Books

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The "Illustrated" Series

The Illustrated series of books are visual histories of the airplanes, and are all in color. Most are at leat 100 pages, covering the development of the type and an “in action” career. over 200 photos, illustrations, line drawings and many with first-person narratives of action.

All of the Illustrated titles are available on Amazon.com in both ebook and print versions. Several of them are available in hardcover versions.

 

New titles will be announced on a regular basis on the “What’s New” page.


A note on autographed copies of the Amazon print books: Since these are “print on demand” books, I have no inventory, and the books come directly from Amazon. If you buy one of these books and want a dedication, please send me a stamped, self-addressed envelope, along with the dedication you wish, and I will send you a file-card size autographed dedication.

The Amazon “print on demand” service is relatively recent, and it does not support landscape format books. I am re-doing my e-books for this service in portrait format, which allows me to include many more photos. The so far re-done in print format books are the Viper, Lightning II, and B-52 Illustrated titles. Others will follow as I am able to complete them.

The Lima Lima Flight Team 

Lima Lima Flight Team book.
Lima Lima Flight Team book.

Aviation Art is my enduring passion, but flying is also a passion, and air show flying is passion elevated and defined in my flying experience. When I retired from air show flying after 18 years of traveling from coast-to-coast, border-to-border and beyond, I wrote this book to record the history of the world’s first 6-ship civilian aerobatic flight team. While the T-34 Mentor was still certified as aerobatic, we developed a routine that rivaled the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds in its formation aerobatic maneuvers. This is the chronicle of how we discovered that the T-34 was a very capable and reliable aerobatic formation airplane, how we organized and promoted a team which was made up of a very diverse group of pilots, and how the team survived personal tragedy and government-imposed restrictions on the T-34. Often, the travel to such destinations as Anchorage, Alaska, and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic provided as much adventure as the air shows themselves. The book is 8-1/2″ x 11″ 80 pages, softcover, and contains over 200 B&W and color photos and illustrations.

The books are available, autographed and personalized for $30, plus shipping. It is also available in hardcover for $40 plus shipping.I accept checks, money orders, or credit cards via PayPal. 

USAF in Vietnam

Published in the Ginter “Air Force Legends” series of book.

Signed (personalized) copies of USAF in Vietnam are available for $34.95.
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The F-22 Raptor In Action

The F-22 Raptor In Action is in print! Buy a Raptor painting which is in the book and receive an autographed book with your purchase. 

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Aviation Art Book

There are two Aviation Art books. The first, published by Squadron/Signal, was limited in size and scope. It was restricted to art that I had produced for my Squadron/Signal books. The second, “Aviation Art of Lou Drendel, Vol II” is much larger in size and scope. It contains art that I have produced for my “Illustrated” series of books, paintings that were commissioned, and “other” art. (not aviation-related.) The Squadron book is available directly from me, autographed and dedicated, for $34.95, shipping included.

Vol II is available on Amazon.com in print and digital form.

These titles can be read on a variety of e-readers, including Kindle and iPad. They can also be read on your computer, using the free Kindle app available from Amazon.com