Credits

Print Media

  • Bickers, Richard Townshend.  Airlift: Military Air Transport.  London:  Osprey Publishing Ltd., 1998.
  • Boyne, Walter J.  Beyond the Horizons: The Lockheed Story.  New York:  St. Martin’s Press, 1998.
  • Boyne, Walter J.  Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the U.S. Air Force 1947-1997.  New York:  St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
  • Davis, Larry.  Gunships: A Pictorial History of Spooky.  Carrollton:  Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1982.
  • Donald, David, ed.  The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft.  London:  Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1997.
  • Glines, Carroll V.  The Amazing Gooney Bird.  Hong Kong:  Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1996.
  • Gunston, Bill, ed.  The Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes.  Hong Kong:  Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1995.
  • Mason, R.A., and John W.R. Taylor.  Aircraft, Strategy and Operations of the Soviet Air Force.  London:  Jane’s, 1986.
  • Norton, Bill.  Boeing C-17A Globemaster III.  China:  Specialty Press, 2001.
  • Norton, Bill.  Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy .  China:  Specialty Press, 2003.
  • Pace, Steve.  X-Planes at Edwards.  Hong Kong:  MBI Publishing Company, 1995.
  • Pushies, Fred J.  U.S. Air Force Special Ops .  Hong Kong:  MBI Publishing Company, 2000.
  • Reed, Chris.  Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Its Variants.  China:  Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1999.
  • Veronico, Nicholas A., and Jim Dunn.  Giant Cargo Planes.  Hong Kong:  MBI Publishing Company, 1999.
  • Williams, Nicholas M.  Aircraft of the United States’ Military Air Transport Service.  Leicester:  Midland Publishing Ltd., 1999.
Web Media

 ” Air Combat Command
 ” Air & Space Smithsonian Magazine Online
 ” Air Force Magazine Online
 ” Airbus Military
 ” AirshowPics.com
 ” All About Guppys
 ” Ames Research Facilities Handbook
 ” Bell Helicopter Textron
 ” C-130 Hercules Headquarters
 ” Defense Visual Information Center
 ” Dryden Flight Research Center
 ” Elevon – Aviation on the Internet
 ” Evergreen Aviation Museum
 ” FAS Military Analysis Network
 ” Flug-Revue
 ” GlobalSecurity.org
 ” Gunships (Project History)
 ” Langley Research Center

 ” Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (A Brief History)
 ” Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
 ” NASA Home Page
 ” NASA Human SpaceFlight
 ” NASA – Johnson Space Center
 ” NASA – Kennedy Space Center
 ” The Boeing Company
 ” The Firebird Association
 ” The Globemaster Tribute Page
 ” United States Department of Defense
 ” United States Air Force
 ” United States Air Force Museum
 ” United States Coast Guard
 ” United States Marine Corps
 ” United States Navy
 ” United States Transportation Command
 ” U.S. Antarctic Program
 ” Virtual Aircraft Museum

Individual Contributors

The following people deserve special thanks! They have contributed a large amount personal time, photos, information and stories with one goal in mind…to make The Aviation Zone the definitive web site for military airlifters!

 ” Adam Henderson
 ” AirNikon
 ” Al Thompson
 ” Alan Campbell
 ” Alex Waning
 ” Andy Jaeger
 ” Archie Casity
 ” Aric Thalman
 ” Axel Juengrichv
 ” Baldur Sveinsson
 ” Barry Geier
 ” Bernard Charles
 ” Bill Buckingham
 ” Bill Burkel
 ” Bill Deuell
 ” Bill Pritchett
 ” Bob Harrington
 ” Bob Wollman
 ” Bob Woods
 ” Brian Emch
 ” Brian Lockett
 ” Cal Taylor
 ” Chad Coe
 ” Charlie Hanna
 ” Chris Coduto
 ” Christian Uhrich
 ” Clay Holt
 ” Clint Glaze
 ” Colin Zuppicich
 ” Corey Chow
 ” Craig Murray
 ” Dan Parent
 ” Daniel Kerr
 ” Dave Davenport
 ” Dave Delgado
 ” Dave Goshorn
 ” David Allison
 ” David Berry
 ” David Zehr
 ” Devin Stargel
 ” Dick Madison
 ” Dino Laubscher
 ” Don Black
 ” Don Boyd
 ” Don Eaton
 ” Drew Timmons
 ” DSAvit
 ” Ed Flanagan
 ” Edwin Donders
 ” E.J. Koningsveld
 ” Eric & Brian Sklarski
 ” Flemming K. Fogh
 ” Floyd Hampton
 ” Frank J. Mirande
 ” Gerald Fischer
 ” Glen Reid
 ” Glenn Alderton
 ” Glenn Bennett
 ” Gunter Grondstein
 ” Guy Spiegelstein
 ” Hal James
 ” Harry Gann
 ” Henri Vuorio
 ” Ian Moran
 ” Ian Woodrow
 ” James Fullworth
 ” James Reed
 ” James Weir
 ” Janne Laukkonen
 ” Jarrod Wilkening
 ” Jay Jackson
 ” Jeff Faretra
 ” Jeff Gibson
 ” Jeff Glasser
 ” Jerome Krier
 ” Jim “JB” Benson
 ” Jim Neely
 ” Jim Pappas, Jr.
 ” Joe Kurtyka
 ” John Green
 ” John P. Stewart
 ” John Stymerski
 ” John Yu
 ” Jorgos Tsambikakis
 ” Keith Burton, CMSgt (ret)
 ” Keith Goodman
 ” Ken Nott
 ” Kirk Wright
 ” Larry Westin
 ” Luc Willems
 ” Luis Rosa
 ” Mark Holloway
 ” Martial Dautremont
 ” Michael Fox
 ” Michael J. Zwierko
 ” Mike Alder
 ” Mike Childers
 ” Miguel Snoep
 ” Nick Challoner
 ” Paul Chandler
 ” Paul Dunn
 ” Paul Montalvo
 ” Paul Nann
 ” Pete Hawk
 ” Pete Roberts
 ” Peter Bird
 ” Peter Frei
 ” Peter Vercruijsse
 ” Richard V. Black
 ” Rob Schleiffert
 ” Ron Hall
 ” Ron Rentfrow
 ” Ruben Rodriguez
 ” Rudy Lucas
 ” Russell Joyce
 ” Stefano Caporelli
 ” Steve Tobey
 ” Steven Edmonson
 ” Steven Holzinger
 ” Ted A. Morris, Jr.
 ” Ted Quackenbush
 ” Teresa Vanden-Heuvel
 ” Thomas Dzwonkus
 ” Thomas J. Hunt
 ” Thomas Millard
 ” Tim Cure
 ” Todd Merrill
 ” Tom Finkler
 ” Tom Griffith
 ” Tom Hildreth
 ” Tom Zangla
 ” Tomislav Muic
 ” Tony Rogers
 ” Walter Boyne
 ” Xavier Versavel