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The Official Monogram US Navy & Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide, Vol 4: 1960-1993



Автор(ы): John M. Elliott Maj USMC (Ret)
Издательство: Monogram Aviation Publications
Год издания: 1993
ISBN: 0-914144-34-0
Язык: English
Количество страниц: 203
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 132 MB

Throughout the history of Naval Aviation, numerous changes occurred in the paint schemes and markings used on Navy and Marine Corps aircraft. Some of these changes can be documented through review of old and new specifications, standards and correspondence. However, many of the paint schemes that have at one time or another appeared on Navy and Marine Corps aircraft were experimental in nature or implemented only at the squadron or air wing level. Accordingly, little documentation is available to determine the details of the paint scheme applied or why such a scheme was utilized. John Elliott, with his first three volumes of the Official Monogram US Navy & Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide provided a much clearer insight into the use of paint schemes and markings of aircraft since the beginning of Naval Aviation in 1911.
John Elliott's fourth and final volume covers the period of 1960 to 1993. During this period, as with the periods covered in his previous volumes, numerous changes occurred. The Navy progressed from glossy paint schemes with colorful markings to the present flat gray tactical paint schemes with contrasting gray markings. Gone are the days of colorful tail markings and red white and blue national insignias. Practicality replaced the romantic notion of knights in the sky with their colorful coats-of-arms. Along the way, many experimental schemes were tested and discarded. John Elliott provides an excellent account of this latest evolution in his final volume.
One may ask if the use of paint schemes are still important in the current era of sophisticated weapon and missile systems? The answer to the question is an unequivocal yes! Optical tracking is still vital to certain anti-aircraft weapon systems. In order to maximize the survivability of an aircraft one must address all factors effecting survivability. One factor is minimal visual detectability. The current schemes used on Navy and Marine Corps aircraft while not flashy, increase survivability. The aircraft might not look pretty, but their chances of a round trip are increased with today's paint schemes. So when you compare the colorful schemes in the first three volumes to the schemes in this volume, keep this in mind. Better a dull airplane than a missing one.

David P. Hornick
Combat Survivability Branch Head
Naval Air Systems Command

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Luftwaffe Fighters



Автор(ы): Claes Sundin
Издательство: Mortons Media Group Ltd.
Год издания: 2016
ISBN: 978-1-911276-25-8
Язык: English
Страниц: 132
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 29,3 MB

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 were at the forefront of the action as the Luftwaffe battled the combined might of the Allied air forces across Western Europe and beyond during the Second World War. Flying in every front, from desert sands to frozen tundra, they featured a hugely diverse range of markings and colour schemes which have fascinated aviation enthusiasts ever since.

Luftwaffe Fighters offers more than 200 highly detailed full colour profiles from world renowned artist Claes Sundin, covering not just the two most famous types but also front line single-seaters such as the Me 262, Me 163, Ta 152 and He 162 plus the two-seater Bf 110 and night fighter versions of the Ju 88, Do 17, Do 215, Do 217 and the dedicated night fighter He 219. The markings of aircraft piloted by aces such as Erich Hartmann, Gerd Barkhorn and Otto Kittel are meticulously reproduced, based on original photographs, alongside a wide range of schemes from every year of the war and every front where the Luftwaffe saw action.

Собственно профили - конечно же - не являются такой уж "библиографической редкостью", но вот то, что они в таком, весьма немалом, количестве собраны под одной обложкой, КМК, заслуживает внимания Ссылки для скачивания, по обыкновению, под картинкой обложки (кликабельна)

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Planes, Names & Dames Vol. I 1940-1945



Автор(ы): Larry Davis
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1991
Серия: Nose Art Series
ISBN: 0-89747-241-1
Язык: English
Страниц: 65
Формат: PDF
Размер: 18,7 MB

This is a book about aviation art - not paintings of aircraft hanging in the galleries of a museum, but rather paintings ON aircraft. These paintings helped personalize the aircraft for its crew and they always told a story.


Planes, Names & Dames Vol. II 1946-1960



Автор(ы): Larry Davis
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1993
Серия: Nose Art Series
ISBN: 0-89747-291-8
Язык: English
Страниц: 64
Формат: PDF
Размер: 19,9 MB

Nose art - there is no definition for it in any Webster’s Dictionary. But just ask any air or ground crewmen from any war since the Second World War and they’ll tell you not only what it is, but what it meant to them. It was a way of personalizing a piece of machinery that you had to depend on and it appeared on almost everything that was used in combat, from aircraft to tanks. Most of the really beautiful and/or outrageous art appeared on aircraft.


Planes, Names & Dames Vol. III 1955-1975



Автор(ы): Larry Davis
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1995
Серия: Nose Art Series
ISBN: 0-89747-339-6
Язык: English
Страниц: 73
Формат: PDF
Размер: 23,1 MB

NOSE ART - If Webster had defined the term he probably would have noted that it was the personalization of some type of machine, usually an aircraft, with a name and/or painting that reflected the present “owners” feelings toward that machine, his reason for using that machine, or his present emotions. Thus NOSE ART could express everything from love to hate to patriotism to quirks that only his machine had at the time. The actual “art” would range from paintings of gorgeous women to cartoon characters to just a simple name.

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Battle of Britain: Camouflage & Markings 1940



Автор(ы): Peter Scott & Gary Madgwick
Издательство: The Aviation Workshop
Год издания: 2012
Серия: On Target
Номер в серии: 09 (70th Anniversary Special)
ISBN: 9 781904 643364
Язык: English
Страниц: 168
Формат: PDF
Размер: 137 MB

This On Target 70th Anniversary Special features one of the most famous periods in British aviation history, the summer and early autumn of 1940, when RAF Fighter Command and the German Luftwaffe battled for air superiority over the English Channel and the south eastern part of the British Isles. Mainstreaming on the main period, from 10 July to 31 October 1940, the book also goes back to the beginning of World War Two, covering the Phoney War and then the Battles of France and the Low Countries, before dealing with the Battle of Britain proper, which went through a series of marked phases, all of which are covered in detail, and show the development of the camouflage schemes and markings carried by all the combatants, including the French Armee de l Air, Italian Regia Aeronautica, RAF Bomber Command and the Royal Navy s Fleet Air Arm, in over 100 pages of profile and 4-view full color illustrations.

These are the chapters in the book:

1. Overview to the Battle of Britain
2. The Phony War
3. Blitzkrieg! The invasion of France and the Low Countries
4. Battle of Britain Phase 1: Kanalkampf
5. Battle of Britain Phase 2: Adlerangriff
6. Battle of Britain Phase 3: Fight for survival
7. Battle of Britain Phase 4: The change of tactics
8. Battle of Britain Phase 5: Night Blitz
9. The Regia Aeronautica in the Battle of Britain
10. Bomber and Coastal Command in the Battle of Britain
11. The Fleet Air Arm in the Battle of Britain
12. Britain Alone

Each chapter begins with an overview of the strategic and tactical situation and how the aerial assets were deployed. It then covers the colors, markings, serial numbers, and code letters for each one of the relevant Air Forces in the chapter, which includes the French, Dutch, Belgian, and Italian Air Forces, when applicable, besides the RAF and the Luftwaffe.

Each chapter has pictures representative of the airplanes relevant to the aerial operations being discussed, but the meat of the book is the hundreds of color profiles (and some 4-view drawings) of each airplane. Each profile includes a brief description of the airplane, squadron, and location, if known. There are also some black and white images, which are representative of the airplanes and time frame referred to in the chapter, but not necessarily of any given airplane depicted in the profiles.

As interesting as the color profiles are, the historical references of why different colors or tactical markings were adopted, like the black and white underside evolution of the RAF fighters during 1940, are discussed.

Perhaps the only limitation of this book is that the drawings are "flat". By that I mean there is no shade change where the fuselage would have a curve, or any attempt to reproduce some "color modulation" to hint a curved surface.

This book is probably the ultimate collection for color profiles in the Western Front during 1940 and includes profiles from all Air Forces that saw combat during that year in Western Europe. The variety of airframes and Air Forces included in this book is second to none. To complete the book, it also includes a color chart on the last page, covering all relevant Air Forces.

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С оглядкой на появление МОДных "сушек" в количестве, давно летающих МиГов и "крокодила", полагаю, будет весьма актуален следующий труд небезызвестного творческого тандема:

Камуфляж и бортовые эмблемы авиатехники советских ВВС в афганской кампании



Авторы: Марковский Виктор Юрьевич, Приходченко Игорь Владимирович
Серия: Война и мы. Авиаколлекция. "Бортовая живопись"
Издательство: Яуза, Эксмо
Год издания: 2017
ISBN: 978-5-699-99487-8
Язык: русский
Страниц: 184 (300 в .rtf)
Формат: rtf
Размер: 18.4 MB

Афганская война стала не только первым крупномасштабным военным конфликтом нового времени с участием советской военной авиации, но и источником уникального боевого опыта для всех родов ВВС. Впервые после продолжительного послевоенного периода были опробованы новые схемы недавно введенного в советской авиации камуфляжа: на самолетах и вертолетах появились декоративные элементы – отметки о боевых вылетах, наградах летчиков и разнообразные эмблемы. «Бортовая живопись», столь излюбленная в авиации многих стран, долгое время у нас не приветствовалась, считаясь не отвечающей требованиям армейской дисциплины и строгого распорядка. Военная обстановка оказалась более демократичной, дав возможность самовыражению авиаторов и зримому воплощению их отношения к своим боевым машинам.

Своими эмблемами обзавелись штурмовики и разведчики, истребители и вертолетчики. Как известно, всякий самолет и вертолет обладает своим характером и повадками, выражающимися в особенностях техники пилотирования, удобстве в обращении, работоспособности и надежности. Под стать им были и появлявшиеся на бортах рисунки, предоставлявшие авторам большую свободу самовыражения в создании зрительного образа.

Практически все образцы известной «бортовой живописи» ушли в прошлое по завершении афганской кампании и в дальнейшем перестали существовать вместе со снятой с вооружения техникой. Лишь в единичных случаях доставшимся от Афганской войны эмблемам суждено было найти новое воплощение, продолжив жизнь с приходом самолетов нового поколения.

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Жаль, конечно, что не .pdf. В .rtf оформление очень уж "поплыло"