GIN103 - Ginter Books Sikorsky S-43/JRS-1 Amphibian

53 S-43/JRS-1 "Baby Clippers" were produced (31 civil, 15 Navy, 2 Marine, and 5 USAAC). The book covers all users including civilian and post war users. 10 of the Navy's JRS-1s were at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, all survived the attack and one, BuNo...

GIN102 - Ginter Books Grumman S2F/S2 & WF-2/E-1B Tracker Part Two

The book covers the operational history of the aircraft in squadron service including the reserves and training squadrons and as a squadron utility and command aircraft at Naval Air Stations and facilities. 248-pages, 608 B&W photos, 16 color photos,...

GIN099 - Ginter Books Douglas AD/A-1 Skyraider Part Two

GIN098 - Ginter Books Douglas AD/A-1 Skyraider Part One

GIN097 - Ginter Books Martin PBM Mariner

The Martin PBM Mariner flying boat with its distinctive gull wing was proposed to the Navy in 1937 as a replacement for the very successful Consolidared PBY. The major differences were: it was to be a true blue water, open ocean flying boat; capable of...

GIN096 - Ginter Books Consolidated P2Y Ranger

The book begins with a 24-page in depth review of the origins of the patrol flying boat covering most Curtiss boats (except the NC boats), the Naval Aircraft Factory PN boats and their derivatives (Douglas PD-1, Keystone PK-1, Martin PM-1/2), the Boeing...

GIN095 - Ginter Books Douglas R4D-8/C-117D Super Gooney

15-color and over 300 b&w photos and text cover its usage as a transport, VIP carrier, station hack, a trainer with VT-29, and its usage in Antarctica with VX-6 from 1952 into the 1980s. The DC-3S was a Douglas venture to add capability and life to...

GIN092 - Ginter Books Grumman F6F Hellcat

The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a carrier-based fighter aircraft developed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat in United States Navy (USN) service. Although the F6F resembled the Wildcat, it was a completely new design powered by a 2,000 hp Pratt &...

GIN090 - Ginter Books Northrop BT-1

The Northrop BT was a two seat, single engine, monoplane, dive bomber built by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Navy. At the time Northrop was a subsidiary of the Douglas Aircraft Company. The design of the initial version began in 1935. A...

GIN088 - Ginter Books North American FJ-3/3M Fury

The North American FJ-2/-3 Fury were a series of swept-wing carrier-capable fighters for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. Based on the United States Air Force's F-86 Sabre, these aircraft featured folding wings, and a longer nose landing strut...

GIN086 - Ginter Books Lockheed-Vega PV-1 Ventura and PV-2 Harpoon

The Lockheed Ventura PV-1 AND PV-2 Harpoon was a bomber and patrol aircraft of World War II, used by United States and British Commonwealth forces in several guises. It was developed from the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar transport. It served with many...

GIN085 - Ginter Books Consolidated PB2Y Coronado

The PB2Y Coronado was a large flying boat patrol bomber designed by Consolidated Aircraft. After deliveries of the PBY Catalina, also a Consolidated aircraft, began in 1935, the United States Navy began planning for the next generation of patrol bombers...

GIN082 - Ginter Books USN/USMC Two-Seat Skyhawks

Almost from the very beginning, Douglas had suggested to the Navy that a two-seat version of the Skyhawk would be useful, both as a trainer as well as for some types of combat missions where a second pair of eyes might be useful. These requests had...

GIN081 - Ginter Books Bell XFL-1 Airabonita

The Bell XFL-1 Airabonita was a experimental shipboard interceptor aircraft developed for the US Navy. It was similar to and a parallel development of the land-based P-39 Airacobra, differing mainly in the use of a tail wheel undercarriage in place...

GIN080 - Ginter Books Grumman F8F Bearcat

By the last half of the Second World War, most new US fighter designs were much heavier and more complex than earlier fighters. When planning a replacement for their successful F6F Hellcat carrier fighter, however, Grumman chose to built as lightweight a...

GIN079 - Ginter Books Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk Airship Fighters

The F9C was first fighter specifically designed to be dropped from mother airships. The plane would be lowered in the air stream hanging from a trapeze below the airship. The pilot would release the hook mechanism and fly to defend its airship. It would...

GIN076 - Ginter Books Brewster SB2A Bermuda/Buccaneer

The Brewster Bermuda is the name given by the RAF to the Brewster SB2A. In the US Navy service, the aircraft was the SB2A "Buccaneer." The Bermuda was not carrier-capable, although it was designed as a dive bomber. It was developed by Brewster in...

GIN075 - Ginter Books Grumman F7F Tigercat

The lineage of Martin and the flying boat can be traced back to the PBM-4 of 1941. Navy last flying boat and the end of a long era of seaplanes in the US Navy. This book covers the complete history of the Martin P5M Marlin aircraft development,...

GIN074 - Ginter Books The P5M Patrol Seaplane

In 1980, I published the second book in the Naval Fighter Series, the McDonnell Banshee F2H-1, 2, 3 and 4. It was 78 pages with 95 photos and over 150 profiles. It was reprinted two time and has been out of print for more than 15 years this volume has...

GIN072 - Ginter Books Temco TT-1 Pinto

The XF7F-1 (Grumman G-45) was order on June 30, 1941 and was intended to operated from the forthcoming 45,000 ton Midway class carriers. It was to be the first twin engine with tricycle undercarriage. It was heavily armed with four 20 mm guns in the wing...

GIN068 - Ginter Books Grumman F9F-8T/TF-9J Two-Seat Cougrs

The two seat Grumman Cougar was one of the first swept-wing trainers to be put into service with the Navy and was also one of the first two seat version of a fleet fighter. Before this the new pilots were just given a lot of ground training and just...

GIN066 - Ginter Books Grumman F9F-6/7/8 Cougar Part 1

The contract for the new Grumman Cougar (G-93) was signed on March 2, 1951. The first flight of the XF9F-6 Cougar was on September 20, 1951. When Grumman and the Navy first discussed the Panther, both parties had privy to the Navy Technical Team findings...

GIN065 - Ginter Books Boeing XF8B-1: 5 in 1 Fighter

The F/A 18 Hornet was not the first Naval Aircraft designed to meet all the Navy needs. The XF8B-1 was another Boeing called it the "Five-in-one" fighter (fighter, interceptor, dive bomber, torpedo or horizontal bomber). This aircraft had the ability of...

GIN062 - Ginter Books Curtiss XBT2C-1

Volume three of the Panther story focuses on the use of the aircraft by the United States Navy. This was the first Grumman jet aircraft to go to sea. This book covers the History of the squadrons and the men that flew the Navy Panthers. Some photos show...