Background
Boyne, Walter James was born on February 2, 1929 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter William and Emily (Campbell) Boyne.
( From the first flight of the U-2 to the flashing speed ...)
From the first flight of the U-2 to the flashing speed of the famous SR-71 Blackbird, Supersonic Thunder is a portrait of the jet as it comes of age. Aviation genius is personified in famous engineers such as Kelly Johnson and Ben Rich and in test pilots like Tony LeVier and Tex Johnson in this fast moving story of military and commercial jet aviation. Under the guidance of test pilot and engineer, Vance Shannon, the reader is present at every major event in jet aviation in the 1960s and 1970s. As the ever-changing industry begins to speed up beyond Vance's grasp, he turns to his two sons, Tom and Harry, to keep the family business on the cutting edge. Though they've followed in their fathers' footsteps for many years, the stress from trying to stay ahead of the curve is destroying their families--as well as fueling a long hidden rivalry between the two brothers. As the Shannon family struggles with their personal and professional lives, Supersonic Thunder reveals the great leaps of the aviation industry during this astonishing era, from Gary Powers' U-2 shoot down to the first flight of the Russian Supersonic Transport. With historic and dramatic detail, we are taken behind the scenes, revealing the motivations of top Russian, English, and American designers as they push the limits of engines and airframes and confront the difficulties of the pursuit of Mach 2.0 speeds. From the luxury of the 747 to the abject despair of a cell in the Hanoi Hilton, Supersonic Thunder tells the real story of this amazing chapter of jet aviation in terms of the men and women who lived and died to make it a part of our everyday life.
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Beginning with an historical overview of car design, this book gives an account of the developments in automobile technology and of the designers and engineers behind them.
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This book is the remarkable story of some of the most interesting aircraft of our time, and of the unusual facility where the best aircraft restoration work in the world is done. There are 228 photographs illustrating the famous planes that are discussed.
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Showcasing the twentieth century’s best writing on the topic of air combat from World War I through the Gulf War, Brassey’s Air Combat Reader examines the evolution of air combat strategy and tactics. It includes extracts from memoirs by such legends as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, hair-raising third-person accounts by such great pilots as Douglas Bader and by such heroic leaders as Pete Mitscher, and one compelling work of fiction by best-selling novelist Walter Boyne. Classic writings on the art and science of air warfare by visionaries Billy Mitchell, Giulio Douhet, and others trace the evolution of military aviation. Philip Handleman concludes with an insightful chapter about the future of air warfare.
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Beyond the Wild Blue is a fascinating look at fifty turbulent years of Air Force history. From the prop-driven armada of World War II to the most advanced Stealth weaponry, from pioneers like General Henry "Hap" Arnold to glorious conquests in the Gulf War, Beyond the Wild Blue is a high-flying study of the triumphs (and failures) of leadership and technology
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A fabulous Collector's Volume filled with rare Color and Black and White Photographs. 5 4 3 2 1 States First Edition, First Printing 1987. Published by The Smithsonian Institution
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( The names Wilbur and Orville Wright stand out in histor...)
The names Wilbur and Orville Wright stand out in history as the inventors of the airplane, but lost in history are those who in the closing years of the nineteenth century and the first years of the twentieth shared the same passion: to develop the first powered aircraft. Some spent entire lives and fortunes chasing the dream, including men like the embittered Augustus Herring, who'd flown a heavier than air machine for several seconds in 1898; the pompous Samuel Pierpont Langley, of the Smithsonian Institution, who was backed by the US War Department, and even the legendary American inventor Alexander Graham Bell. These men, along with European competitors such as Louis Blériot, chased what many believed to be the impossible dream of manned, powered flight. But the Wright Brothers were the first to succeed, thanks to a combination of courage, genius, and downright stubbornness! Many followed in their footsteps, including such arch-competitors as Glenn Curtiss. The Wright Brothers' father was a huge factor who dominated their lives, trying to control their every thought and action. A bishop of the United Brethren Church, Milton Wright wanted his sons to succeed in their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, not risk their lives. Bishop Wright saw no reason for his sons to risk everything on an isolated, windy beach in faraway North Carolina a beach called Kitty Hawk. He tried to quash their dream, but Orville and Wilbur rebelled, ultimately proving the impossible by flying on December 17, 1903. They brought the dawn of aviation, the industry that dominated the twentieth century and set the stage for the space race.
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(The Best of Wingscontains behind-the-scenes stories about...)
The Best of Wingscontains behind-the-scenes stories about the most glamorous aircraft of all time, from the Hughes racer to virtual “mystery ships” like the Bell Airacuda and the remarkably successful McDonnell F-4. Each piece takes you through aviation history with little-known details on the designers, the pilots, the records, and the ultimate fate of a wide variety of aircraft. Hundreds of photos detail the progress of aviation around the world, from trainers to nuclear bombers. Walter J. Boyne has selected an appealing array of stories about famous and not-so-famous aircraft. With his trademark style of combining intricate engineering detail and the human drama of aviation, Boyne, one of the most prolific aviation writers of our time, makes each aircraft literally fly off the pages. These timeless histories provide inside information, often gathered from the author’s personal experiences with the men and women who designed, built, and flew the aircraft.
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(In the final volume of the Eagles trilogy, aviation pione...)
In the final volume of the Eagles trilogy, aviation pioneers Frank Bandfield and Hadley Roget team up with master fighter pilot, John Marshall, to rebuild American airpower. 25,000 first printing.
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( The story of the jet age of aviation revolves around re...)
The story of the jet age of aviation revolves around remarkable geniuses--including Sir Frank Whittle, the British inventor of the jet engine; Hans von Ohain, a German jet engine designer who comes to work for the U.S.; famed aeronautical engineer Kelly Johnson; the daring test pilot Tex Johnston, and many more--brilliant men who conceived these early extraordinary airplanes and had the courage to fly them to new horizons. Roaring Thunder blends real life adventures of the industry giants with the fictional Vance Shannon and his aviation family. Shannon, a prototypical American test pilot, sees and guides the birth of American jet aviation, while his sons, Tom and Harry fly the new jets in combat. Their aviation careers are blessed by their skill and courage, and they help usher in the greatest advance in aviation history with the birth of the jet transport. The Shannons serve as counterparts to the real-life heroes, creating continuity and explaining the intricacies, successes, and setbacks of a brand new industry. The dramatic, totally accurate story of the beginning of the jet age is presented against a background of personalities, real and fictional who bring the story to life, and represent the first stage in the first ever fiction trilogy about the history of the aerospace industry.
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(512 pages Publisher: Publications International (July 200...)
512 pages Publisher: Publications International (July 2004) Chronicle of Flight: A Year-By-Year History of Aviation Hardcover Walter J. Boyne (Author)
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(Messerschmitt Me 262: Arrow to the Future tells the drama...)
Messerschmitt Me 262: Arrow to the Future tells the dramatic story of the Me 262's combat career as a fascinating chain of events in which planning, luck, and even blind stupidity played important roles. Even by today's engineering standards, magnificent
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TROPHY FOR EAGLES Walter J. Boyne Colonel Walter J. Boyne, coauthor of The Wild Blue, here explores the golden age of aviation: the years from 1927 to 1937, when flying airplanes developed from an art to a craft and building them evolved from a craft to an industry. While peopled with historical characters such as Lindbergh, Howard Hughes and Ernst Udet, the relationship between two pilots, American Frank Bandfield and expatriate German Bruno Hafner, is at the novel's heart; their rivalry is the thread on which Boyne strings his vignettes. High-risk air racing in Depression America, innovations in design and production, the creation of Hitler's Luftwaffe , the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War—all find their place in this complex, compelling narrative. A former director of the National Air and Space Museum, Boyne impressively details flight techniques and aircraft construction. He even writes convincingly of the shortcomings that keep imaginary aircraft from entering production in his fictional universe. Technical material is so well integrated into the narrative, and human relationships are so dominated by flying, that it seems only natural when lovers talk of airplanes at intimate moments.
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Aces in Command reveals the qualities - many but not all of them shared - that permitted four famous American pilots to become aces. However, it goes beyond their personal combat records to a far more important subject. What enabled Eddie Rickenbacker, Hub Zemkc, Boots Blesse, and Robin Olds - men of widely different backgrounds - to overcome not only the enemy but also the difficulty of whipping a combat unit into shape? Each of the four was given a daunting challenge: command of a fighting unit in no condition to fight. Each transformed his unit into an extraordinary successful fighting machine. And while some leadership techniques were common to all four (each took care of the enlisted men, for example), each man used special tools to elicit the performance he demanded of his unit. Rickenbacker, Zemke, Blesse, and Olds were all robust personalities difficult to discipline, and more often than not, thorns in the side of their headquarters. Each one of them burned to become the leading ace of their war. Nonetheless, they put the interest of their units ahead of every other goal. Had any one of them been selfish, seeking only personal vic-tories, he probably would have doubled his score. Instead, they became that rarest and most valuable warrior: the effective combat leader. Aces in Command Aces puts you into the cockpit in four wars, in fighter planes that varied vastly in technology, against enemies of ever increasing capability. It takes you in a SPAD XIII with Rickenbacker in fights with von Richthofen's Flying Circus. It puts you into a Thunderbolt with Zemke, deep over Germany, breaking all the rules, but shooting down Germans. Then you fly with Blesse in a Sabre, getting your victories deep inside North Korean lines - and never losing a wingman. Finally, it tells you of the exploits of the maverick Robin Olds in two wars, learning the trade in a Lightning over Germany and using all he learned to whip a Phantom wing into shape in Vietnam.
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( From the most important leaders and the most courageous...)
From the most important leaders and the most courageous victories to the earliest machines of flight and the most advanced Stealth technology, this book presents a fascinating look at 50 turbulent years of Air Force history.
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(A comprehensive assessment of the 1939 to 1945 internatio...)
A comprehensive assessment of the 1939 to 1945 international air war by the former director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum analyzes pivotal battles, key personnel, and crucial technological developments.
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( The jet age began in 1939 with the brief hop of a secre...)
The jet age began in 1939 with the brief hop of a secret German airplane. Seventy years later, the entire world depends upon the jet engine in every sphere - political, military, economic, and social. In Hypersonic Thunder, Walter Boyne weaves an intricate story of how the jet engine changed aeronautics and astronautics, pushing the frontiers of flight forward and permitting humankind to enter the space age. Drawing on his knowledge of the period, Boyne paints a gripping picture of jet aviation from the brilliant supersonic Concorde to the coming challenges of hypersonic flight. Using the fictional Shannons as a vehicle, the author ranges the world of aviation, combining the triumphs and tragedies of great aviation companies with the familiar conflicts of family life. All of the great names of aeronautics and astronautics appear here as they did on the historic scene, including such luminaries as Howard Hughes, Kelly Johnson, Burt Rutan, and Steve Fossett. The book thunders with the clash of combat, ranging from the courageous fights of the Israeli Air Force down through the raid on Libya, Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and, most important the ongoing war on terror. And space is not neglected, as Boyne covers everything from Skylab and the Space Shuttle, with its great achievements and terrible tragedies, to the International Space Station.
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(Here is the full range of Safer's work, from the early sc...)
Here is the full range of Safer's work, from the early sculptures in acrylic to recent monumental works in bronze, chrome, brass, and steel. It includes angularly carved yet hauntingly organic forms as well as highly polished forms that perfectly resolve his light-encapsulating style with the 3-D mass and density of traditional sculpture.
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(The history of the helicopter; many articles in this book...)
The history of the helicopter; many articles in this book are first-person accounts by the pioneers who developed the helicopter. They take you through its growth with many black and white photos.
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(A lavishly illustrated history of aviation presents an in...)
A lavishly illustrated history of aviation presents an intriguing account of humankind's struggle to fly, from the earliest flying machines to the state-of-the-art aircraft of the present day.
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( From the first flight of the U-2 to the flashing speed ...)
From the first flight of the U-2 to the flashing speed of the famous SR-71 Blackbird, Supersonic Thunder is a portrait of the jet as it comes of age. August, 1955. Test pilot and engineer Vance Shannon stands at the beginning of an era of unprecedented development in military and commercial aviation. As the ever-changing industry begins to speed beyond Vance's grasp, he turns to his two sons, Tom and Harry, to keep the family business on the cutting edge. But the stress of trying to stay ahead of the curve is destroying the family and fueling a long-hidden rivalry between the two brothers. The Shannons’ story is set against the backdrop of an astonishing era in history. From the luxury of the Boeing 747 to the abject despair of a cell in the Hanoi Hilton, Supersonic Thunder tells the real story of an amazing chapter of jet aviation through the eyes of the men and women who lived and died to make it a part of our everyday life.
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(Conceived in 1948, first flown in 1952 and projected stil...)
Conceived in 1948, first flown in 1952 and projected still to be in front-line service in the 21st century, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is one of the most extraordinary aircraft in history. Here is the book to do justice to the story of the development
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(In an overview of naval campaigns from 1939 to 1945, a mi...)
In an overview of naval campaigns from 1939 to 1945, a military historian and author of Clash of Wings explains how sea power changed the course of World War II, depicts pivotal battles, and analyzes each nation's naval tactics and strategy.
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( A thorough examination of the development of air-power ...)
A thorough examination of the development of air-power philosophy, approached by examining the theory and practice of air power and the innovators who have developed it. Walter J. Boyne is a recognized authority on aviation.
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Boyne, Walter James was born on February 2, 1929 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter William and Emily (Campbell) Boyne.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University California, Berkeley, 1958. Master of Business Administration, University Pittsburgh, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Salem College, 1985.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1952; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Air Force, 1971; retired, United States Air Force, 1974; assistant curator, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, 1974-1975; curator, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, 1975-1978; Executive officer, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, 1978-1980; assistant director, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, 1980-1982; deputy director, National Air and Space Museum, 1982-1983; director, National Air and Space Museum, 1983-1986; retired, 1986. Chairman, Board Of Directors Wingspan television Channel.
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( The names Wilbur and Orville Wright stand out in histor...)
(In an overview of naval campaigns from 1939 to 1945, a mi...)
(A comprehensive assessment of the 1939 to 1945 internatio...)
(Illustrated with evocative color photographs as well as b...)
( From the most important leaders and the most courageous...)
( The story of the jet age of aviation revolves around re...)
(The Best of Wingscontains behind-the-scenes stories about...)
(An account of the history of flight, chronicling the rapi...)
(Messerschmitt Me 262: Arrow to the Future tells the drama...)
(Messerschmitt Me 262: Arrow to the Future tells the drama...)
(Showcasing the twentieth century’s best writing on the to...)
(A lavishly illustrated history of aviation presents an in...)
(Conceived in 1948, first flown in 1952 and projected stil...)
(This book is the remarkable story of some of the most int...)
(In the final volume of the Eagles trilogy, aviation pione...)
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( A thorough examination of the development of air-power ...)
( From the first flight of the U-2 to the flashing speed ...)
( From the first flight of the U-2 to the flashing speed ...)
(Here is the full range of Safer's work, from the early sc...)
(512 pages Publisher: Publications International (July 200...)
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(The history of the helicopter; many articles in this book...)
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Member Daedalians, American Aviation History Society (national advisor), l'Academe Nationale de Wairet d l'Space, Author's Guild, Sons of the Desert, Flying Aces Club.
Married Jeanne Quigley (deceased), December 26, 1952. Children: Mary Louise, Katherine Elizabeth, William James, Margaret Annual Married Teresa Takacs.