Aerospace Books | Schiffer Publishing

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Complete story of the famed, Boeing-built, B-314 flying Clipper ship. M.D. Klaás, historian and writer of Pan Am’s early flying boat era during the 1930s and 1940s, has put together historical accounts of America’s greatest—and the world’s largest—commercial airplane of...

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This book provides a pictorial overview of the progress of American military airplane design from approximately the end of World War I to the present time. It covers all types including attack, pursuit or fighter, cargo, trainer, and other models...

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This book covers in photos and text all of the conversion kits that were available for the Luftwaffe's Bf 109.[AuthorName]By (author) Harald Vogt[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 100 b/w photos, drawings[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Bf 109 G/K Field Conversion Kits (Rüstsätze)[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 100 b/w photos, drawings[/ColorPattern]

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Having spent much of its quarter century of military service in the shadows of more glamorous aircraft, the tough, hard-working H-43 helicopter is brought to the forefront in this long overdue account. Recounting the personal experiences of aircrews, and with...

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Originally designed in 1952 as an anti-submarine warfare platform for the U.S. Navy, almost two-thousand Sikorsky H-34s have served on every continent with the armed forces of twenty-five countries – from combat in Algeria, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and throughout...

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The Age of Orion is the first book devoted solely to the development and operational use of the illustrious USN maritime patrol and anti-submarine hunting aircraft the Lockheed P-3 Orion. David Reade details for the first time the complete history...

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Though the C-135 was originally designed over forty years ago as an aerial refueling tanker, (749 of the 820 were built as tankers), more than 600 of all types of C-135s are still flying. Boeing’s C-135 series has been the...

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This is the true story of one of the most successful of all United States Navy fighter squadrons in WWII. The Skull & Crossbones Squadron were the top guns of their day and came to be feared by the Japanese...

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Gabreski's exploits as a fighter pilot in WWII and Korea are legendary. This is the full story of Gabby Gabreski, told in his own words. Gabreski’s life is a classic American success story. Born to Polish immigrant parents in 1919,...

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The 1st Air Commandos were sired by General of the Army Henry H. “Hap” Arnold and brought to life by the imagination of two men, Lieutenant Colonel Philip G. Cochran and Lieutenant Colonel John R. Alison. In gathering men of...

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This book, the first in a multi-volume history of German aviation, provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of of jet aircraft design and development in Germany. The solid description, unique photo material, historical documents, numerous drawings and complete data tables...

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This book is the history of V./(Z)LG 1, a Zerstörergruppe (destroyer-group) which, like most of the Luftwaffe destroyer units equipped with the Messerschmitt Bf 110 twin-engined heavy fighter, was disbanded at the end of 1940 after suffering devastating losses during...

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The Republic Aviation Corporation F-84 series, the Thunderjet, Thunderstreak, and Thunderflash was the United States Air Forces’ first Post World War II jet fighter. As a somewhat sad result of this, it has been ignored by most aviation historians and...

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The writing of this book, the first in-depth and fully detailed research about the early years of the Chel Ha’avir – from the light-plane days to the supersonic fighters received roughly ten years later – is the culmination of a...

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A must for the World War II fighter buff, this book is a fascinating look into the minds of U.S. and British engineers, company and NACA test pilots, and Army and Navy/Marine Corps combat pilots, and presents their late 1944...

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1930-1940 era Junkers aircraft in its civilian and wartime roles.[AuthorName]By (author) Joachim Dressel[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 90 b/w photographs[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 90 b/w photographs[/ColorPattern]

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This little known Heinkel fighter design was eventually canceled yet saw service in the Spanish Civil War.[AuthorName]By (author) Hans-Peter Dabrowski[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Hans-Peter Dabrowski was born in Hanover on 10 August 1946. His father was a metal worker in a repair facility of...

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All-color photo study of the XB-70, including production, flight tests, and the fatal crash of Aircraft #2. Aircraft #1 is now at the US Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB. The North American XB-70 Valkyrie is one of the most...

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Though Bicentennial aircraft schemes and markings, along with many of the aircraft of that period, have all but faded into obscurity, this colorful volume not only preserves their images, but reflects the spirit that prevailed during that historic period in...

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The story of Hanns Scharff, the German master interrogator of the Luftwaffe who questioned captured American fighter pilots of the USAAF Eighth and Ninth Air Forces in World War II.  German Intelligence Officer Hanns Scharff gained the reputation as the man who could...

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In this second installment in the Warfighters series, author/photographers Rich Llinares and Chuck Lloyd provide an in-depth look at the United States Marine Corps aviation organization and its specialized training unit the Marine Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1). The...

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The Horten Brothers and Their All-Wing Aircraft is the heretofore untold true story of Reimar, Wolfram, and Walter Horten’s remarkable aeronautical achievements with the all-wing planform between 1933 and 1945 as told to aviation biographer David Myhra. Talking daily with...

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Jagdegeschwader 53—or as it was better known, the "Pik As" (Ace of Spades) Geschwader—was one of the oldest German fighter units of World War II with its origins going back to the year 1937. This third and final part of...

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The most complete, full-spectrum book ever published on American fighter aces, and includes dozens of aces' combat accounts, plus capsule biographies. Evolution of aircraft, tactics and armament is seen through the eyes of the 1,400 elite Americans who earned the...