Many of those books can be purchased through the following sources:
Format: Number: "Nu" - Sequential Number
------- Title: "Ti" - Title of the book
Subtitle: "Su" - Subtitles, if any
Volume: "Vo" - Volume Number / Year, if multi-volume
Author: "Au" - Author and Co-Authors
Editor: "Ed" - Editors, if any (instead of Authors)
Publisher: "Pu" - Publisher (and location)
Year: "Yr" - Year of publication
Series: "Se" - Series name and number, if any
ISBN: "Is" - ISBN number, if any
Cost: "Co" - Price (in US$ or English Pound (L)), if available
Remarks: "Re" - Availability, my personal opinion, etc.
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100 - Dragon Lady Books:
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Nu - B101
Ti - Dragon Lady
Su - The History of the U-2 Spyplane
Au - Chris Pocock
Pu - Airlife Publishing Ltd., England
Yr - 1989
Is - 0-906393-84-1
Co - $18.95
Re - Still the best U-2 book I have
Nu - B102
Ti - Lockheed U-2
Au - Jay Miller
Pu - Aerofax Inc., Austin, TX
Yr - 1983
Se - AeroGraph 3
Is - 0-942548-04-3 (Softcover)
Is - 0-942548-05-1 (Hardcover)
Re - Best U-2 book, concerning photos
Nu - B103
Ti - Lockheed U-2R/TR-1
Au - Jay Miller, Chris Pocock
Pu - Aerofax Inc., Arlington, TX
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Pu - Midland Counties Publications, England
Yr - 1988
Se - Aerofax Minigraph 28
Is - 0-942548-43-4
Re - Best U-2R/TR-1 book, concerning photos
Nu - B104
Ti - U-2 Spyplane in action
Au - Larry Davis
Pu - Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX
Se - Aircraft No. 86 / 1086
Is - 0-89747-202-0
Co - $8.95
Nu - B105
Ti - Recce Tech
Su - The Phantom and the Dragon Lady
Au - Paul F. Crickmore
Pu - Osprey Publishing Ltd., London, England
Yr - 1989
Is - 0-85045-908-7
Re - Many high quality photos (split between RF-4C and U-2)
Nu - N101
Ti - The Black Watch
Au - Gann
Re - Fiction (I don't have it)
200 - Blackbird Books:
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Nu - B201
Ti - Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Au - Paul F. Crickmore
Pu - Osprey Publishing Ltd., London, England
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Yr - 1986, 1987
Is - 0-85045-653-3
Re - Very good! (but out of print)
Nu - B202
Ti - Lockheed SR-71
Su - The Secret Missions Exposed
Au - Paul F. Crickmore
Pu - Osprey Publishing Ltd., London, England
Yr - 1993
Is - 0-85532-313-3
Co - $29.95
Re - Very good, too
Nu - B203
Ti - SR-71 Blackbird in action
Au - Lou Drendel
Pu - Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX
Se - Aircraft No. 55 / 1055
Is - 0-89747-136-9
Co - $8.95
Nu - B204
Ti - Lockheed SR-71
Su - (A-12 / Y-12 / D-21)
Au - Jay Miller
Pu - Aerofax Inc, Austin, TX
Pu - Midland Counties Publications, England
Yr - 1983
Se - Aerofax Minigraph 1
Is - none
Re - One of my oldest :)
Nu - B205
Ti - SR-71 Blackbird
Su - Lockheed's Mach 3 Hot Shot
Au - Paul F. Crickmore
Pu - Osprey Publishing Ltd., London, England
Yr - 1987
Is - 0-85045-794-7
Re - Many high quality photos
Nu - B206
Ti - SR-71
Su - Inside Lockheed's Blackbird
Au - Michael O'Leary, Eric Schulzinger
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Yr - 1991
Is - 0-87938-541-3
Co - $19.95
Re - Many high quality photos
Nu - B207
Ti - SR-71 Pilot's Manual
Su - The Official US Air Force SR-71A Flight Manual
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Co - $99.95
Re - Lots of information: "If you have read this, you know more about
the SR than I do", SR-71 pilot Terry Pappas
Nu - B208
Ti - SR-71 Blackbird
Au - Jim Goodall
Pu - Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX
Yr - 1995
Se - 6067
Is - 0-89747-338-8
Co - $12.95
Re - Mostly photos, several new (old) ones
Nu - B209
Ti - SR-71 Revealed
Su - The Untold Story
Au - Richard Graham
Co - $16.95
Re - Very interesting
Nu - T201
Ti - The Oxcart Story
Au - "Thomas P. McIninch" / CIA
Pu - probably by CIA
Co - free on the Internet
Nu - N201
Ti - Sled Driver
Su - Flying The World's Fastest Jet
Au - Brian Shul
Co - $38.00
Re - (I don't have it yet)
Nu - N202
Ti - The Untouchables
Su - Mission Accomplished
Au - Brian Shul, Walter Watson, Jr.
Co - $39.95
Re - (I don't have it yet)
300 - Nighthawk / Spirit (and other Stealth) Books:
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Nu - B301
Ti - Lockheed F-117A
Su - Operation and Development of the Stealth Fighter
Au - Bill Sweetman, James Goodall
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Pu - Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford, England
Yr - 1990
Is - 0-85429-888-6
Co - $9.95 (on sale for $3.98)
Re - First (original) F-117 reference
Nu - B302
Ti - The F-117A Stealth Fighter
Au - Steve Pace
Pu - TAB/AERO Books, USA
Yr - 1992
Is - 0-8306-2795-2 (Paperback)
Co - $10.95
Nu - B303
Ti - Team Stealth F-117
Au - Robert Shelton, Jr.
Pu - Speciality Press, USA
Yr - 1993
Is - 0-933424-45-0
Co - $18.95
Re - Many photos (by Dandy Jolly)
Nu - B304
Ti - Lockheed F-117 Stealth Fighter
Su - Desert Storm's Most Secret Airplane Revealed!
Au - Jay Miller
Pu - Aerofax Inc, Austin, TX
Pu - Midland Counties Publications, England
Yr - 1991
Se - Aerofax Extra (1)
Is - 0-933424-55-8
Co - $9.95
Nu - B305
Ti - F-117 Stealth in action
Au - Jim Goodall
Pu - Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX
Yr - 1991
Se - Aircraft No. 115 / 1115
Is - 0-89747-259-4
Co - $8.95
Nu - N301
Ti - Stealth Fighter Pilot
Au - Dennis M. Giangreco
Co - $15.95
Re - (I don't have it yet)
Nu - N302
Ti - Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
Su - An Illustrated History of the Stealth Fighter
Au - Bill Holder, Mike Wallace
Pu - Schiffer Military Aviation History, Atglen, PA
Yr - 1996
Is - 0-7643-0067-9
Co - $19.95
Re - (supposed to be available in October 1996)
Nu - N303
Ti - America's Stealth Fighters and Bombers
Au - Jim Goodall
Co - $19.95
Re - (I don't have it)
Nu - N304
Ti - Stealth
Au - Richardson
Co - $24.95
Re - (I don't have it)
Nu - N305
Ti - This Is Stealth
Su - The F-117A and B-2 in Color
Au - Simonsen
Co - $29.95
Re - (I don't have it)
Nu - N306
Ti - Northrop B-2 Stealth Bomber
Au - Bill Sweetman
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Se - Mil Tech Series
Co - $9.95
Re - (I don't have it)
Nu - N307
Ti - Stealth Bomber B-2 Story
Au - Scott
Co - $18.95
Re - (I don't have it)
Nu - N308
Ti - Stealth Technology: The Art of Black Magic
Au - J. Jones
Pu - TAB/AERO Books, USA
Yr - 1989
Is - ISBN 0-8306-8381-X
Co - $14.95
Re - Materials, design and proposed aircraft. (I don't have it)
400 - Skunk Works (and general Reconnaissance) Books:
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Nu - B401
Ti - Lockheed's Skunk Works
Su - The First Fifty Years - The Official History...
Au - Jay Miller
Pu - Aerofax Inc., Arlington, TX
Pu - Midland Publishing Ltd., England
Yr - 1993
Is - 0-942548-56-6
Co - $29.95
Re - Best Skunk-Works book so far - very good pictures, text, etc.
Re - The second, extended edition is available now
Nu - B402
Ti - Lockheed Skunk Works
Au - Steve Pace
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Yr - 1992
Is - 0-87938-632-0
Co - $24.95
Re - not so good, old pictures, several errors
Nu - B403
Ti - Lockheed Aircraft since 1913
Au - Rene J. Francillon
Pu - Putnam Aerospace Books, London, UK
Pu - Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD
Yr - 1982, 1987
Is - 0-87021-897-2
Re - I have both editions
Nu - B404
Ti - Black Magic
Su - America's Spyplanes: SR-71 and U-2
Au - Michael O'Leary, Eric Schulzinger
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Yr - 1989
Is - 0-87938-358-5
Co - $29.95 (on sale for $9.98)
Re - Many high quality photos
Nu - B405
Ti - Stealth aircraft
Su - Secrets of Future Airpower
Au - Bill Sweetman
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Yr - 1986
Is - 0-87938-208-2 (Softcover)
Co - $9.95 (on sale for $5.98))
Re - Printed before any F-117 or B-2 pictures were released
Nu - B406
Ti - Spyplane
Su - The Secret World of Aerial Intelligence-Gathering
Au - David Donald
Pu - Aerospace Publishing Ltd., London, England
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Yr - 1987
Is - 0-87938-258-9
Nu - B407
Ti - Aurora
Su - The Pentagon's Secret Hypersonic Spyplane
Au - Bill Sweetman
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Se - Mil Tech Series
Co - $9.95
Re - The original Aurora reference
Nu - N401
Ti - Sky Spies
Su - Three Decades Of Airborne Reconnaissance
Au - Thornborough
Co - $24.95
Re - (I don't have it yet)
Nu - N402
Ti - Lockheed Blackbirds
Au - Anthony Thornborough & Peter Davies
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Pu - Ian Allan Ltd., UK
Yr - 1988
Is - ISBN 0-7110-1794-8
Re - Covers all U-2 and SR-71 models. (I don't have it, yet)
Nu - N403
Ti - World's Greatest Stealth and Reconnaissance Aircraft
Co - $19.98
Re - (I don't have it)
500 - Biographies (and Stories):
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Nu - B501
Ti - Kelly
Su - More Than My Share of It All
Au - Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, Maggie Smith
Pu - Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
Yr - 1985, 1989
Is - 0-87474-564-0
Is - 0-87474-491-1 (Paperback)
Re - Very good autobiography
Nu - B502
Ti - Skunk Works
Su - A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
Au - Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
Pu - Little, Brown and Company
Yr - 1994
Is - 0-316-74330-5
Co - $24.95
Re - Very good autobiography
Re - A paperback version (second edition) is now available
Nu - B503
Ti - Test Pilots
Su - The Frontiersmen of Flight
Au - Richard P. Hallion
Pu - Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
Yr - 1981, 1988
Is - 0-87474-549-7 (Paperback)
Re - Includs stories about U-2, 'A-11', and SR-71
600 - Reference Books (Multiple Aircraft):
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Nu - B601
Ti - The X-Planes
Su - X-1 to X-31
Au - Jay Miller
Pu - Aerofax Inc., Arlington, TX
Pu - Orion Books, New York, NY
Pu - Midland Counties Publications, England
Yr - 1988
Is - 0-517-56749-0
Re - Yery good book, covers related designs X-7, X-16 and X-27
Re - A new, extended, third edition will be available, soon
Nu - B602
Ti - Flying The Frontiers
Su - NACA and NASA Experimental Aircraft
Au - Arthur Pearcy
Pu - Airlife Publishing Ltd., England
Pu - Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD
Yr - 1993
Is - 1-55750-258-7
Re - Best book about NASA aircraft, incl. Blackbirds and Dragon Ladys
Re - No Index, though!
Nu - B603
Ti - U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909
Ed - John M. Andrade, compiled by
Pu - Midland Counties Publications, London
Yr - 1979
Is - 0-904597-21-0, Softcover
Is - 0-904597-22-9, Hardcover
Re - Out of print, a little bit old, but very inclusive, few errors
Nu - B604
Ti - United States Military Aircraft since 1909
Au - Gordon Swanborough, Peter M. Bowers
Pu - Putnam Aerospace Books, London, UK
Yr - 1989
Is - 0-85177-816-X
Re - valuable overview of all USAF/US Army aircraft, some errors
Nu - B605
Ti - United States Navy Aircraft since 1911
Au - Gordon Swanborough, Peter M. Bowers
Pu - Putnam Aerospace Books, London, UK
Yr - 1990
Is - 0-85177-838-0
Re - valuable overview of all USN/USMC/USCG aircraft, some errors
Nu - B606
Ti - Gallant Warriors -
Su - Propeller-Driven Warbirs Fighter & Bomber Survivors Around The World
Au - Dennis D. Bergstrom
Pu - self published
Vo - March 1993 Revised Edition
Re - Newer editions are available, very good
Nu - B607
Ti - Gulf Air War Debrief
Ed - Stan Morse
Pu - World Air Power Journal
Pu - Aerospace Publishing, London
Pu - Airtime Publishing
Yr - 1991, reprinted 1992, 1993
Is - 1-874023-14-X (Aerospace)
Is - 1-880588-00-5 (Airtime)
Co - $29.95
Re - Best Desert Storm book I kow of
Nu - B608
Ti - US Navy & Marine Corps
Su - Air Power Directory
Ed - David Donald, Jon Lake
Pu - World Air Power Journal
Pu - Aerospace Publishing, London
Pu - Airtime Publishing
Yr - 1992
Co - $29.95
Is - 1-874023-26-3 (Aerospace)
Is - 1-880588-02-1 (Airtime)
Nu - B609
Ti - Gunships
Su - A Pictorial History of Spooky
Au - Larry Davis
Pu - Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX
Se - 6032
Is - 0-89747-123-7
Nu - B610
Ti - Air War over Southeast Asia
Su - A Pictorial Record
Vo - 1 (1962-1966)
Au - Lou Drendel
Pu - Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX
Se - 6034
Is - 0-89747-134-2
Nu - B611
Ti - More Painted Ladies
Su - Modern Military Aircraft Nose-Art & Unusual Markings
Au - Randy Walker
Pu - Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA
Yr - 1994
Is - 0-88740-514-2
Re - Many good pictures, often with artists, mostly with serials
Nu - B612
Ti - Air War Desert Storm
Au - Lou Drendel
Pu - Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX
Se - 6121
Is - 0-89747-260-8
Re - Photos (most with captions), only
Nu - B613
Ti - The Fury of Desert Storm
Su - The Air Campaign
Au - Bert Kinzey
Pu - Tab Books, Blue Ridge, PA
Pu - Detail & Scale Inc.
Yr - 1991
Is - 0-8306-3078-3 (p)
Re - General information
Nu - B614
Ti - Soviet X-Planes
Su - Experimental and Prototype Aircraft, 1931 to 1989
Au - Yefim Gordon, Bill Sweetman
Pu - Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
Yr - 1992
Is - 0-87938-498-0
Re - includes Su-100/T-4 and Tsybin NM-1/RSR
Co - $19.95
Nu - B615
Ti - MiG
Su - Fifty Years Of Secret Aircraft Design
Au - Rostislav Apollosovich Belyakov, Jaques Marmain
Pu - Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD
Yr - 1994
Is - 0-55750-566-7
Co - $42.95
Re - Original Russian title: MiG, 1939 - 1989
Nu - B616
Ti - Rockets of the World
Au - Peter Alway
Pu - Saturn Press, Ann Arbor, MI
Yr - 1995
Is - 0-9627876-5-5
Co - $45.95
Re - Includes an extensive amount of scale drawings (non-military)
700 - Reference Books (Specific Aircraft):
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Nu - B701
Ti - C-123 Provider in action
Au - Al Adcock
Pu - Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX
Yr - 1992
Se - Aircraft No. 124 / 1124
Is - 0-89747-276-4
Co - $8.95
Nu - B702
Ti - P2V Neptune in action
Au - Jim Sullivan
Pu - Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX
Yr - 1985
Se - Aircraft No. 68 / 1068
Is - 0-89747-160-1
Co - $8.95
Nu - B703
Ti - C-130 Hercules
Su - Special Purpose Aircraft
Au - Ray Leader
Pu - Detail & Scale
Pu - TAB Books Inc.
Vo - C&M Vol.7
Se - Color and Markings (C&M) Vol.7
Yr - 1987
Is - 0-8306-8531-6 (Paperback)
Nu - B704
Ti - Rockwell B-1B
Su - SAC's Last Bomber
Au - Don Logan
Pu - Schiffer Military Aviation History, Atglen, PA
Yr - 1995
Is - 0-88740-666-1
Co - $49.95
Re - Most complete B-1 book
Nu - B705
Ti - Martin B-57 Canberra
Su - The Complete Record
Au - Robert C. Mikesh
Pu - Schiffer Military Aviation History, Atglen, PA
Yr - 1995
Is - 0-88740-661-0
Co - $45.00
Re - Most complete B-57 book