U.S. Navy Aircraft History

By Tommy H. Thomason

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...
Sunday, December 31, 2023

TBD Devastator in Action by Dana Bell

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  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...
Monday, December 18, 2023

Naval Fighters Number 116: Boeing F4B and Export Variants by CAPT Richard Dann

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