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50 Aircraft That Changed the Wor...
The flying machines that pushed the boundaries of aerospace development. "Dick and Patterson have made unusually fine choices.... Reasonable affection for aircraft is shown throughout this attracti...
Helicopters: Military, Civilian,...
Duck your head, and climb aboard 120 of the most important rotorcraft ever designed with former pilot and navigation instructor, Robert Jackson. In this comprehensive guide to the history and devel...
Boeing's B-47 Stratojet
The B-47 was the United States Air Force's first strategic jet bomber. When the US Army Air Forces issued a requirement for a jet bomber in 1944, four manufacturers presented proposals. It was Boei...
Douglas DC-6 and DC-7 - Airliner...
An enthusiast-level technical look at the design, evolution, and growth of the famous DC-6 and DC-7 series of aircraft. Filled cover-to-cover with engineering drawings, production line photos, perf...
Hap Arnold and the Evolution of ...
Taught to fly by the Wright Brothers, appointed the first and only five-star general of the Air Force, and remembered as the man who won World War II’s air war, Henry Harley “Hap” Arnold is one of ...
Wild Blue: Stories of Survival f...
Wild Blue collects the most gripping accounts of what some would call the greatest achievement of the century: controlled flight. Charles Lindbergh takes readers wing-walking in a barnstorming bipl...
The Immortal Beaver: The World's...
Developed soon after World War II, the de Havilland Beaver has become one of the most successful and long-lived designs in aviation history. The Beaver was conceived as a half-ton flying pickup tr...
The Wright Brothers
The #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize—the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly—Wilbu...
The Wright Brothers
#1 New York Times bestseller Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur ...
Hurricane: Hawker's Fighter Legend
2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the remarkable Hawker Hurricane formally entering service. The RAF's first monoplane fighter, it dragged the air force into a position where it could defend Brita...
Braniff Airways: Flying Colors (...
Braniff Airways: Flying Colors takes readers on a magical flight through the history of Braniff International Airways, beginning with its small-town Oklahoma roots to its high-flying and stylish sp...
Flight: The Complete History of ...
"Discover the fascinating stories behind humankind’s conquest of the skies, from dreamers and inventors to modern-day astronauts. Take a sky-high journey through the Wright brothers’ first powered...
Aircraft: The Definitive Visual ...
Discover more than 1,000 of the greatest commercial and military aircraft to ever fly the skies. This visual treat is packed with pictures and crammed with content for aviation enthusiasts everywhe...
Smithsonian National Air and Spa...
Designed to convey the awe of a visitor first walking into the world's largest showplace of aviation history, this Autobiography headlines the incredible collections, both on view and behind the sc...
Looping the Loop: Posters of Flight
Looping the Loop tells of the passion for flight with an array of 102 rare posters spanning the years of Early Flight, World War I, The Golden Age of Aviation, and World War II. Originally publishe...
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