![]() Have you ever wondered how those wonderful warbirds we see at the airshows came to be there? How more than seventy years after they were built, they survive and in some cases thrive? Who are the people who rescue, restore, and maintain these magnificent aircraft? aviation, including The Blue Angels: A Fly-By History, and runs the website WRG Watercooler Review by Scott Rose: He has written more than two dozen books on U.S. Veronico is a public affairs officer at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for NASA's SOFIA Program and a past president of the Society of Aviation History. This work is illustrated throughout with two hundred photos, including archival photos from World War II as well as before and after photos of recovery and restoration. Each recovery demands its own unique approach, and Veronico interviews the men and women who solve the problems and save the warbirds. bombers and fighters to Japanese Bettys and Zeros, discovered all over the world in locations like Alaska, Greenland, Lake Michigan, and Papua New Guinea. ![]() Hidden Warbirds covers a wide range of aircraft, from U.S. Often painted and named for specific historical aircraft, these recovered warbirds become stars of museums and airshows, the roar of their piston engines bringing the past back to life. Incomplete wrecks can be combined into one airworthy plane, while surplus and fabricated parts finish the restoration. Whether sunken in swamps or perched on mountainsides, buried under snow or resting on lake bottoms, the teams struggle to remove aircraft in a way that will allow them to put them all back together later on. ![]() Remote and dangerous locations provide many challenges for salvaging the damaged and deteriorating aircraft. Veronico tells the stories of the pilots and planes as well as the recovery and restoration teams that get these aircraft out of the wilds and into the air. In Hidden Warbirds, aviation historian Nicholas A. Specialized teams compete to salvage these historic aircraft and, if possible, return them to flyable condition. Shot down, crash-landed, or sometimes just abandoned, the warbirds of World War II, both Allied and Axis, rust away in strange and surprising locations-in lakes and oceans, glaciers and garages, jungles and swamps. The Epic Stories Of Finding, Recovering & Rebuilding World War II's Lost Aircraft Once again Nicolas Veronico has provided a seamless blend of meticulous research and vibrant photography that documents some of the great archaeological adventures of our time.WARBIRDS RESOURCE GROUP > BOOKS & MULTIMEDIA > PREVIOUS PAGE Air Force 1947-2007 "Modern-day Indiana Jones–style archaeology and a global aviation scavenger hunt . . . Boyne, USAF (ret.), historian and former director, Smithsonian National Air Space Museum, author of Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the U.S. With over 150 of these photographs, depicting more than 20 warbird stories spanning the world, Hidden Warbirds II triumphantly continues a nonfiction series that renowned military author Alan Griffith calls "a fascinating joy to read." "A fundamental contribution to aviation history, well researched and well written, as easy to read as a novel, and absolutely loaded with facts." -Walter J. Throughout the book, Veronico provides a history of each aircraft, as well as the unique story behind each discovery and recovery, all accompanied by incredible documentary photographs. ![]() The long-lost aircraft featured in this much-anticipated sequel include a Hawker Tempest being restored in Texas the sole surviving Brewster F3A Corsair, rescued from a swamp and a Junkers 88 recovered from the icy waters of Norway. Veronico further explores the romantic era of World War II warbirds and the stories of some of its most famous wrecks and recoveries. the race to save the history of brave men." -Adam Makos, New York Times–bestselling author of A Higher Call In Hidden Warbirds II, the engaging follow-up to the critically acclaimed Hidden Warbirds, aviation historian Nicholas A. from icy Norway to the steamy outback, we are there, witnesses to . . . ![]()
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