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We hope you enjoyed this book... LUFTWAFFE SECRET PROJECTS SERIES Detailed exploration of these fascinating ‘last throws of the dice’. BRITISH SECRET PROJECTS SERIES Stories of ‘what might have been’ if the aircraft industry had had its way. SOVIET SECRET PROJECTS SERIES A long-overdue look at the reality behind the Cold War myths. Midland Publishing offers an extensive range of outstanding aviation titles, of which a small selection are shown here. We always welcome ideas from authors or readers for books they would like to see published. In addition, our associate, Midland Counties Publications, offers an exceptionally wide range of aviation, military, naval and transport books and DVDs for sale by mail-order worldwide. For a copy of the appropriate catalogue, or to order further copies of this book, and any other Midland Publishing titles, please write, telephone, fax or e-mail to: Midland Counties Publications 4 Watling Drive, Hinckley, Leics, LE10 3EY, England Tel: (+44) 01455 254 450 Fax: (+44) 01455 233 737 E-mail: midlandbooks@compuserve.com www.midlandcountiessuperstore.com LUFTWAFFE ADVANCED AIRCRAFT PROJECTS TO 1945 Fighters & Ground Attack Aircraft Ingolf Meyer ADVANCED AIRCRAFT PROJECTS to 1945 Continuing his research into the experimental aircraft produced by the Third Reich, Ingolf Meyer has unearthed a remarkable range of aircraft, many of which did not appear in the earlier and highly successful Luftwaffe Secret Projects series. Vol.1: Arado to Junkers Hardback, 297 x 210 mm, 192 pages, 172 colour illusts, 160 3-view dwgs 185780 2403 £29.99 Vol.2: Lippisch to Zeppelin Hardback, 297 x 210 mm, 176 pages, 196 colour illusts, 170 3-view dwgs 1 85780 242 X £29.99 LUFTWAFFE SECRET PROJE ig GROUND ATTACK & SPECIAL PURPOSE AIRCRAFT =| BRITISH SECRET PROJECTS FIGHTERS & BOMBERS 1935-1950 TONYBUTTLER SECRET ETS { FIGHTERS SINCE 1: a » TONY BUTLER & YEFIN GORDON > ae N ‘\4 OV Vol.1: Fighters 1939-1945 (Walter Schick & Ingolf Meyer) Hbk, 282 x 213 mm, 176pp, 95 colour artworks, c160 dwgs and 54 photos 1857800524 £29.95 Vol.1: Jet Fighters Since 1950 (Tony Buttler) Hbk, 282 x 213 mm, 176pp, 130 b/w photos, 140 3-views and 8pp of colour 1857800958 £24.95 Two acclaimed authors join forces to explore projects that, in many cases, stayed on the drawing board with a detail that would not have been thought possible just a few years ago. Vol.2: Strategic Bombers 1935-45 (Dieter Herwig & Heinz Rode) Hbk, 282 x 213 mm, 144pp, 100 colour artworks, 132 b/w photos, 122 dwgs 1 857800923 £24.95 Vol.2: Jet Bombers Since 1949 (Tony Buttler) Hbk, 282 x 213 mm, 224pp, 160 b/w photos, 3-views and 9pp of colour 185780 130X £24.99 Vol.1: Bombers Since 1945 (Tony Buttler & Yefim Gordon) Hbk, 282 x 213 mm, 176pp, 190 b/w photos, 6pp of colour, 86 line dwgs 1857801946 £24.99 Vol.3: Ground-Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft (Herwig & Rode) Hbk, 282 x 213 mm, 272pp, 154 colour illustrations, 168 b/w photos, 196 dwgs 185780 1504 £35.00 Vol.3: Fighters & Bombers 1935-50 (Tony Buttler) Hbk, 282 x 213 mm, 240pp, 228 b/w photos, 192 3-views, 6pp of colour 1857801792 £29.99 Vol.2: Fighters Since 1945 (Tony Buttler & Yefim Gordon) Hbk, 282 x 213 mm, 176pp, 270 b/w photos, 7pp of colour, 70 line dwgs 1 85780 2217 £24.99 GERMAN SECRET FLIGHT TEST CENTRES TO 1945 H Beauvais, K Késsler, M Mayer and C Regel MESSERSCHMITT Me 264 AMERIKABOMBER The Luftwaffe’s Lost Transatlantic Bomber Robert Forsyth & Eddie J Creek HORTEN Ho 229 SPIRIT OF THURINGIA The Horton All-Wing Jet Fighter Andrei Shepelev & Huib Ottens tevin Seat Kat Koster, ‘ax Mayer, Chrieopt Regs! MESSERSCHMITT Me 264 AMERIKAB BER The t mber oe) Ho 229 SPIRIT OF THURINGIA The Horten All Wing Jet Fighter A group of German authors, some of whom were involved at the time, have brought together a history and overview of the establishment and activities of government flight-test centres in Germany from resumption in the 1920s until the end of the Second World War. Major locations included are the research facilities at Johannisthal, Lipetsk, Rechlin, Travemiinde, Tarnewitz and Peenemiinde-West. In 1939, the RLM asked manufacturers for proposals for an ultra-long-range, four-engined aircraft capable of attacking the USA from airfields in Germany. Messerschmitt's influence was such that he was given an immediate order for three aircraft. Other types featured include the Ta 400, Fw 238, Ju 390 and the jet-powered Ho XVIII B flying wing as well as the truth behind the rumours associated with Germany's atomic bomb carrier. The Ho 229 was one of the most enigmatic aircraft designs to emerge from World War Two. In some ways a precursor of the ‘stealth’ concept, it was Clearly years ahead of its time. Its development and operational record is charted in detail. One of the prototypes, V3, survives in the USA and the book includes specially commissioned photographs of it, together with twenty pages of highly detailed scale drawings produced by Arthur Bentley. Hardback, 282 x 213mm, 248 pages 270 b/w photos, sketches, 8pp of col 185780 127X £35.00 Hardback, 303 x 226 mm, 128 pages 154 b/w photos, 3pp colour artworks 1903223 652 £19.99 Hardback, 303 x 226 mm, 128 pages 25 colour, 175 b/w illusts plus dwgs 1903223 660 £24.99 US distribution by Specialty Press — see page 2.