Aerofax Series

33 primary works • 33 total works

The relaunched Aerofax series provides in-depth coverage of a single specific aircraft type or family of types.

The core of each book comprises a very comprehensive design and development history of the aircraft, covering each and every variant and sub-variant. Further chapters look at the structure and equipment of the aircraft in detail, a compari…

Avro Vulcan: Britain's Famous Delta-Wing V-Bomber

Avro Vulcan: Britain's Famous Delta-Wing V-Bomber

4.20 · 5 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 2 editions

The Avro Vulcan was one of three aircraft designed…

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Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey: Tiltrotor Tactical Transport

Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey: Tiltrotor Tactical Transport

4.67 · 3 Ratings · published 2004 · 1 edition

This joint Bell and Boeing project was established…

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Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker

by Robert S. Hopkins III

4.25 · 8 Ratings · published 1998 · 2 editions

These volumes are packed with authoritative text, …

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Convair B58 Hustler

Convair B58 Hustler

4.29 · 7 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1985 · 7 editions

These volumes are packed with authoritative text, …

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Eurofighter 2000

Eurofighter 2000

by Hugh Harkins

0.00 · published 1997 · 3 editions

Eurofighter 2000; Europe's Combat Aircraft for the…

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Fairchild C-82 Packet /and C-119 Flying Boxcar

Fairchild C-82 Packet /and C-119 Flying Boxcar

by Alwyn T. Lloyd

0.00 · published 2005 · 1 edition

These specialist US military freighters have a sig…

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Gloster Meteor

4.00 · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 1 edition

This is the first ever in-depth history of one of …

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Grumman F-14 Tomcat: Leading US Navy Fleet Fighter

Grumman F-14 Tomcat: Leading US Navy Fleet Fighter

by Dennis R. Jenkins

4.29 · 7 Ratings · published 1997 · 1 edition

This addition to the Aerofax series describes all …

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Handley Page Victor: The Crescent-Winged V-Bomber

Handley Page Victor: The Crescent-Winged V-Bomber

4.20 · 5 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2009 · 2 editions

The Handley-Page Victor was third and final aircra…

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Ilyushin IL-18/20/22: A Versatile Turboprop

Ilyushin IL-18/20/22: A Versatile Turboprop

by Yefim Gordon

2.00 · 1 Ratings · published 2004 · 1 edition

Developed as a high-capacity long-range airliner f…

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Ilyushin Il-76: Russia's Versatile Jet Freighter

Ilyushin Il-76: Russia's Versatile Jet Freighter

by Yefim Gordon

4.33 · 3 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2002 · 2 editions

A familiar sight both in military and worldwide co…

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Lockheed's SR-71 "Blackbird" Family -A-12, F-12, D-21, SR-71 -Aerofax

Lockheed's SR-71 "Blackbird" Family -A-12, F-12, D-21, SR-71 -Aerofax

by James Goodall

4.23 · 13 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2003 · 2 editions

The Lockheed 'Blackbird' aircraft family is arguab…

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Lockheed-Martin F/A-22 Raptor: Stealth Fighter

Lockheed-Martin F/A-22 Raptor: Stealth Fighter

5.00 · 2 Ratings · published 2005 · 1 edition

Initially referred to as the Advanced Tactical Fig…

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and KC-10: Wide-Body Workhorses

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and KC-10: Wide-Body Workhorses

by Arthur Steffen

0.00 · published 1999 · 3 editions

From 1970 to 1988 McDonnell Douglas built 446 DC-1…

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McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

by Dennis R. Jenkins

4.00 · 1 Ratings · 1 edition

Without a doubt the finest air fighter currently i…

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McDonnell Douglas MD-11: A Long Beach Swansong

McDonnell Douglas MD-11: A Long Beach Swansong

by Arthur Steffen

5.00 · 2 Ratings · published 2001 · 2 editions

Increasing consolidation in the international avia…

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15: The Soviet Union's Long-Lived Korean War Fighter

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15: The Soviet Union's Long-Lived Korean War Fighter

by Yefim Gordon

4.25 · 4 Ratings · published 2001 · 1 edition

The Soviet Union's swept-wing fighter, controversi…

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17: The Soviet Union's Jet Fighter of the Fifties

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17: The Soviet Union's Jet Fighter of the Fifties

by Yefim Gordon

4.25 · 12 Ratings · published 2002 · 1 edition

During the 1950s, the Soviet Union produced and us…

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Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig 19: The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter

Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig 19: The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter

by Yefim Gordon

3.75 · 4 Ratings · published 2004 · 1 edition

Following naturally on from the MiG-15 and MiG-17 …

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MiG-21 'Fishbed': The World's Most Widely Used Supersonic Fighter

MiG-21 'Fishbed': The World's Most Widely Used Supersonic Fighter

by Yefim Gordon

4.00 · 5 Ratings · published 1996 · 1 edition

The MiG-21 is unquestionably one of the greatest f…

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MiG-23/27 Flogger: Soviet Swing-Wing Fighter / Strike Aircraft

MiG-23/27 Flogger: Soviet Swing-Wing Fighter / Strike Aircraft

by Yefim Gordon

3.57 · 7 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2006 · 2 editions

This Aerofax title is a detailed history of the de…

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Mig-25 'Foxbat' Mig-31 'Foxhound': Russia's Defensive Front Line

Mig-25 'Foxbat' Mig-31 'Foxhound': Russia's Defensive Front Line

by Yefim Gordon

3.60 · 10 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1997 · 1 edition

This book takes a detailed and informed look at th…

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SAAB Viggen - Aerofax

SAAB Viggen - Aerofax

by Robert S. Hopkins III

0.00 · published 2008 · 1 edition

This is the first book available in English on the…

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Sukhoi Su-7/17/22

Sukhoi Su-7/17/22

by Yefim Gordon

3.40 · 5 Ratings · published 2005 · 2 editions

Thorough Aerofax-series coverage is given here to …

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Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer

Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer

by Yefim Gordon

3.88 · 8 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 3 editions

The Fencer, with its distinctive three-position va…

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Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot: The Soviet Union's Tank-Buster

Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot: The Soviet Union's Tank-Buster

by Crecy Publishing

4.18 · 11 Ratings · published 2007 · 2 editions

When the USA launched a new battlefield attack air…

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Tupolev Tu-16 Badger

Tupolev Tu-16 Badger

by Yefim Gordon

4.14 · 7 Ratings · published 2004 · 2 editions

The establishment of NATO posed the need for the S…

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Tupolev Tu-95/Tu-142 'Bear': Russia's Intercontinental-Range Heavy Bomber

Tupolev Tu-95/Tu-142 'Bear': Russia's Intercontinental-Range Heavy Bomber

by Gordon/Miller

4.33 · 3 Ratings · published 1997 · 2 editions

The mainstay of the USSRs strike force, this relia…

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Tupolev Tu-134: The USSR's Short-Range Jetliner

Tupolev Tu-134: The USSR's Short-Range Jetliner

by Dmitriy Komissarov

0.00 · published 2004 · 3 editions

The Tu-134, which has given sterling service for 3…

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Aerofax: Tupolev Tu-154: The USSR's Medium-Range Jet Airliner

Aerofax: Tupolev Tu-154: The USSR's Medium-Range Jet Airliner

by Dmitriy Komissarov

4.00 · 1 Ratings · published 2007 · 1 edition

The Tupolev Tu-154 was one of the most successful …

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Vickers Valiant; The First of the V-Bombers

Vickers Valiant; The First of the V-Bombers

by Eric B. Morgan

3.00 · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2003 · 2 editions

The Valiant was the shortest lived of the post-war…

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Yakovlev's V/Stol Fighters

Yakovlev's V/Stol Fighters

by Piotr Butowski

3.20 · 5 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2006 · 3 editions

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Yakovlev Yak -25/26/27/28

Yakovlev Yak -25/26/27/28

by Yefim Gordon

3.80 · 5 Ratings · published 2002 · 2 editions

During the 1950s and 1960s the Soviet design burea…

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