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Bell HSL ASW Helicopter
The Bell HSL was to be the answer in 1950 to a major Navy requirement - find and kill Russian submarines. It was a major step forward in size and lift for a helicopter. Its...
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Ginter Books
Hopefully not the last Ginter Book: At the moment, the Ginter family is fulfilling orders and considering options for the future of Ginter Books. This one is available directly, $30 including shipping...
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Steven J. Ginter 1947-2026
Steve's formal obituary: https://neptunesociety.com/obituaries/thousand-oaks-ca/steven-ginter-12912783I regret to report that my friend and publisher passed away on 31 May after a brief illness.We had...
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Well, That Was Colorful II
From Scooter! Revised Edition: In February 1958, VA-83 had just begun a deployment aboard Essex, the first for the A4D-2, when one of the pilots made a landing hard enough to break off the right main...
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F-86 Sabre by Duncan Curtis
Newly published by Crécy in England, to say it is comprehensive would be an understatement:There are 384 8 1/2 x 11 inch pages, at least one picture (many in color) per page except a two-page Appendix...
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In Defense of the F7U-3 Cutlass
Uninformed speculation repeated often enough becomes fact. An example is the horrific ramp strike of F7U-3 BuNo 129595 piloted by LCDR Jay Alkire on 14 July 1955.These excerpts are from the official...
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Well, There's Your Problem
I scanned this photograph at the National Archives 14 years ago:The caption: This 6 April 1955 photo was from the same qualification period and illustrates the defense in depth of the crew and...
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F8U-3: NASA Pilot Dogfights with F4H-1 Prototypes
Every once in a while, someone writes that pilots of the NASA Langley F8U-3s bounced F4H-1s being tested at Patuxent River and beat them badly in unbriefed dogfights.This appears to be speculation...
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Naval Fighters Number 122: Loening Amphibian
The latest monograph from Steve Ginter, it covers Grover Loening's designs from the M-2 through the XS2L-1. As usual, copious pictures, excellent reproduction on glossy paper, and good coverage of...
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U.S. Naval Air Superiority Revised and Updated
The previous edition took the story up to 1962 and the F4H Phantom. This one provides corrections and additions to the original text and illustrations and includes new chapters on the F6D/F-111B,...
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F4H Phantom Project High Jump
BuNo 148423: note what appears to be a high-visibility rectangle above the Project High Jump marking.All of the F4H Phantom II's speed and altitude records were set by F4H-1Fs, which were originally...
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HU2K Seasprite Book - Wayne Mutza
Coming soon: https://youtu.be/N69WLni7KQQ?si=govOhHV64PsLZCJy https://schifferbooks.com/products/kaman-h-2-seasprite Also see:...
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Steve Ginter no longer has his own website but he is still creating and publishing books. You can contact him directly for availability and pricing (nfbooks@sbcglobal.net ) or look for them here:...
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Kaman Synchropter History
Hot off the press:81 pages: A detailed and well-illustrated history (if I do say so myself) of Kaman's development of the synchropter and successful marketing of it for U.S. Navy, USMC, and USAF...
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The Chance Vought F7U-3 Cutlass
Now available to order from:Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vought-F7U-3-Cutlass-Tommy-Thomason/dp/1800352948Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vought-F7U-3-Cutlass-Tommy-Thomason/dp/1800352948
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Operation Eldorado Canyon
In case you’re wondering why I reviewing a book with a USAF F-111 profile on the cover in a Naval Aviation blog: 1. I’ve spent almost three decades, with limited success, trying to establish that its...
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Carrier Landings - Canopy open or closed?
Navy pilots landed the early jets on carriers as they always had, with the canopy open. It facilitated rapid egress from the cockpit if they had to ditch.If the engine quit, below about 1,000 feet,...
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TBD Devastator in Action by Dana Bell
An excellent monograph by an actual historian who does his research in archives (not on line or using books by authors who rely on Wikipedia), high-resolution scans on high-quality paper,...
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Naval Fighters Number 116: Boeing F4B and Export Variants by CAPT Richard Dann
There aren't too many meticulously researched, in-depth books about U.S. Navy airplanes that served before World War II. Dana Bell's Painting the Fleet is one. Steve Ginter has published some in his...
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