250 combat missions during the Vietnam War in F-105s and F-4s, between 1965 & 1968 more thatn 330 F-105s were lost, shares the outrage he experienced with Washingon's arrogance & inflexiblity, photos, 261 pgs.

WHO'S WHO IN AVIATION AND AEROSPACE, 1983, U.S EDITION, National Aeronautical Institute, 1983, fine condition with a dust jacket, see photo, more than 15,000 individuals are profiled: aviation & aerospace executives; leading aeronautical engineers, designers & technical specialist; government & military officials, members of the aviation press, 1415 pgs (oversized book)

WHO'S WHO IN WORLD AVIATION, VOL. 2, Grambow, Marion (editor), American Aviation Publications, 1958, vg (issued w/o dj), alphabetical listing & bios of individuals in the aviation field, excellent resource material, 497 pgs (oversized book)

WILDCATS TO TOMCATS, Cormier, Shirra, Wood with Barrett Tillman, Phalanx, 1995, new adventures of the authors over five decades of USN flying including World War II through Vietnam, from U-boat hunting aerial combat, experimental flight, photos, 207 pgs.

WINGED WONDERS, Wooldridge, E. T., NASM - Smithsonian, 1983, vg, soft cover, see photo, history of "tailless aircraft" from its origins to the 50's & beyond with extensive treatment of Northrop, extensive bibliography, glossary, appendices on specifications, restoring the N-1M, photos & drawings, 230 pgs.

WINGS AND THE NAVY 1947-1953, Jones, Colin, Kangaroo Press, 1997, new, soft cover, Royal Australian Navy air units following WW II, and deployment to Korea, photos 127 pgs.

WINGS OF AIR AMERICA, Love, Terry, Schiffer, 1998, new, soft cover, collection of photos of a/c used by Air America, 104 pgs.

WINGS OF THE CIA, Lert, Frederic, Histoire and Collections, 1998, new soft cover, begins w/OSS ops in WW II, through China, Cuba, Laos, U-2s, photos, 432 pgs.

WINGS OVER NEW ZEALAND, King, John, Saint Publishing, 1996, new, soft cover, the early days, the war, post-war development & later, & new technology, by the chief photographer & assistant editor of New Zealand Wings magazine, color air-to-air photographs, 79 pgs.

WITH THE YANKS IN KOREA, VOLUME ONE, Cull & Newton, Grub Street, 2000, new, see photo, account of British and Commonwealth participation in the air war, June 1950 to December 1951, photos, 346 pgs.

WOMEN IN FLIGHT RESEARCH AT NASA DRYDEN RESEARCH CENTER FROM 1946 TO 1995, see photo, Powers, Sheryll, NASA, 1997, fine, soft cover, photos & illustrations, 76 pgs.

WORLD ELECTRONIC WARFARE AIRCRAFT, Streetly, Martin, Janes, 1983, vg/vg, photos & 3-view drawings, 127 pgs.

WORLD'S GREAT INTERCEPTOR AIRCRAFT, Marshall, Chris (editor) Gallery, 1989, f/f 20 jets are covered here in detail including gatefold on each jet, color photos, squadron markings, combat roles, cutaway drawings, 245 pgs.

WRECKCHASING , Veronico, Davies, McComb & McComb, Pacific Aero Press, 1992, new, soft cover, guide to finding crash sites, obtaining reports, Philippine Clipper, P-36, Corsair, TF-51H, B-24, P-39, etc aircraft wrecks listed by states, photos, 76 pgs.

WRONG STUFF, THE, Moore, John Cdr., Speciality, 1997, new, author's career spans World War II, Korea, then the Navy Test Pilot-School, testing Mach Two, RA-5C Vigilante, Manager of Test Operations for NASA Apollo program at the Kennedy Space Center, photos, 214 pgs.

X-15, Godwin, Robert, editor, NASA, 2000, new, soft cover, see photo, republication of the significant reports on the X-15, includes biographies of pilots, development of the aircraft, bi-annual reports to Congress, the North American Proposal, Interim Flight Manual, Utility Flight Manual, the Rescue Manual, flight logs, accident reports, etc. Also includes a CD-ROM with video documentaries, silent footage, interview with Bill Dana, still images, flight logs and transcripts, the most comprehensive information on the X-15 ever published, 407 pgs.

X-15 PHOTO SCRAPBOOK, Landis & Jenkins, Speciality Press, 2003, soft cover, see photo, a companion volume to HYPERSONIC, over 350 b&w photos and 50 color photos, drawings, 108 pgs.

XB-70 VALKYRIE, Campbell & Pape, Schiffer, 1996, new, soft cover, see photo, a photo chronicle with 3-view drawings, 48 pgs.

X-PLANES AT EDWARDS, Pace, Steven, MBI, 1995, new, soft cover, see photo, all color photos, 96 pgs.

X-PLANES X-1 TO X-45, Miller, Jay, Midland, 2001, new, see photo, many photos, 3-view drawings, 440 pgs.

XB-70 VALKYRIE, Remak & Ventolo, MBI, 1998, new, soft cover, the full story of the XB-70, many photos, 128 pgs.