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About $4.00, with free shipping, on eBay right now . . . I just bought one for my library ( the 1990 revised edition ), in "very good" condition ! It was copyrighted in 1981 and published in 1984 & 1990. Dave F. |
Rockets and Missiles of WW III
I just went looking to see if I still had a copy of that book but did not find it. (Don't remember if I already got rid of it.) IIRC, it was not a great source of scale data, having only "beauty shot"-style photographs of missiles and no scale drawings.
On the other hand, I can strongly recommend Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons Since World War Two by Yefim Gordon, published by Midland back in 2004. ISBN 1 85780 188 1. Lots of large, clearly rendered profile drawings from which measurements can be pulled. Lots of good photos. Good coverage of most Russian current air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground, cruise, and even post-WW II buzzbomb test missiles. Three thumbs up! |
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Dave, Thanks! Really a great suggestion! In addition to volumes that cover the usual suspects I'm particularly interested in stuff we don't normally see. So, thanks again! Steve |
If anyone would like a "nice collection" of books, shoot me an email and a Dropbox invitation will be on the way . . .
Ez2cDave@aol.com I'm not going to list them, but no one should be disappointed . . . Besides, the "price is right" - LOL ! Dave F. |
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Drawing the Rigel(s).
Does anyone have this book in their personal library collection? |
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Yep. A decent book, lots of background material on the history of cruise missiles. Covers (chapters are) USAF, Navy, Intercontinental, Hound Dog, Air-Launched Cruise Missile, Tomahawk (3 chapters), Advanced Cruise Missile (was canceled), and future. Many photos but not a photo only book. |
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I was curious if it had any additional information on the Rigel other than rehashing the same info found in Gunston's ROCKET & MISSILES. The Rigel development had some interesting prototype designs. |
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Two very brief mentions, just to say that Grumman was to develop it and that the program was canceled. Supposed to be a Mach 2 supersonic vehicle powered by a pair of Marquardt ramjet engines. Both mentions of it immediately goes into a discussion of the Regulus. There is one concept drawing. |
I was hoping that maybe something new was in there.
That same image of the blue tactical version was in Gunston. I have that one drawn already but the source shop blueprint does not show those funky hexagon fin tip plates. I had similar prototype differences when researching the Grumman Eagle missile. So I drew both versions. |
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