MISCELLANEOUS AVIATION TITLES

UNARMED AND UNAFRAID, Infield, Glenn, Macmillian, 1970, vg/vg, history of areial reconnaisance, training, techniques, men & missions, photos & illustrations, 308 pgs.

UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT, Bowers,Peter, Tab, 1984, vg, soft cover, see photo, guide covers everything from the Wright Flyer and the Taylor Aerocar to the Ryan Vertjet & the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, photos, 278 pgs.

USAF AIR RESCUE, Turner Publisher, 1997, fine (issued w/o dj) see photo, rescue missions in WWII, Korea and Vietnam, includes a narrative history written by veterans & USAF Air Rescue Association history, roster, and biographies of members, photos, 144 pgs.

UNITED STATES ARMY AND AIR FORCE FIGHTERS 1916-1961, Robinson, Bruce (ed), Harleyford, 1961, vg/vg see photo, photos, drawings (3-views), insignias, serial numbers, 255 pgs.

U.S. BOMBERS, B-1 1928 TO B-1 1980s Jones, Lloyd, Aero, 1974, vg/vg, book club edition, description of bombers, 74 3-view draings, many phtos, 256 pgs.

U. S. COAST GUARD AIRCRAFT SINCE 1916, Pearcy, Arthur, Naval Institute, 1991, f/f, see photo, details all the aircraft used since the USCG introduced it's air arm, 50 aircraft were built to meet specifications, photos, technical data, specifications, serial information, 330 pgs.

U.S. FIGHTERS, Jones, Lloyd, Aero, 1975, vg/vg, see photo, description of every American fighter to carry a P or F designation, from the P-1 of 1925 to the F-18 of the 1980's, photos & 3-views, 152 pgs.

U.S. NAVAL FIGHTERS , Jones, Lloyd, Aero, 1977, f/f, see photo, Navy/Marine corps 1922 to 1980s, 91 3-view draings, many phtos, 352 pgs.

U.S. MARINE CORPS AIRCRAFT 1914-1959, Larkins, William, Aviation History, 1959, vg/vg,
see photo, the original publication, all photos, with descriptive captions, photos, 203 pgs.

U.S. MARINE CORPS AVIATION 1912 to Present, Mersky, Peter, Nautical & Aviation, 1997, new,
see photo, history telling of the pilots who carried out their ‘First to Fight’ tradition established during WWI, from then onwards, through WW2 and Henderson Field on Guadalcanal to Korea & Vietnam, over 200 photos, 383 pgs.

U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT 1921-1941, Larkins, William, Aviation History, 1961, vg/vg (rubbed), the original publication, all photos, with descriptive captions, photos, 391 pgs.

U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT 1921-1941; U.S. MARINE CORPS AIRCRAFT 1914-1959, Larkins, William, Orion Books, 1988, new, see photo, two volumes in one, squadron use, experimental & one-of-a-kind types, insignia, colors & markings, technical, service duty, tactical deployment, many photos, 594 pgs.

USS SARATOGA CV-3, Fry, John, Schiffer, 1996, fine (as new) illustrated history of the aircraft carrier from 1927 -1946, at one point, was the sole American carrier available to Naval Aviation. suffered two torpedo attacks & a horrifying kamikaze attack, reported sunk many times by the Japanese. photos, 176 pgs.

U.S. WAR BIRDS, FROM WW I TO VIETNAM, Munson, Ken, New Orchard Editions, 1985, f/f, color plates, 175 pgs.

V-2 BALLISTIC MISSILE 1942-52, Zaloga, Steven, Osprey, 2003, new, soft cover, see photo, New Vanguard Series 82, photos, line drawings, color plates, 48 pgs.

VICTORY OVER THE WIND, Berliner, Don, Von Nostrand Reinhold, 1983, f/f, history of world air speed records, photo section, 141 pgs.

VINTAGE FLYERS GUIDEBOOK, Preston, Eric, Prewar Publications, 2000, new, soft cover,
see photo, all color photos of aircraft from Curtis pusher to 1955, with emphasis on early aircraft, 130 pgs. all color, 130 pgs.

VULTEE AIRCRAFT 1932-1947 , Thompson, Jonathan, Narkiewicz/Thompson, 1992, new, soft cover, photo history of Vultee, 132 pgs.

WILD ABOUT FLYING, Marshall & Harris, Firefly Books, 2003, new (oversized), 2003, see photo, true-life adventures of the pioneers, inventors, aviators, designers, engineers, navigators, test-pilots & visionaries who were responsible for developing one of mankind's most important inventions, biographies of 54 famous, notorious, and lesser known aviation characters create a panoramic history of flight from its crude beginnings to the sophistication of space travel, illustrated with 200 color paintings of David Marshall, 232 pgs.

WINGED PEACE, Bishop, Air Marshal William, Viking Press, 1944, vg/vg, see photo, some personal flying experience, looks at present aviation in WW II, views on airpower, photos & illustrations,
185 pgs.

WINGS FOR THE NAVY, Trimble, William, Naval Institute, 1990, new, see photo, history of the Naval Aircraft Factory, 1917-1956, major role in the development of naval flight from World War I well into the jet age, 413 pgs.

WINGS OF ADVENTURE, Titler, Dale, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1972, f/f, see photo, fifteen dramatic true stories of airmen who sought challenges to their daring and imagination, photos, 364 pgs.

WINGS OF FATE, Macmillan, Norman, Bell, 1967, f/f, see photo, four stories, one involves von Richthofen, three on flights in the 1920's, 191 pgs.

WINGS OF GOLD, Caras, Roger, J.B. Lippincott, 1965, f/f, see photo, Airmen & Aircraft Series, United States Naval Aviation, from the Flying Kites to the Supersonic Phantom Fighters, photos & illustrations, 240 pgs.

WINGS OF NEPTUNE, Macintyre, Donald, W.W. Norton & Co., 1963, vg/vg, account of naval aviation covering both WWI & WWII by a former Fleet Air Arm pilot, photos & illustrations, 269 pgs.

WINGS OF STEARMAN, Bowers, Peter, Flying Books, 1998, new, see photo, Lloyd Steaman & the classic stearman biplanes, aircraft company, civilan registrations, military serial numbers, specifications & performance, many photos, 139 pgs.

WINGS OF VALOR, WINGS OF GOLD, Yarsinske, Amy Waters, Flying Machine Press, 1998, new, see photo, well illustrated history of U.S. Naval Aviation, approx. 1/2 of the book covers pre-WW II period, 376 pgs.

WINGS OVER WATER, Oliver, David, Chartwell, 1999, new, see photo, chronical of flying boats & amphibians of 20th century, many photos, 128 pgs.

WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS, Gunston, Bill, Naval Institute, 1993, new, see photo, over 3,000 entries of manurfacturers + 300 photographs, alphabetically listed, photos, 336 pgs.

WORLD'S STRANGEST AIRCRAFT, Taylor, Michael, Grange Books, 1998, new, see photo, collection of weird & wonderful flying machines, amonst the strangest is the Bell X-1, the first aircraft to break the sound barrier, many photos, 112 pgs.

WORLD'S WORST AIRCRAFT, Yenne, Bill, Dorset Press, 1990, new, 44 aircraft on this honor roll, incl. the Barling Bomber, Brewster Buffalo & Republic XF-84H, photos, 159 pgs.

WRONG STUFF, THE, Scott, Phil, Hylas Publishing, 2003, new, see photo, presents a veritable fleet of failed aircraft, ranging from the inventive to the outlandish to the just plain weird, include not just obscure inventors but also such celebrated figures as Leonardo Da Vinci, Alexander Graham Bell, Hiram Maxim (inventor of the Maxim Machine Gun), Howard Hughes, & a distant relative of George Armstrong Custer whose luck with planes paralleled his ancestor's luck with Indians, many photos, 220 pgs.

YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW, Jacks, Maston, ed., Fairchild Hiller, 1971, vg, card cover, limited edition, first 50 years of Fairchild, genealogicay of aircraft, many photos (including color), 88 pgs.