Great book from the fifties

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A while back a friend of mine brought a book back from the States as a gift. "Skyrocketing Into The Unknown" by Charles Coombs, 1954. Just filled with photos of US aircraft of the time. What a terrific period of aviation activity, the X - craft, Starfires, Scorpions etc. plus a few I had forgotten.

Anyone remember the Consolidated Vultee YB-60, a basically sweptwing B-36, apparently the size of a B-52, but a sleeker looking aircraft altogether. I remeber aviation was much more to the forefront of the news, the first V-bombers being front page news, literally.

I have a much treasured set of fifty bubblegum cards, bought, stolen and swapped in the playground, of Gannets, Seamews, Viscounts etc. I was a pain in the bottom even then.