Aerospace Books | Schiffer Publishing

$25.00

This autographical account of one young naval officer's brief World War II career as a carrier Landing Signal Officer details incidents and anecdotes, from the hilarious to the harrowing, drawn from the author's extemporaneous log, maintained during the advance of...

$35.00

Detailed book offers a thorough analysis of the landing gear systems used in Germany's iconic combat aircraft during the Second World War. This meticulously researched book covers the design, engineering, and operational importance of landing gear in aircraft like the...

$30.00

Whistling Death is the true story, by the test pilot, of the rush to produce the F4U Corsair, the Navy fighter that brought America air superiority over the Japanese Zero in WW II. Here is the crash program—complete with crash...

$35.00

This new book covers the great variety of secret and largely unknown German missile programs: GUIDED MISSILES: Ruhrstahl/Kramer X1 "Fritz-X", Henschel Hs 293, Hs 294, Hs 295 and Henschel "Zitterrochen", Blohm und Voss Bv 226, Bv 246 "Hagelkorn" and Lippisch...

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Number 8 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Arado Ar 240.[AuthorName]By (author) Gerhard Lang[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration][/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Arado Ar 240[/SubTitle][ColorPattern][/ColorPattern]

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Nose art and unusual markings as seen on Desert Storm-era B-52s, B-1Bs , FB-111s, F-16s, F-4s, and many others. Today's nose art has become the rule and not the exception throughout the bomber and tanker fores of Strategic Air Command,...

$50.00

First of two illustrated volumes covering the Luftwaffe's WWII fighter units. Included are JG 1 Oesau, JG 2 Richthofen, JG 3 Udet, JG 4, JG 5 Eismeer, JG 6 Horst Wessel, JG 7 Nowotny, JG 11, JG 26 Schlageter, JG...

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This new book is an in-depth study covering John K. "Jack" Northrop's quest for a clean flying machine. Covered are: Northrop's initial N-1M project, the N-9M, XP-56, through the B-35 project, B-49 project, and the huge bombers planned only on...

$40.00

During the American Civil War, General Nathan Bedford Forrest stated that in order to win a battle, you had to get there the firstest with the mostest. Today in military parlance the C designation means only one thing-getting there first...

$25.00

Detailed developmental and operational history of the first USAF dedicated all-weather, jet-powered interceptor. It also features the colorful paint schemes applied to F-89s, which should appeal to both modelers and historians.[AuthorName]By Marty J. Isham and David R. McLaren[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration][/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]A Photo Chronicle[/SubTitle][ColorPattern][/ColorPattern]

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Crusader! is a vital oral history of one of the most controversial fighter planes in carrier aviation. Once known as the "Last of the Gunfighters", the Vought F-8 Crusader has since become a legend in the histories of the US...

$15.00

All variations and markings are covered in this the third book in a multi-volume series.[AuthorName]By (author) Richard M. Bueschel[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Mr. Bueschel is a collector and a world-renowned expert in the field. He is an historian, a columnist for Antique Week and...

$14.95

A new photo chronicle of the Horten Flying Wing featuring new photographic material and information.[AuthorName]By (author) H.P. Dabrowski[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 70 b/w photos[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 70 b/w photos[/ColorPattern]

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Number 3 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Heinkel He 219 UHU.[AuthorName]By (author) Joachim Dressel and Manfred Griehl[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration][/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Heinkel He 219 UHU[/SubTitle][ColorPattern][/ColorPattern]

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Explains the technical and historical aspects of the little known Navaho program here for the first time. The Navaho program is the least known, yet the most important of the United States early missile programs. In rocket technology alone the...

$35.00

Phantom in Combat puts you in the cockpit with the missile-age aces as they fight for their lives in the skies of Vietnam and the Middle East. Starting with a brief account of the forging of this deadly weapon, Phantom...

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The legendary STUKA in a new collection of World War II era photos over a variety of war fronts.[AuthorName]By (author) Fritz Zoebel and Jakob M. Mathmann[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration][/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern][/ColorPattern]

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Here is the life story of the most successful fighter pilot of all time, with 352 air combat victories - who spent ten and a half years behind Soviet barbed wire, surviving prison uprisings, hunger strikes, resistance against the NKVD...

$40.00

Tomcat! The Gurmman F-14 Story is an exciting oral history of the most versatile air supremacy fighter in the world . . . much of it written from the vantage point of the airplane's cockpit! Told in an anecdotal format,...

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Facsimile reprint of the original flight handbook for the F9F-6 and -6P.[AuthorName] [/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][NumIllustration]0[/NumIllustration][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern][/ColorPattern]

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Volume II on the Me 262 with emphasis on the units that flew it.[AuthorName]Manfred Griehl[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][NumIllustration]over 80 b/w photographs, line drawings[/NumIllustration][SubTitle]Me 262 Vol.II[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 80 b/w photographs, line drawings[/ColorPattern]

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Formed in August 1944, Jagdgeschwader 7 was equipped with the revolutionary Me 262 jet fighter, which was faster than any aircraft in existence at the time. This unit experienced all of the highs and lows associated with the introduction of...

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The world's first operational jet fighter in its variety of types.[AuthorName]Heinrich Hecht[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][NumIllustration]over 80 b/w photographs, line drawings[/NumIllustration][SubTitle]Me 262 Vol.I[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 80 b/w photographs, line drawings[/ColorPattern]