- On
Miniature Wings: Model Aircraft of the National Air and Space
Museum
- A lifelong aviation enthusiast and modeler,
Tom Dietz joined the staff of the National Air and Space Museum's
Aeronautics Department in 1987, as part of the curatorial
team for Legend, Memory, and the Great War in the Air, a World
War I exhibit. Since then, he has contributed to exhibits
on World War II air power and Cold War naval aviation.
- Pilot
Getaways - Magazine for private pilots covering U.S. travel
destinations. Articles discuss essential information for safe
and enjoyable flights. Provides pictures, flying tips, and
articles on places such as St. Augustine, Mesa Verde, and
the Biltmore Estate. Also, discusses weekend and romantic
getaways.
- Plane
& Pilot - Delivering the latest information on new
and late model piston aircraft. Includes comprehensive flight
test reports, buyer's guides, updates and features on training,
schools and safety.
- R
2800: Pratt & Whitney's Dependable Masterpiece - Covers
the best American engine of the war.
- Gunner:
An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Turrets and
Gun Positions - The amazing quality of the pictures
in this book is stunning. Close up fotography is something
special and the authors of this book have braught this up
to a new level. They took pictures of planes that I've seen
in real life as well and these pictures took me back to that
moment. The anekdotes of World War 2 veterans make this book
even more worthwhile.
- P-40
Warhawk Aces of the MTO - Thrown into action following
the Torch landings of late 1942, the ‘green’ American
pilots flying the obsolescent P-40F suffered cruelly at the
hands of seasoned German fighter pilots flying superior machines.
Those that survived learnt quickly, and a handful of Warhawk
pilots succeeded in making ace by the time the Axis forces
surrendered in North Africa. The action then shifted to Sicily
and Italy, and the P-40 remained in service until mid-1944.
This book charts the careers of the 23 men who succeeded in
making ace during that time, despite the advent of much better
P-47 and P-51 fighters.
- P-40
Warhawk Aces of the Pacific -The first USAAF fighters
to engage the Japanese in World War 2, a handful of P-40s
rose to defend Pearl Harbor from attack on the morning of
7 December 1941. Warhawk units were also heavily involved
in the ill-fated fight to stem invading Japanese forces in
the Philippines and Java between December 1941 and April 1942
and again in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands between January
1943 and March 1944. This book examines The Warhawk’s
wartime exploits and all of its aces including 'aces-in-a-day’
Mel Wheadon and Joe Lesika.
- P-40
CURTISS Planes and Model Kits - After a first volume devoted
to the Focke Wulf FW 190, the new release in the collection
"Planes and Model Kits" is dedicated to the Curtiss
P-40. Despite its limits, the Warhawk is an aircraft which
played a major part in the whole war and on all the front
lines, displaying the most colorful insignia and "nose
arts" of WW2.
- WWII:
Battle for China The Flying Tigers and the Stilwell Road
- Even before December 7th, American volunteers fought against
Japanese forces as members of the so-called "Flying Tigers".
Once the U.S.A. officially entered the fight, the Tigers became
the 14th Air Force, and their exploits the stuff of legend.
Featured on this DVD are four rare films made during WWII
in the China-Burma-India Theatre. See a rare Japanese-made
propaganda film about Manchukuo. In "The China Crisis"
see Claire Chennault's airmen, and see the Flying Tigers as
they go into combat in antiquated P-40 Warhawks and modern
P-51 Mustangs. In "The
Stilwell Road" narrated by actor Ronald Reagan, learn
how this vital supply link kept China in the war, and how
the Chinese theatre kept hundreds of thousands of Japanese
troops tied up for year after bloody year, crippling the rising
sun and ensuring America's victory. It's history, like you've
never seen it before! Digitally remastered and restored
from original 16mm film prints, some of the films on this
DVD have never been made available to the public. Because
of their age and rarity, image and sound quality can vary.
Films are black and white. Over 120 minutes of material.
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