Jenzan Boeing B-17-Flying Fortress – Warbird Tech Vol. 7 by Frederick A. Johnsen Specialty Press 2002 This whole series is spotty. Frankly, I recommend them only to those who have a pretty good understanding of the aircraft covered. These volumes, and this is typical of them, tend to focus on little known aspects of …
The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: American Raids on 17 August 1943 by Martin Middlebrook Penguin UK 1995 I am an unabashed Martin Middlebrook fan. I will read anything he writes. Middlebrook’s work is typically well-researched and detailed. His narratives are not too shabby either. His attention to detail allows the thinking reader to meticulously reconstruct …
Five Days in August: How World War II Became a Nuclear War by Michael D. Gordin Princeton University Press 2007 I don’t know what is in this book, I haven’t gotten past the cover. While the Bell VB-13 (later ASM-A-1) Tarzon bomb looks impressive, it never was a nuclear weapon nor was it …
The Airplane A History of Its Technology By John D. Anderson Jr. This is a simple review. “If you are a general reader without a background in engineering and science, but are interested in airplanes and the history of flight, this book is for you.” If this, the first sentence …
The Story of the Tank Aero Engines By Richard C. Hill This 70-page, softbound, self-published work is obviously a labor of love. While it has its failings, many of which are not insignificant, this monograph nevertheless remains an important work. If Mr. Hill had not written this, then who would have? My “go-to” …
Douglas DC-6 and DC-7 – Airliner Tech Vol. 4 by Harry S. Gann Specialty Press 1999 Harry Gann, who recently died, left the aviation community with a solid body of work. This book, in typical Gann fashion, punches through the veneer of the Tech series of books. On the surface, the series as …
Going Downtown: The War Against Hanoi and Washington by Jack Broughton Orion Books, New York, 1988 $18.95 Going Downtown is what the F-105 Thunderchief “Thud” drivers called a bombing mission to Hanoi. The subtitle, The War against Hanoi and Washington, nails the point of the book. Jack Broughton presents a readable narrative of two …
This is going to start off slow. I am creating this site from the basis of zero knowledge. So bear with me for a while at least. My goal is primarily to share book reviews. You will not find Saroyan, Kant, Hemingway, or Shakespeare here. The topics will consist primarily of human-built devices for moving …
