Boyne, USAF (ret.), author/historian and former director, Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. Hidden Warbirds II is a fundamental contribution to aviation history, well researched and well written, as easy to read as a novel, and absolutely loaded with facts.” -W alter J. Fine, 1989 - Air warfare - 383 pages 1 Review Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified A retired. He provides in fascinating detail the past, present, and future of a number of great subjects-fascinating vintage airplanes rescued from locations such as the English Channel, a frozen lake in Norway, and more. This landmark book by former Air Force pilot and internationally-known aviation author Walt Shiel, provides the complete and rarely-told story of the 12,000+ Cessna aircraft that have served in the US military and in armed. Veronico brings entirely new dimensions to the genre. Cessna Warbirds blends hard technical information about each aircraft with personal anecdotes by the pilots who flew them. “Hunting for hidden treasures has always had wide appeal, but Nicholas A. From icy Norway to the steamy outback, we are there, witnesses to epic treasure hunts and more-the race to save the history of brave men.” - Adam Makos, New York Times best-selling author of A Higher Call “Global and fraught with risk, the adventure stories in Hidden Warbirds II would do Indiana Jones proud. Here is what some well respected aviation historians have to say about Hidden Warbirds II: Not to be left out are the warbirds found in unusual places, rather than at their crash sites, such as a P-51 Mustang located in Uraguay.īut you don’t have to just take WarbirdsNews’ word for it. Veronico also describes the almost completely intact Junkers Ju-88 pulled from a Norwegian fjord in 2003, and several other unique finds. You will learn about Lex Cralley and his recovery from a North Carolinian swamp of the world’s only known surviving Brewster F3A Corsair, or Don Brooks’ raising a B-17 bomber from a lake in Labrador. Each airframe’s history comes to the fore, along with numerous documentary photographs. You will ride alongside the recovery teams, like a vicarious Indiana Jones, as they journey around the globe to locate and salvage rare aircraft. Nick’s writing style is conversational and always engaging, and anyone who has the slightest interest in vintage aircraft is bound to find the stories of discovery in Hidden Warbirds II completely absorbing. This is a sequel to his fascinating, and highly successful book Hidden Warbirds, which Zenith Press released last year. Therefore it is with great pleasure that we talked with him recently about his latest book Hidden Warbirds II, which is just about to hit the book shelves. The Warbirds is the breakthrough novel that captures the saga of the F-4 Phantom and the men who made it a legend: like Muddy Waters, who must transform. He’s written numerous aviation history and warbirds-related books over the past couple of decades which have received wide acclaim, not to mention his work in the aviation press as well. War Birds records in detail the stresses. The author Nick Veronico will be well known to many WarbirdsNews readers. Springs went on to write this book, an amalgamation of his own recollections and Griders diary and correspondence.
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