Military - Aviation & Space
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Pby Catalina: Consolidated’s Flying Boat in WWII
$24.99 Read moreThe PBY Catalina, designed and produced by Consolidated Aircraft, whose production was supplemented by that of Boeing Canada, Canadian Vickers, and the Naval Aircraft Factory, was the most widely used… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation #58
- Author: Doyle, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764366459
- Language: English
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The World Encyclopedia of Naval Aircraft: A History of Shipborne Fighters, Bombers, Helicopters and Flying Boats
$25.00 Add to cartThis meticulously researched and newly updated book charts the complete history of naval aviation, from pioneering days when biplanes were catapulted from converted destroyers through to the high-perf
- Author: Crosby, Francis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0754835707
- Language: English
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F8f Bearcat: Grumman’s Late-War Dogfighter
$19.99 Read moreThe Grumman F8F was a fast, agile, carrier-borne fighter aircraft developed as the ultimate dogfighter for the Pacific theater. Although the plane did make it into production, with some examples even … [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation #64
- Author: Doyle, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764367013
- Language: English
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A-26 Invader: Douglas A-26/B-26 from WWII Through Vietnam
$24.99 Read moreThe Douglas Invader has the distinction of being used by the United States in a combat role in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Originally created as an attack aircraft, with the designation A-26, the Invade… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation #59
- Author: Doyle, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764366394
- Language: English
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Boeing Yc-14: US Air Force Experimental Stol Aircraft
$24.99 Read moreThe Boeing YC-14, being first flown in 1976, was an impressive aeronautical achievement. This aircraft signaled many firsts in aircraft design, the most prominent being the use of upper-surface blowin… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation #60
- Author: Wimpress, John K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 076436653X
- Language: English
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F-14 Tomcat: Grumman’s “Top Gun” from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf
$19.99 Read moreIt has been said that “bombers make history; fighters make movies.” In the case of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, both are true. It made history as a fleet defender, reconnaissance platform, and strike figh… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation #11
- Author: Brown, David F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 28 2019
- ISBN10: 0764356623
- Language: English
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The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Volume 2 – Showdown in the North-West
$29.95 Read more“Helion’s picture-packed volume sports dozens of rare photos. Seventeen color vehicle plates, three aircraft profiles, unit heraldry, and uniform art survey the conflict’s modeling possibilities.” — … [more below]
- Series: Asia@War
- Author: Rikhye, Ravi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 86
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1914059344
- Language: English
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Ch-47 Chinook: Boeing’s Tandem-Rotor Heavy Lifter
$24.99 Read moreThe Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a large, tandem-rotor cargo helicopter. The Chinook and its variants have been in military and civilian service for 60 years. The type’s huge cargo and lifting capacity, sp… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation #66
- Author: Doyle, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0764367854
- Language: English
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F-104 Starfighter: Lockheed’s Sleek Cold War Interceptor
$24.99 Read moreLockheed developed the F-104 Starfighter in the late 1950s. The plane was designed to be an all-weather interceptor. Speed, climb, and altitude all were priorities, and the plane did turn out to be ex… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation #65
- Author: Doyle, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0764367862
- Language: English
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The Consolidated B-24 Liberator: Reuben Fleet, the Factories, and the Product
$59.95 Add to cartIn the first of his massive two volume B-24 Liberator set, Dr. Wolf presents a meticulously researched, truly ultimate look at the B-17’s stablemate from the drawing board to its emergence as America’… [more below]
- Author: Wolf, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: September 19 2024
- ISBN10: 178155840X
- Language: English
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Blossoms in the Wind: Human Legacies of the Kamikaze
$32.00 Read moreA revelatory and groundbreaking account of Imperial Japan’s kamikaze–the suicide pilots of World War II–as told through the eyes of the survivors
In the final year of World War II, a horrific new we- Author: Sheftall, M. G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0593472314
- Language: English
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F-15 Eagle: McDonnell Douglas Strike Fighter
$24.99 Add to cartThe McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is one of the most successful fighter designs of the 20th century. The type first flew in 1972, transitioning directly from the drawing board to production with remark… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation #62
- Author: Doyle, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764367072
- Language: English
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Abandoned Arkansas: Eaker Air Force Base
$24.99 Read moreFor fifty years, Blytheville was home to a fleet of one of the most versatile pieces of machinery in history. From the Cuban Missile Crisis, through the Vietnam War and Korean Conflict, to the fall of
- Series: America Through Time
- Author: Fears, Gage
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 31 2023
- ISBN10: 163499468X
- Language: English
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Sr-71 Blackbird: Lockheed’s Ultimate Spy Plane
$24.99 Read moreAs of 2023, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest manned jet aircraft ever produced. It set the record in 1976 and has been retired since the late 1990s. With its unrivaled speed and stunning ap… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation #61
- Author: Doyle, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764367080
- Language: English
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Myasishchev M-50 and M-52: The First Soviet Supersonic Strategic Bomber
$50.00 Read moreReborn in 1951, the Myasishchev design bureau made its mark by creating the M-4 strategic bomber. Yet, this subsonic aircraft was soon made obsolescent by supersonic fighter technology–any new strate… [more below]
- Author: Gordon, Yefim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764366424
- Language: English
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Warplane: How the Military Reformers Birthed the A-10 Warthog
$29.95 Read moreThe A-10 is the Air Force’s unlikely success story, an airplane designed to support the Army, and one that ground troops came to venerate. Originally conceived with the express purpose of destroying S
- Author: Sundt, Hal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1493067710
- Language: English
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Helicopters: A Guide to Over 80 Years of Rotorcraft, from the First Types Deployed in World War II to the Spe
$25.00 Read moreThis fully up-to-date reference book provides an authoritative overview of the military helicopter. It begins with a detailed history, from the ideas of Leonardo da Vinci through to the tilt-rotor air
- Author: Crosby, Francis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0754835669
- Language: English
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Corsair: The F4U in World War II and Korea
$26.95 Add to cartThis is the remarkable story of an airplane that became a legend–with a sleek silhouette and bent wings, it doubled as a day and night fighter, could fly off carriers or from land, and served both as… [more below]
- Author: Tillman, Barrett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1557509948
- Language: English
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The Wrong Stuff: The Adventures and Misadventures of an 8th Air Force Aviator
$21.95 Add to cartBetween April and July 1944, Truman Smith Flew thirty-five bombing missions over France and Germany. He was only twenty years old. Although barely adults, Smith and his peers worried about cramming a
- Author: Smith, Truman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 15 2002
- ISBN10: 0806134224
- Language: English
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Lockheed F-104 G/J/S/AMA Starfighter: Aircraft in Detail
$41.00 Read moreA complete close up of the F-104 Starfighter, both single seat and two-seat versions, including aircraft from the US, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Japan.
- Series: Duke Hawkins
- Author: Pied, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: December 02 2022
- ISBN10: 2931083178
- Language: English
