U. S. NAVAL FIGHTERS - NAVY/MARINE CORPS 1922 TO 1980s by Jones, Lloyd

Aero Publishers, Inc., Fallbrook, CA, 1977. US first edition, hard bound in dust jacket, 7 1.2 x 11, FINE/FINE CONDITION, 352 pages, massively illustrated with photos and 3-view plans.-------------------------------------------At last! Every American Navy and Marine Corps fighter since 1922 is documented by drawings and photographs in one volume. Never before have all Navy fighter types ordered by the Navy been accounted for and illustrated. This includes the rare, one-of-a-kind experimental designs and the mysterious, unbuilt missing-links in the genealogy of the American carrier fighter. From the wood and fabric VE-7 of 1922, the complete history of the Navy's fighter planes is recorded by 91 three-view drawings. Every type is shown in a full three views whether it was built or not. This includes such types as the Eberhart XFG-1, Atlantic XFA-1, Grumman XF12F-1 and the Douglas Missileer.---------------------------------------------------------------All the favorites are here, too. The Boeing F4B-4, Curtiss Seahawk, all of Grumman's "Cat" series, and the new McDonnell Douglas F-18, fighter of the 1980's.Several hundred photographs have been gathered, many from private collections and never previously published. Each type is fully described in the text. The design and development is traced and full dimensions, performance and armament are given.For model builders, a scale accompanies each drawing and one chapter is devoted to detail painting schemes for each type.Also, the now-familiar chart found in the companion volumes on U.S. Bombers and U.S. Air Force Fighters is included in the Navy Fighter book. This illustrates every plane to the same scale so the entire history of Navy and Marine fighters can be seen at a glance.