U.S. Navy Aircraft History

By Tommy H. Thomason

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

HU2K Seasprite Book - Wayne Mutza

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 Coming soon:  https://youtu.be/N69WLni7KQQ?si=govOhHV64PsLZCJy   https://schifferbooks.com/products/kaman-h-2-seasprite  Also see:  https:/...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Ginter Books

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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...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Kaman Synchropter History

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 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...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

The Chance Vought F7U-3 Cutlass

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  Now available to order from: Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vought-F7U-3-Cutlass-Tommy-Thomason/dp/1800352948 Amazon UK: https://www.am...
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Thursday, May 30, 2024

Modex Number

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 I meant to post this in this blog but it wound up HERE .
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Operation Eldorado Canyon

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 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 thr...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Carrier Landings - Canopy open or closed?

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  Navy pilots landed the early jets on carriers as they always had, with the canopy open. It facilitated rapid egress from the cockpit if th...
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In 1956, at age 12, I lived on NAS Sangley Point in the Philippine Islands. Always enamored with airplanes, I imprinted on the Cougars, Banshees, and Skyraiders then being deployed. Not able to be a Naval Aviator because I was nearsighted, I instead became an aeronautical engineer and general aviation pilot. Now retired, I write books and monographs on U.S. Navy aircraft.
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