My Library just grew again 2021

[scooter]

Received today

Naval Fighters Number Forty-Five
Douglas A4D  Skywarrior
Part One
Design/Structure/Testing

Fighter?

Gondor

Well, the type *did* shoot down a pair of MiGs during Vietnam.

[PR19_Kit]

Key Pubs have just put out their 'US Navy & Marine Corps Air Power Year Book 2021', as if they did it every year.....

It's quite interesting, lots of pics etc. but THE item of interest is a feature on the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray UAV being used as a tanker! There's pics of it hooked up to an F-18F and an E-2D, but the most bizarre is one of it taxi-ing to its stand at St Louis being guided in by an aircraft handler.

It all sounds all very logical until you remember that it doesn't have a pilot aboard! 

OK, so I guess he's looking through a CCTV camera from his 'Flight Station', which could be a couple of thousand miles away, but it's still weird.

[Gondor]

Received a few minuites ago

Airframe & Miniature No.17 The Messerschmitt Bf 110

Gondor

[Rheged]

As if we hadn't enough books already...........has anyone else used "Postscript Books"?    They do a good line in a wide variety of remaindered books at very attractive prices.   www.psbooks.co.uk     I've had quite a few good things from them

[Gondor]

As if we hadn't enough books already...........has anyone else used "Postscript Books"?    They do a good line in a wide variety of remaindered books at very attractive prices.   www.psbooks.co.uk     I've had quite a few good things from them

I might have as I have their page bookmarked already.

Gondor

[Gondor]

Received today from Aviation Book Shop

Tankograd 9033 CVR(T) Scorpion-Scimitar-Sabre as I have 1/35 kit's started in the stash so a reasonably cheap reference book was too good to miss. I also didn't know that there had been a Scimitar Mk 2!

Gondor headding off to Scalemates to see if there is a kit of a Mk2

[PR19_Kit]

Got the Lightning and Variations book today after numerous positive recommendations on here.

Looks a GEM! 

[Gondor]

Received today from Guideline Publications

Warpaint No.52 Fairey Albacore

Bought to anable me to get sizes for several parts that would go onto my P.Z.L. 19 Sokole oko if I had one to rob parts from 

Gondor

[Gondor]

Received today from Aviation Book Centre

Top Drawings 119 Junkers Ju 188/388

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

Scott Lowther's book on the SR-71 and it's competitors and variants, ZILLIONS of them! (Bought from W H Smith, of all places!)

Includes quite a good drawing of the Convair Kingfish. SO goo I'm tempted to try and scratch one, it's a pretty simple, but BIG shape....... 

[jcf]

Scott Lowther's book on the SR-71 and it's competitors and variants, ZILLIONS of them! (Bought from W H Smith, of all places!)

Includes quite a good drawing of the Convair Kingfish. SO goo I'm tempted to try and scratch one, it's a pretty simple, but BIG shape....... 

Have you seen this series of articles on the "archived" Lockheed Code One Magazine site?
Super Hustler, FISH, Kingfish, And Beyond
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=67
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=74
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=184
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=92

This is from the final part: Part 4: Beyond Kingfish   

Configuration SUB-6 was a subsonic (Mach 0.77) design that looked like a stealthy version of the U-2. The
aircraft had a wingspan of 195 feet. Like the LCS-1, SUB-6 had a bifurcated inlet located on the top side of the
fuselage. Also like the LCS-1, SUB-6, was powered by two TJ70 turbojet engines. The aircraft had a gross weight
of 60,000 pounds. Its pre-zone, zone, and post-zone ranges were all 2,200 nautical miles. The configuration was
dropped from further study because its low speed and low cruising altitude (80,000 feet) made it vulnerable to
potential threats.

[Mossie]

Scott Lowther's book on the SR-71 and it's competitors and variants, ZILLIONS of them! (Bought from W H Smith, of all places!)

Includes quite a good drawing of the Convair Kingfish. SO goo I'm tempted to try and scratch one, it's a pretty simple, but BIG shape....... 

It's excellent.  I've also coveted the Kingfish, such a different design to the Blackbird.  There's also many attractive alternatives from Lockheed.

He has a B-47/B-52 book out too, might be up your street.

[PR19_Kit]

Have you seen this series of articles on the "archived" Lockheed Code One Magazine site?
Super Hustler, FISH, Kingfish, And Beyond
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=67
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=74
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=184
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=92

Noooooooooooooooooooo, but I have now, thanks very much Jon. That's fascinating stuff. 

'The configuration was dropped from further study because its low speed and low cruising altitude (80,000 feet) made it vulnerable to potential threats.'

LOW cruising altitude? 

He has a B-47/B-52 book out too, might be up your street.

Coooer, I'll keep an eye out for that too, thanks Mossie. 

[Mossie]

It's only available in hardback so quite a bit pricier than the SR-71 book:
https://www.waterstones.com/book/boeing-b-47-stratojet-and-b-52-stratofortress/scott-lowther//9781911658764

[Weaver]

Another Key Publishing Bookazine from Sainsbury's, this one being Special Mission Aircraft.

Good range of articles about Police, surveillance, border patrol, firefighting, medevac and SAR aircraft, both fixed and rotary wing, with lots of big, clear colourful photographs. Makes an interesting change from military stuff in cammo.

https://shop.keypublishing.com/product/View/productCode/SPECSMAIR/Special%20Mission%20Aircraft