8.5x11" 175 Pages The Douglas F4D Skyray was a single-engine, delta-wing fighter aircraft. Equipped with the J40 after-burning turbojet, it was at one time the world's hottest plane. On October 15, 1953, pilot Bob Rahn...
8.5x11" 700 Pages Vought's A-7 Corsair II served the U.S. Navy for over over two decades, and flew with distinction during the Vietnam conflict. The subsonic A-7 was based on the supersonic F-8 Crusader. It boasted a...
8.5x11" 210 Pages As the Blue Angels' aircraft in the late 1950s, Grumman's F11F-1 Tiger came to symbolize the speed and might of Navy airpower. The Tiger's design incorporated the area rule to enable cruising speeds up...
8.5x11" 230 Pages The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is known in NATO circles as the "Fishbed". Designed as a Mach 2.0 interceptor, the plane holds the distinction of being produced in greater numbers than any other jet...
8.5x11" 650 Pages Rockwell's B-1 Lancer serves as the supersonic component of the USAF's bomber fleet. An outgrowth of the requirement for a heavy bomber to replace the B-52, the Lancer was conceived during the Cold War...
8.5x11" 74 Pages The F-82 "Twin Mustang" was conceived during WWII as a long-range fighter escort. The F-82 utilized two extended P-51 fuselages, mounted to a newly-designed center wing and tail. The plane incorporated...
8.5x11" 986 Pages TWO VOLUME SET runs nearly 1000 pages long! Since 1955, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has been an integral part of the USAF's arsenal. While it flew as a deterrent for SAC, the B-52 gained fame as a...
8.5x11" 750 Pages TWO VOLUME SET! The ultimate for the B-47 enthusiast, Periscope Film is proud to reproduce the 750+ page flight manual for the Stratojet. The Air Force's first all-jet strategic bomber, the swept-wing...
8.5x11" 74 Pages Designed without horizontal stabilizers, the X-4 Bantam had a semi-tailless design that bore some resemblance to Germany's Me-163 rocket plane. The small, twin-jet craft relied on combined elevator and...
8.5x11" 474 Pages In the late 1940's and early 50's, planes flew higher and faster than anyone dreamed possible. The jet age had arrived, and along with it came turbojet and rocket-powered aircraft capable of flying...
8x10" 92 Pages Visionary designer Jack Northrop built a series of experimental "flying wing" aircraft both before and during WWII. One of the most radical designs of the post-war era, the propeller-driven YB-35 bomber's...
8.5x11" 404 Pages The XB-70 Valkyrie was an aircraft ahead of its time. Equipped with drooping wingtips, and designed with one of the highest lift-to-drag ratios in aviation history, the XB-70 challenged the known...
8x10" 194 Pages The X-15 rocket plane flew at Mach 6.72 and at altitudes above 67 miles -- at the threshold of space! The men who flew this amazing plane became the USAF's first astronauts. Powered by an XLR-99 engine...
8.5x11" 81 Pages The radical Douglas X-3 Stiletto was built primarily of titanium, and was intended to test high speed flight and low-aspect ratio wing design. Initial requirements indicated it would carry the J-46...
8.5x11" 330 Pages Conceived during the dark days of the Cold War, the U-2 is a single-engine,single-seat, surveillance aircraft. Designed by aeronautical engineer "Kelly" Johnson, the plane was used by the C.I.A. to...
8.5x11" 82 Pages The T-33 Thunderbird was the training variant of the U.S. Air Force's first production jet fighter, the F/P-80 Shooting Star. Originally designed by "Kelly" Johnson during WWII, the P-80 went from...
8x10" 347 Pages Created by Lockheed's brilliant designer Kelly Johnson, the SR-71 was one of the most legendary aircraft to emerge from the "Skunk Works". Capable of Mach 3 flight, the SR-71 could survey 100,000 miles...
8.5x11" 431 Pages The Mikoyan Mig-29 "Fulcrum" is a high performance aircraft that operates in 25 of the world's airforces. In the 1990s former East German Migs joined the Luftwaffe as part of the reunification of...
8.5x11" 159 Pages On March 10, 1948, an FJ-1 Fury fighter landed aboard the carrier Boxer. The U.S. Navy had officially entered the jet age. Built by North American, the Fury shared a prototype with the Air Force's F-86...
8.5x11" 133 Pages The Grumman F8F Bearcat was designed to defeat the nimble Japanese fighter aircraft that appeared at the end of WWII. The conflict ended before the Bearcat could be placed into service, and althought...
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