Book Reviews, Photos, and Artwork from Christopher M. Reed
Although it’s been almost six decades since Boeing turned out the last B-52H version of the venerable Stratofortress, it is easy to forget that the type had its genesis in the very weeks and...
Part of the massive Kettering Model Collection on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force, the Flying Fortress is represented by two models – one a prewar bare metal example with...
Review: Warbird Tech #7: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Highlights: A nice close-in underside view of a Y1B-17 Y1B-17 in temporary camouflage B-17B, B-17D, and B-17F general arrangement 3-views B-17F fuselage detail drawing Nose assembly...
The jump between Boeing’s two WWII bombers, the B-17 and B-29, might seem like a quantum leap, as the B-17 appeared near the beginning of the monoplane era, while the B-29 was a pressurized...
I once saw a fictional depiction of a B-17 in the high-visibility prewar Air Corps scheme, (seems like it was in a 1930s vintage ad if I remember correctly) and had to do a...
Dan Sharp “Luftwaffe: Secret Projects of the Third Reich” 129 pages “bookazine” format, heavily illustrated with vintage drawings, plus modern artwork showing aircraft as they might have appeared in service. Contents include: “Covering every...
Development of the F-100 is often cited as having been spurred by the Korean War, but North American had been planning for a Sabre successor well before the conflict started. The F-86 was used...
Even as Spitfires and Hurricanes flown by the “Few” were engaged in mortal combat with Bf 109s and He 111Fs during the Battle of Britain, the RAF was already looking forward to a time...
Whereas procurement of the B-70 was doubtful even before the prototype flew, the next aircraft designed as a B-52 replacement came much closer to actually entering service’ and did in fact eventually lead to...
Almost forgotten in the shadow of the later Century Series interceptors, Northrop’s F-89 Scorpion was the USAF’s first jet interceptor designed as such from the outset, rather than being an adaptation of a day...
THE AEROSPACE TREASURES OF DAYTON: A PHOTOGRAPHIC LOOK INSIDE THE WORLD’S LARGEST MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM 100 pages, print edition, all-color!Fulfilled by Amazon US
