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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Pigslilspaz on August 08, 2010, 12:21:00 AM
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I was wondering where most of you guys get your information, details, etc. Are there any specific publishers or authors I should look for? I have a large amount of WWII reference books, but only one good in depth one, and its for tanks. (Tank Data 2: Proving Ground Series, can't find an ISBN for it, but was published in '69)
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Many many sources, too many to list :).
For starters for US planes I recommend:
America's Hundred Thousand: U.S. Production Fighters of World War II by Francis Dean
I'm sure many will chime in with their recommendations.
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Thanks man. Finally got a good paying job and finally got enough money set aside for this semester's tuition. (Starting freshman year of college in 2 weeks). Basically all my money goes to school, the govt, the govt (in form of speeding tickets) my car, my comp, this game, and my reference library.
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Good on ya! :aok
Make sure you also check out the following site hosted by Mike Williams with contributions from various researchers:
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/
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I always prefer books more though, since it also helps make my roommates think im smarter than i am, lol. Also just nice for decorating and when internet is down.
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I always prefer books more though, since it also helps make my roommates think im smarter than i am, lol. Also just nice for decorating and when internet is down.
Check out the book :Aircraft of World War 2 in combat" The general editor is Robert Jackson. This covers all aircraft from the begining to the end.
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Thanks man. Finally got a good paying job and finally got enough money set aside for this semester's tuition. (Starting freshman year of college in 2 weeks). Basically all my money goes to school, the govt, the govt (in form of speeding tickets) my car, my comp, this game, and my reference library.
Congrats on the money! I'm actually starting my Freshman college year too, in 2 weeks.
I have a bunch of POS quick reference books, generic aircraft and tank encyclopedias for when I am looking for very generic information quickly, i.e. a general service history, manufacturer, etc.
If you want to get into a little more detail, I am still rather fond of encyclopedia style works. If you have a specific aircraft in mind, develop a library just for that bird. For example, my favorite aircraft is always the B-17. I picked up a copy of FlyPast's B-17 Flying Fortress for the pretty pictures and fun facts, I have a copy of Fly Fortress by Edward Jablonski courtesy of Guppy, and several other aircraft specific books. Then, to kind of loop it all together, unit histories from Osprey are generally recomended. When I decided to form my own squad here in AH, I knew I wanted a bomber unit, and settled on the 303BG (H). The first thing I did was run out and buy a copy of Ospreys '303rd Bombardment Group (H)'.
My question to you: Where do you plan on storing all these books? I know I had to put everything I owned into storage before I moved up here for school.
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Me and my roommate are both really good friends with the apartment complex owner, so we got an insane deal on the largest apartment there.
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I always just wait for Widewing to weigh in :cheers:
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I am starting a little library my self, how I have been buying books, is I buy a book that is allied/axis general aircraft, go through it, and when I find something that interests me more than others, I go and buy a book specificly about that plane, for instance, I have just bought the book "Japanese & Italian Aircraft" by Bill Gunston I have looked through that, and now I am looking for Plane specific books on the Ki-84, Ki-44, Ki-43 and J2M (if any one can recommend any books on one of these specific planes it would be greatly appriciated :) )
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do you guys just go to local bookstores?
if so, I guess I'm gonna have to help my friend bring out his back stock (he owns a local bookstore/trade shop)
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So, if you could buy *one* book about airplanes, which would it be?
If we're talking about technical details of various aircraft, for me, it would be America's Hundred Thousand, or The Great Book of WWII Airplanes.
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I already own it, the one in my above post :) It gives good technical stats, pretty pictures, and so far, correct history of the planes it has in it
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In terms of aircraft reference books, I have the following on my shelf.
As mentioned America's Hundred Thousand is a great book on the U.S. production fighters during WW2
http://www.schifferbooks.com/newschiffer/book_template.php?isbn=0764300725 (http://www.schifferbooks.com/newschiffer/book_template.php?isbn=0764300725)
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning by Warren Bodie
http://www.amazon.com/Lockheed-P-38-Lightning-Warren-Bodie/dp/0962935905 (http://www.amazon.com/Lockheed-P-38-Lightning-Warren-Bodie/dp/0962935905)
Cobra! Bell Aircraft Corporation 1934-1946 by Birch Mathews
http://www.schifferbooks.com/newschiffer/book_template.php?isbn=0887409113 (http://www.schifferbooks.com/newschiffer/book_template.php?isbn=0887409113)
North American B-25 Mitchell The Ultimate Look: From Drawing Board to Flying Arsenal by William Wolf
http://www.schifferbooks.com/newschiffer/book_template.php?isbn=9780764329302 (http://www.schifferbooks.com/newschiffer/book_template.php?isbn=9780764329302)
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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning by Warren Bodie
That's an awesome one, too. I wish there were a book of that caliber for each major aircraft of WWII.
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Focke-Wulf Ta-152 by Thomas Hitchcock :aok
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Whoops... almost forgot, I also have (probably because most of my books are packed up for a move);
Focke Wulf FW190 In Combat by Alfred Price
http://www.amazon.com/Focke-Wulf-FW-190-Combat/dp/075245207X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281461947&sr=1-2 (http://www.amazon.com/Focke-Wulf-FW-190-Combat/dp/075245207X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281461947&sr=1-2)
This one is sort of reference lite. Not quite as thick or detailed as some of the other books mentioned but does do a good job of chronicling the development and service of the 190 and it's variants.
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I always just wait for Widewing to weigh in :cheers:
Widewing writes reference material.
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