In almost two hundred archive photographs Leo Marriott traces the development of British and American jet fighters during the first pioneering decade of their production. In many ways, the period from 1944 to 1954 was one of the most exciting and innovative in the history of military aviation. Rare images show the first jet fighters flown by the RAF toward ...
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Early Jet Fighters
British and American 1944-1954
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Winged Brothers
Naval Aviation as Lived by Ernest and Macon Snowden
Winged Brothers recounts the service exploits of two brothers over more than forty years of naval aviation history in both peace and war. They were deeply committed to each other and to advancing their chosen profession, but due to the vast difference in their ages and the fourteen years between their respective graduations from the U.S. Naval Academy, they experienced ...
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Project Coldfeet
Secret Mission to a Soviet Ice Station
Based on station logs, after-action reports, and interviews with many of the participants, this one-of-a-kind account provides fascinating back-ground on the personnel, special equipment, mysterious CIA aircraft, and Soviet and U.S. drift stations.
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