http://neilfeather.com/2016-guggenheim-fellowship/ Go for Launch: An Illustrated History of Cape Canaveral by Joel W. Powell Collector’s Guide Publishing, 2010. 320 pages. This is a hard evaluation. I don’t want to knock the book down so people won’t give it a look, because it is definitely worthy of a look. But . . . All the important …
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How to Draw and Paint Aircraft Like a Pro by Andrew Whyte Zenith Press, 2008. 160 pages. This is the first book I have ever purchased that I feel to the core was simply a waste of money. If I didn’t abhor book burning, this would be a pile of ashes in my backyard. …
The Viking Rocket Story by Milton Rosen Harper, 1955. 242 pages. In my research into the Vanguard program, this book appeared in virtually all the bibliographies. I had to find out why. Wow! Rosen may have been a real rocket scientist but he could actually do something else—write. If you have an interest in …
Aircraft of the Fighting Powers, Volume IV by H. J. Cooper, et al Aircraft Technical Publication, 1943. 76 pages. Frankly I don’t know how I missed this series. I’ve been collecting aviation books for more than 50 years and this set got by me. And I am sorry it did. There are seven books …
Gemini (Space in Miniature, Number 2) By Michael Eastman and Michael J. Mackowski Space in Miniature, 1990. 36 pages. I got what I expected. The overprice is because of the publication’s rarity and not based on an expansive and detailed presentation of the spacecraft’s physical details. Designed for modelers, it touches all the bases. If …
Martin Aircraft, 1909–1960 by John R. Breihan Narkiewicz/Thompson, 1995. 208 pages. This book is the definitive work on Martin aircraft. The shame of it is that there is only one to choose from and nothing to compare it to. That said, the book is very good. Compared with other aviation company works, this touches …
Battle of Midway: 3–6 June 1942 Washington Navy Yard, DC: U.S. Navy, Naval History and Heritage Command, U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence, 2017. Reprint of 1943 edition. Coming up very shortly is the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. This is a really big deal, especially with the Navy, as it was …
Wave-Off!: A History of LSOs and Ship-Board Landings by Robert R. “Boom” Powell Specialty Press, $39.95 For a number of years, Specialty Press has been producing books in a seemingly standard 10 ¼-inch square, approximately 200-page format. “Boom” Powell’s Wave Off! is among them. That in itself, says nothing about the book, yet it …
Nimrod’s Genesis: RAF Maritime Patrol Projects and Weapons since 1945 by Chris Gibson, Hikoki Publications, $49.95 This book is a specimen of an aviation genre upon which the Brits seem to have a stranglehold: aircraft that never were. The books are enticing because their hallmarks—quality printing, excellent photographic reproduction, integrated design, and numerous line …
“Blue Goose” Command Aircraft of the USN, USMC, and USCG 1911 to 1961 by William A. Riley and Thomas E. Doll, Ginter Books, $35.95 Steve Ginter’s Naval Fighters series is well known to aviation fans. Discounting his parallel Air Force series, there are 100 volumes in the set to date. “Blue Goose” is the …
