neurontin 1800 mg Douglas AD/A-1 Skyraider: Part Two – The Navy Squadrons by Steve Ginter, Ginter Books, $55.95 The 99th iteration of Steve Ginter’s Naval Fighters series is the second part of three focused on the Douglas AD/AD-1 Skyraider. This covers operational U.S. Navy squadrons. The first volume, no. 98, spanned everything from development to test aircraft …
Early US Jet Fighters: Proposals, Projects and Prototypes by Tony Buttler, 176 pp., Hikoki Publications, 2013 The evolution of fighters during what has become known as the “first generation” of jet aircraft has always held a particular fascination. The period was akin to those heady days of the golden age of aviation between the …
Soviet Naval Aviation 1946–1991 Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Komissarov. 368 pp. (Hikoki Publications for SpecialtyPress, North Branch, MN, 2013) $56.95. Since the demise of the Soviet Union an increasing number of books about the secretive society, especially its military, have been seeing publication in the West. Opening the doors to what appears to be a …
An artist’s depiction of a proposed folding landing craft utiltiy—dubbed LCU-F—approaching shore. In the background, aft of an LHD, can be seen another LCU-F in the process of unfolding to its full length. Okay, this illustration never saw print. Indeed, it is making its publication debute today, and thus retains my copyright. Ladies and Gentlemen… …
This is another view of the Curtiss SBC-3 that I am using for my header art. I am not an artist, can’t draw a straight line let alone anything else representational. But I feel safe with Illustrator, a program I enjoy immensely. A few years ago, I started poking around with 3D, because it allows …
Wings of the Navy by Captain Eric Brown 338 pp. (Hikoki Publications for SpecialtyPress, North Branch, MN, 2013) $56.95. For those who appreciate Royal Navy Captain Eric “Winkle” Brown’s literary abilities in communicating the intricacies of flying various aircraft, his long out-of-print Wings of the Navy has been comprehensively updated. Since it was first …
Adobe Photoshop CS6 on Demand by Steve Johnson Perspection, Inc., Those of us who have used Photoshop for more days than we care to count tend to forget that once upon a time we were newbies to the program. While the CS6 version may be new to us, we bring a whole …
US Battleships 1941-1963 an Illustrated Technical Reference by Wayne Scarpaci This book is not worth your money. It would make a good sales tool for marketing to a decent publishing house, but this is not a finished product. It is in woeful need of two editors – one for the author’s …
U.S. Naval Air Superiority: Delevelopment of Shipborne Jet Fighters — 1943–1962 by Tommy H. Thomason Specialty Press 2008 This book is a worthwhile investment not only of your money but also your time in reading it. This book isn’t exactly for the novice reader of naval air material. It presupposes that you bring something to …
Sailors to the End by Gregory A. Freeman William Morrow & Co., Inc. 2002 The men—the heroes—of the USS Forrestal deserve better. Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It by Gregory A. Freeman (July 2002, William Morrow, $25.95) is, for those unaware …
