Autos/Air Travel

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	13th Fighter Command in World War II: Air Combat over Guadalcanal and the Solomons - 076432067X In the savage air combat over Guadalcanal and then the equally bloody air battles up Solomon chain, New Georgia and Bougainville, 13th Fighter Command took a back seat to Marine aviation in personnel, equipment, supply, operations, and publicity. In the air the names of Marine aces such as Joe Foss and Pappy Boyington are deservedly well known and their F4F Wildcats and the F4U Corsairs are famous as Zero killers. But untold is the contribution of the squadrons of the Army Air Force during th... $54.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Antique Classic Marque Car Keys - 5864844844 Published in 1993 by Key Collector's International and long out-of-print, Antique Classic Marque Car Keys is a wonderful, dense booklet covering the somewhat obscure hobby of car key collecting. The booklet illustrates thousands of keys, attributing them to source, product number, date, and price. It has a comprehensive index of all car makes with specially made keys. It also addresses non-traditional car locks, some of which are quite interesting. This is a new book direct from an ol... $13.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Aurora Slot Cars - 0764318632 Aurora slot cars are legendary. These tiny racing cars captured and held the imagination of American kids for over a decade and their unparalleled popularity made them coveted Christmas presents between 1960 and 1977. Aurora slot car races were staged everywhere, from home basements to the Johnny Carson show! Relive those competitive days with this exciting book filled with hundreds of photos of slot cars plus engaging text and background information. Here are Thunderjets, AFX Flamethrowers, ... $21.85     View Details Add To Cart
	Camel Drivers: The 17th Aero Squadron in World War I - 0764300717 The 17th Aero Squadron flew Sopwith Camels under British command along the Western Front during the summer of 1918. This definitive work on the 17th Aero Squadron in World War I is drawn from a wide range of official and personal sources, including original squadron records (found in an attic!), numerous interviews, letters written home, and half a dozen diaries - including one kept by a German pilot flying in opposition. $33.25     View Details Add To Cart
	Chennault's Forgotten Warriors: The 308th Bomb Group - 0887408095 The 308th's wide-ranging activities through nearly three years of bitter air warfare are virtually unknown, despite the fact that it performed some of the most accurate bombing of the U.S. Army Air Forces, and used the first American "smart bomb" called the Azon. The 308th also sustained the highest casualty rate in the USAAF, as its missions were long and hard. Many were often conducted at very low level and at night through the very heart of Japanese-occupied territory, and their controlled... $26.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Fighting Seventeen: A Photographic History of VF-17 in World War II - 0764336649 This is the true story in photographs, of the famous U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron Seventeen. Flying the new Chance Vought F4U Corsair they broke combat records in the Pacific and were instrumental in proving this powerful new fighter to the Navy in World War II. Amongst Fighting 17’s heroic exploits were shooting down 152 Japanese aircraft in aerial combat in only seventy-six days. Tom Blackburn led the squadron to a Navy Unit Commendation and made the “Skull and Crossbones Squadron” one... $69.99     View Details Add To Cart
	German Helicopters, 1928-1945 - 0887402895 Among the makers of these unusual aircraft were Focke-Wulf, Flettner and Wiener-Naustadter. $12.98     View Details Add To Cart
	Horseless Vehicles: Automobiles and Motor Cycles - 1559182342 ...operated by steam, hydro-carbon, electric and pneumatic motors. A practical treatise for automobilists, manufacturers, capitalists, investors and everyone interested in the development, use and care of the automobile including a special chapter on how to build an electric cab, with detail drawings. This big, heavily illustrated volume covers a wide range of early auto history and technology. Chapters include: introduction, history, steam automobile appliances, specialties in automob... $19.50     View Details Add To Cart
	I Could Never Be So Lucky Again: An Autobiography of General Jimmy Doolittle - 0887407374 Pilot, scholar, daredevil, general . . . James "Jimmy" Doolittle was one of America's greatest heroes. In a life filled with adventure and achievement, Doolittle did it all. As a stunt pilot, he thrilled the world with his aerial acrobatics. As a scientist, he pioneered the development of modern aviation technology. During World War II, he served his country as a fearless and innovative air warrior, organizing and leading the devastating raid against Japan. Now, for the first time, here is hi... $22.25     View Details Add To Cart
	Imperial Japanese Army Flying Schools 1912-1945 - 0764337696 Imperial Japanese Army Flying Schools from 1912 to 1945 covers the formation of the schools, the evolution of the training aircraft and the training of pilots, other aircrew, and ground crew maintenance personnel. The book includes numerous photographs, many of which have not been seen before in any English language publication. In addition, the wide variety of aircraft used and the different markings they carried will be of particular interest to modellers and opens up to them in a completel... $79.99     View Details Add To Cart
	Intruder: The Operational History of Grumman's A-6 - 0764321005 The legendary Grumman A-6 Intruder was born into battle, making its first deployment off the decks of the USS Independence into Southeast Asia in 1966. For the next three decades, it was the "main battery" of the U.S. fleet and the primary strike weapon. Defence Studies Department, King's College London (2006) ...This is an excellent book...an extremely valuable contribution to the historiography of US Naval Aviation. It is an essential read for anyone wishing to understand the nature of Amer... $46.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Iran-Iraq War in the Air 1980 - 1988 - 0764316699 Iran-Iraq War in the Air 1980 - 1988 focuses on the role of air power in the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988, one of the most underestimated and under researched events in the history of aerial warfare. The authors have made full use of extensive research, eyewitness accounts, interviews with dozens of people directly involved, as well as recently declassified documents from around the world which are published here for the first time. Their balanced, exhaustive coverage describes and analyzes bot... $29.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Jagdtiger: Operational History - 0764307517 Volume two, Operational History, covers the training, transport, deployment and a month by month fighting account of the two Panzer Jager units equipped with Jagdtigers. Using original documentation and veteran accounts in the text; documents, maps and the wealth of striking photographs presented, dramatically illustrate the combat experiences of these unique weapons. Other planned deployments and training vehicles are covered, together with Intelligence reports and a detailed study of the th... $37.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Jagdtiger: Technical History - 0764307509 Jagdtiger: Technical History presents a well-structured and highly detailed technical analysis of this complex tank destroyer. Using manufacturer's documentation, drawings, and photographs combined with Intelligence analysis, this work details the origin, design, construction and assembly of the vehicle. The armor, armaments, engine, transmission, suspension systems, electrical and optical equipment, together with the operation and maintenance procedures are included to complete this definiti... $37.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Last of the Flying Clippers: The Boeing B-314 Story - 076430562X Finally, over 50 years after her last flight with Pan American Airways, the complete story of the famed, Boeing-built, B-314 Flying Clipper ship has been written. Author M.D. Kla s, 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 the 1930s and early 1940s. It covers the multiple reasons for the plane's conception, stages of construction, testing, del... $42.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Its Variants - 0764307223 Lockheed C-130 Hercules and its Variants chronicles the development and career of the world's predominant military airlifter, from its origins in the depths of the Cold War through the present day. Over 170 photographs, many never before published, show the "Herk" in a variety of roles and paint schemes; coverage includes gunships, electronic warfare and reconnaissance models, testbed and special use aircraft, and Navy/Models. Close-up detail photos of several variants will be of interest to ... $22.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Mother of Eagles: The War Diary of Baroness von Richthofen - 076431307X Baroness Kunigunde von Richthofen originally published Mein Kriegstagebuch (My War Diary) in 1937, at a time when tales of heroes of the First World War inspired the youth of a country being prepared for a second war. Mother of Eagles is the culmination of the translation of the war diary, along with numerous facts and information not included in the original work. Follow the youth and wartime exploits of Manfred and Lothar, the leading German aces of World War I, through the eyes of their mo... $22.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Mr. Churchill's Tank: The British Infantry Tank Mark IV - 0764306790 Named for Britain's famous war leader, the Churchill tank embodied many aspects of the great man's character. It was tough, resilient, persevering and something of a heavyweight by World War II standards. Yet it was not an immediate success. Ordered, against the better judgment of many experts, at a time when Britain's fortunes were low, its origins were confused and its design too constricted by compromise. This resulted in a catalog of faults which, on more than one occasion, caused the aut... $33.79     View Details Add To Cart
	Ridgewell's Fying Fortresses: The 381st Bombardment Gourp (H) in World War II - 0764310631 In June 1943 the quiet English countryside around the village of Ridgewell in northwest Essex was transformed by the arrival of the 381st Bomb Group with its B-17 Flying Fortresses. The subsequent battle in the skies over Europe witnessed the 381st, in concert with their fellow-airmen with the "Mighty Eighth", striking 297 times at Hitler's 'Fortress Europe' and dropping over 22,000 tons of ordnance in the process. The cost to the group was 131 aircraft and over 1200 combat crew missing in ac... $54.50     View Details Add To Cart