My library just grew again 2016

[Leading Observer]

French Secret Projects:- Post War Fighters  by J C Carbonel 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Secret-Projects-Post-Fighters/dp/1910809004/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=K4JB4BR6HPEDDKXTAKXR

My copy also arrived yesterday

[NARSES2]

I think mine is awaiting collection tomorrow

[Gondor]

French Secret Projects:- Post War Fighters  by J C Carbonel 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Secret-Projects-Post-Fighters/dp/1910809004/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=K4JB4BR6HPEDDKXTAKXR

My copy also arrived yesterday

Mine arrived today as well as an ebay win of

Aerofax Minigraph 17 Dassault Mirage F1

Gondor

[McColm]

Picked up a copy of 'Stealth Operations Declassified'. AirForces Publication.
History-Prototypes-Technology
UK £5.99
98 pages with colour photos and concept artwork.
Some of the subjects have already been Whiffed on this site and the stealthy Hawk/Silent Hawk helicopter which has picked the best bits of the cancelled Comanche prototype . This article goes into depth about the raid to kill Osama Bin Laden.
Another article features Stealth UK Style, whereas the established F-117, B-2 and F-22 are all profiled.
The Russian and Chinese projects plus the ones that never made it passed the drawing board or did they?
Most of the articles are pure speculation going on what people have seen or captured on film.
A reference for future builds.

[NARSES2]

My copy of French Secret Projects was waiting for me today 

[Gondor]

An order of two books from SAM publications arrived this morning, 25% sale so I saved a reasonable amount

Modellers Data File 26 : A-1 Skyraider

Modellers Data File Scaled Down 4 : The Hawker Sea Fury

Gondor

[McColm]

Aviation Archive has produced an interesting
magazine based around  'Farnborough The Golden Years'.
97 pages of black and white photos with line cutaway drawings. There is a rare colour photo.
This covers most of the flying prototypes that could have entered service the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. There are a few surprises, a few design changes that happened before the production model was brought into service.
Lots of whiffing potential, rare photos and rare behind the scenes info.
Priced at £7.95

[Rheged]

For only £1.99 in Oxfam Hereford today, "Jane's  Encyclopaedia of Aviation"   A4 in size and two inches thick.  It looks like a list of every aircraft that has ever flown from the Wright Brothers to 1980.   More details when I've read some of it.......

[Rheged]

From a junk shop in Droitwich, "DC3 Super Profile"  AND Airlife "Classic Propliners"  for 20p......yes, 20p for the two.

[jcf]

Arrived the other day:





Really good.

[PR19_Kit]

Arrived the other day:





Really good.

A definite for the bookshelf!

[NARSES2]

I supposed the unmanned scale model (s) that were launched from a Mosquito are still out there somewhere ?

[Gondor]

From a trip to TsrJoe's place with a couple of books

The Vulcan Story by Tim Laming
The illustrated History of McDonnell Douglas Aircraft from Cloudster to Boeing
and
The Race for Hitler's X-Planes by John Christopher

Gondor

[jcf]

I supposed the unmanned scale model (s) that were launched from a Mosquito are still out there somewhere ?

The chapter on the Vickers tests gives a good view of events and includes a table of test drops.

A1 and A3 (the only one to have a successful launch and flight BTW) might be out there, both were complete airframes as was A2.
The other five launches were fuselage only for rocket starting tests, with the results one 'evidence of ignition', one explosion, three successful ignitions.

A1, lost in cloud due to suspension lug failure, no launch, probably ended up in Bristol Channel. 30/5/47
A2, exploded after drop, total loss. 8/10/47
A3, successful release, ignition and flight, disappeared into the west. 3/10/48

[NARSES2]

Cheers Jon.

I love the phrase "disappeared into the west"