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X-PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES The Horten Ho 9/Ho 229 David Myhra. Horten brothers biographer David Me 262: Design Myhra continues his efforts for a full accounting of the events surrounding Concept, Prototypes, V Series, Focke-Wulf Ta 183 David Myhra. Rare the design, construction, and flight testing of the twin powered Flight Tests David Myhra. Featured look at the late-WWII-era jet all-wing prototype Horten Ho 9 fighter/interceptor and its serial production in this volume are the early Me 262 fighter design. prototype the Horten Ho 229V3. concept and wind tunnel designs. This Size: 11”x8.5” • 120 photos • 64pp. includes all of the Me 262 “Versuch,” ISBN: 0-7643-0907-2 • soft • $9.95 Vol 1: Retrospective - Word for word in- or research design prototypes, and the terviews make up this volume and often the pre-production “Serein,” or S-type flight details given by one former worker differs from test machines. another leading to more questions than answers. Size: 11”x8.5” • 400 photos • 248pp. Size: 8.5”x11” • 250 bw photos/plans • 224pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1888-8 • hard • $39.95 Horten Ho 9 David Myhra. The Horten ISBN: 0-7643-1666-4 • hard • $49.95 brothers’ all wing aircraft and its tech- nical history. Me 262 A-1a David Myhra. Featured Size: 11”x8.5” • 150 photos • 80pp. is the Me 262A-1a, the standard fighter ISBN: 0-7643-0916-1 • soft • $12.95 variant of this famed WWII aircraft. Size: 11”x8.5” • 400 bw photos • 216pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1939-6 • hard • $39.95

Vol 2: Technical History - This is the tech- Messerschmitt P.1101 David Myhra. nical companion volume to the Horten Ho IX Rare look at the late-WWII-era Luft- Retrospective and documents how these flying waffe swept-wing jet fighter design. machines were constructed, shown largely in Size: 11”x8.5” • 100 photos • 64pp. highly detailed photos. Included are construction ISBN: 0-7643-0908-0 • soft • $9.95 of the all-wing’s wood main spar, wood wing ribs, Me 262: Versions A-1a Jabo plywood wing covering, and internal fuel tanks, through A-5a David Myhra. Featured control surfaces, drag rudders, nose wheel, etc. are the Me 262 “A” series types from Size: 8.5”x11” • 600 bw photos • 256pp. the A-1a jabo through the A-5 and in- ISBN: 0-7643-1667-2 • hard • $59.95 cluding , recon, night-fighter Messerschmitt Me 263 David Myhra. and other variants. The late-war anticipated successor to Size: 11”x8.5” • 400 bw photos • 216pp. the Luftwaffe’s Me 163 rocket fighter. ISBN: 0-7643-2058-0 • hard • $39.95 Size: 11”x8.5” • 100 photos • 64pp. Flying Wings of the Horten Broth- ISBN: 0-7643-0909-9 • soft • $9.95 ers H.P. Dabrowski. Follow-up volume covering the Horten brothers’ flying wing concepts. : Development, Size: 11”x8.5” • 70 bw photos • 64pp. Testing, Production Radinger & Schick. ISBN: 0-88740-886-9 • soft • $14.95 Accounts of the developments of the fighter, He 162 David Myhra. Concise fighter/bomber, reconnaissance, and night history of the unusual, wooden late-war fighter versions. Luftwaffe jet fighter. Size: 8.5”x11” • 150 color/bw photos • 112pp. Size: 11”x8.5” • 200 photos • 96pp. ISBN: 0-88740-516-9 • hard • $24.95 ISBN: 0-7643-0955-2 • soft • $14.95 Ju 287: The World’s First Swept- Wing Jet Aircraft Horst Lommel. In the summer of 1944, as WWII drew to a close, an unusual took to the skies over -Brandis on its maiden flight. It was the prototype version of Bachem Ba 349 Natter David Myhra. the Ju 287 V1, a four-engine jet bomber. With its The WWII-era Luftwaffe manned rocket forward swept , the design was a critical Messerschmitt Me 262 and its Variants interceptor in a concise history. milestone in the annals of aviation technology Manfred Griehl. This book is a concise history of Size: 11”x8.5” • 200 photos • 128pp. and made the Ju 287 the first swept-wing design the world’s first operational jet fighter in World ISBN: 0-7643-1032-1 • soft • $14.95 in the world. War II. This legendary Luftwaffe aircraft is shown Size: 8.5”x11” • 300 bw photos • 224pp. in photos, line schemes, and color profiles. ISBN: 0-7643-2059-9 • hard • $49.95 Size: 8.5”x11” • 130 color/bw photos • 50pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4048-2 • soft • $14.99 Lippisch P 13a & Experimental Messerschmitt Me 209V1 David DM-1 H.P. Dabrowski. Detailed look Myhra. Rare look at Messerschmitt’s at the unusual WWII-era Luftwaffe high-speed prototype and its devel- delta-wing interceptor concept. opment and use. Size: 11”x8.5” • 80 bw photos/drawings Size: 11”x8.5” • 200 photos • 112pp. • 48pp. Messerschmitt Me 262: Arrow to the ISBN: 0-7643-1107-7 • soft • $14.95 ISBN: 0-88740-479-0 • soft • $9.95 Future Walter J. Boyne. Even by today’s engi- neering standards, magnificent is the only word to describe the effort to bring the plane’s jet engines, which eclipsed the performance of all Tank Ta 154 David Myhra. The Luft- Messerschmitt Me 163 “Komet” contemporary aircraft, from the laboratory to waffe’s late-war wooden, two-engine Vol.1 Mano Ziegler. The world’s first production in an amazingly short time. Includes nightfighter in a concise history. operational rocket fighter in its WWII operational photos from WW II, cockpit views, Size: 11”x8.5” • 270 photos • 124pp. use by the Luftwaffe. and interior/exterior shots of the restored Me 262. ISBN: 0-7643-1111-5 • soft • $14.95 Size: 11”x8.5” • 80 bw photos • 48pp. Size: 8”x10” • 100 color/bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 0-88740-232-1 • soft • $9.95 ISBN: 0-88740-665-3 • soft • $19.95

Me 262: The World’s First Tur- Blohm & Voss Bv 141 David Myhra. bo-Jet Fighter Vol.1 Heinrich Hecht. Rare look at the highly unusual WWII-era Concise history of the famed WWII-era Luftwaffe . Lufwaffe jet fighter including its techni- Size: 11”x8.5” • 140 photos • 88pp. cal development and operational use. ISBN: 0-7643-1397-5 • soft • $12.95 Messerschmitt Me 163 “Komet” Size: 11”x8.5” • 80 bw photos • 48pp. Vol.2 M. Emmerling. Follow-up volume ISBN: 0-88740-234-8 • soft • $9.95 on the infamous WWII-era German rocket fighter. Size: 11”x8.5” • 80 bw photos • 48pp. Fieseler Fi 103R David Myhra. Concise ISBN: 0-88740-403-0 • soft • $9.95 Me 262: The World’s First Tur- history of the late-WWII manned variant bo-Jet Fighter Vol.2 Manfred Griehl. of the infamous V-1 Buzz Bomb. Companion volume on the famed Luft- Size: 11”x8.5” • 200 photos • 104pp. waffe Me 262 jet fighter. ISBN: 0-7643-1398-3 • soft • $12.95 Size: 11”x8.5” • 80 bw photos • 48pp. ISBN: 0-88740-410-3 • soft • $9.95