American Secret Projects 5: Fighters and Interceptors 1950 to 1980 by Tony Buttler (Crecy, 2026)

[AL]

Seems like a lot of publishers are pushing release dates back.

 

[Antonio]

This won't be another all drawings book ?, hope it would have photos of mock ups, prototypes, actual aircraft if any were made.

Most of us buy that books because they're richly illustrated. It's a book about unbuilt projects which is the opposite of "made aircraft". So no "actual aircraft" at all, almost no prototypes and just a few mock ups. As a result no photographs.
This forum is actually devoted to unbuilt aircraft above all. You shouldn't be surprised about the existence of "all drawing books" here.
Hope that helps.

 

[southwestforests]

Just preordered on Amazon.
Because of the limitations of Social Security Disability income & resultant need to save up money for the book I hope the predicted delayed date works out.

But most importantly ...
There is the question of ...
What color is the dust jacket's spine going to be?

Looking at shelf a bit to the left,
American Secret Projects spine colors are,
1 - yellow
2 - red
3- yellow
4 - red

French and British have blue spines.

Edit: took this late yesterday for use in email to a friend in England. Will add it here because it illustrates this post.
Yellow odd.
Red even.
Book 5's spine should be yellow.

US and French books had been moved in recent past to reach one of the British books, the way they went back was the way they went back.
And then some other books got moved and set on top of them.
After the cat moved off them.

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

Amazon said Jan 30th.

Ugh! Don't even get me started on bloody Amazon!

 

[robunos]

Ugh! Don't even get me started on bloody Amazon!

It's ironic , Amazon started out as an online book seller , now they sell almost everything , but the one thing you can't seem to buy from them . . . is books !

cheers,
Robin.

 

[southwestforests]

Amazon started out as an online book seller , now they sell almost everything , but the one thing you can't seem to buy from them . . . is books !

You know that famous saying, "Your mileage may vary" ...
My all time order history from them is probably 78% books, 15% hobby and craft supplies, 5% pet supplies, 2% health products.

Even with my low income I've ordered 15 books from them this year, with 2 of them yet to be released, meaning 13 received.

And for example, 23 books ordered and received in 2019 when my income to expenses ration was markedly better.

And not a one of them was a popular novel.
They were books like:
"
Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer Paperback – Illustrated, August 28, 2007
by Peter Turchi (Author)
"
When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 Revised ed. Edition
by Louise Levathes (Author)
"
Beyond the Solar System Hardcover – September 29, 1964
by Willy Ley (Author)
"
Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space Hardcover – Illustrated, October 30, 2018
by Gary Kitmacher (Author), Ron Miller (Author), Robert Pearlman (Author), Nicole Stott (Foreword)
"
American Secret Projects: Fighters, Bombers, and Attack Aircraft, 1937-1945 Hardcover – April 7, 2016
by Tony Buttler (Author), Alan Griffith (Author)
"

Tony Buttler ... hmm ... I'd swear I've heard that name somewhere recently ...

 

[The K2]

It's ironic , Amazon started out as an online book seller , now they sell almost everything , but the one thing you can't seem to buy from them . . . is books !

cheers,
Robin.

I have seen some counterfeit merchandise on their site too.

 

[fightingirish]

[...]

American Secret Projects 5 | Crécy Publishing

This is a revised and expanded edition of a book published some years ago which looks at American fighter projects that were proposed during a period extending from around 1950 though to 1980. This time frame is fluid as some early projects included originated in the late 1940s. At the other end...

crecy.co.uk

"This item will be released February 15, 2026."

Hello folks, just a quick update, that this book will be released on March 27th 2026, which still works perfectly with my plan to order it for my birthday in April 2026.

 

[BROF]

Hello folks, just a quick update, that this book will be released on March 27th 2026, which still works perfectly with my plan to order it for my birthday in April 2026.

Your birthday date is the only sure thing of the two.

 

[Voodoo-Guy]

Thank you Tony!

 

[Ingraman]

I'll be shocked if we'll be able to have it by end 2026.

American Secret Projects 5 | Crécy Publishing

This is a revised and expanded edition of a book published some years ago which looks at American fighter projects that were proposed during a period extending from around 1950 though to 1980. This time frame is fluid as some early projects included originated in the late 1940s. At the other end...

crecy.co.uk

 

[fightingirish]

I'll be shocked if we'll be able to have it by end 2026.
[...]

Still no hard feelings, but it’s a little confusing since the website still says this book will be released on March 27, 2026, while the publication date is listed as April 22, 2026.
Anyway, I’ll get a notification when it becomes available to order from Aviationmegastore.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

I have now cleared all of the design for the book and the dust jacket. ASP5 should be going to print very soon.

From Tony Buttler.