U.S. Navy Aircraft 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...

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

 I meant to post this in this blog but it wound up HERE .

 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...

  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...

  An excellent monograph by an actual historian who does his research in archives (not on line or using books by authors who rely on Wikiped...

There aren't too many meticulously researched, in-depth books about U.S. Navy airplanes that served before World War II. Dana Bell's...