Aviation History
Used Book Assortment

For aircraft profiles and present-day aviation topics.

By Ben Rich and Leo Janos. 1994, Back Bay Books/Little Brown, 372pp, 8x5.5". Photo insert. Auto-biography of chairman of Lockheed Skunk Works, birthplace of secret aircraft. This is a detailed story of the Lockheed Skunk Works from the perspective of the man who headed it during the F-117 development. A tell-almost-all book with many nameless references to Groom Lake. The late Skunk Works president Ben Rich recounts the development of stealth, his work with Kelly Johnson, and the workings of the black world. Given the sensitivity of his position during the Cold War, it is surprising that this book was written at all. Rich does not hide his disdain for the often capricious Air Force bureaucracy and expresses his frustrations with excessive secrecy and the inefficiencies of the military procurement process. An essential document for historical research into Area 51 and the aviation projects that built it. -- GC. Jacket Text | A reader's review | Skunk Works | F-117A (7/22/99)

By Ben Rich and Leo Janos. 1994, Little Brown, 370pp, 9.5x6.3". Photo insert. Skunk Works | F-117A (7/22/99)

By David Wise and Thomas B. Ross. 1962, Bantam, 186pp, out-of-print. (G) The first book published about the Feb. 1960 crash of the Powers' U-2 in Russia. "The inside story of the flight that shook the world! Here, told for the first time, is the remarkable story behind the most explosive espionage case of the 20th century -- a startling book which describes in detail the development and use of the secret U-2 airplane, and the crash, capture and trial of U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers." (3/4/99)

By Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos. 1985, Bantam, 435pp, current list $7.50.. (VG) Autobiography of the test pilot who was the first to break the sound barrier. (2/27/99)

By Chuch Yeager and Leo Janos. 1985, Bantam, 342pp. Photo insert. (VG)

By Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan and Phil Patton. 1987 (1989), Harper & Row, 337pp, B+W photos. (VG) Account of the first non-stop around-the-world flight in an aircraft designed by Dick Rutan. (5/5/99)

By Fred Goerner. 1966, Doubleday, 1966. Photo inserts. (VG, no DJ) An account of an investigation of the Earhart disappearance in 1937. The investigation, conducted btween 1960-66, was sponsored by CBS, the Scripps newspapers and the Associated Press. /people/e/earhart/

By Amelia Earhart and George Plamer Putnam (editor). 1937 (1988), Crown, 140pp, photo insert. "The remarkable account of Amelia Earhart's last fateful flight is recorded in this collection of essays, poems, and flight records all written by the legendary aviatrix herself." (2/27/99) /people/e/earhart/

By Doris L. Rich. 1996, Smithsonian Inst. Press, 322pp, 6x9". "'Earhart emerges as a complex, controversial, and fascinating flesh-and-blood woman of many facets... Well-researches and intelligently written.' -- Chicago Tribune" (2/27/99) /people/e/earhart/

By George Waller. 1961, Dial Press, 507pp. (VG in torn (DJ. DJ text is complete, but several chips and tears.)) (9/6/99)

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