During the summer of 1999, award-winning aviation photographer Erik Hildebrandt dedicated nearly every professional moment to capturing the essence of one of America's fastest growing spectator phenomena: air shows. This all-color photo-journal of Hildebrandt's ultimate summer road trip presents spectacular imagery gathered at more than 15 aviation events ranging from small local airport events to the multi-million dollar EAA fly-in at Oshkosh. As he crisscrosses North America in search of the quintessential air show, Hildebrandt puts enthusiasts in the cockpits with the nation's top aviators and renowned flying teams like the Red Baron Pizza Squadron, the Blue Angels, and a variety of other military demo acts.

Front Row Center-Inside the Great American Airshow

Arts & Photography

Hildebrandt, Erik

Photography & Video

Clear Hot Media

Erik Hildebrandt has outdone even himself by cracking the code of silence of the United States Air Force. With more than 200 original color images made exclusively for this title, Hildebrandt was afforded unprecedented access to the newly formed USAF Heritage Flight Program.

Heritage Flight: America's Air Force Celebrates 100 Years of Aviation

History

Military

Front Row Center 2 is an all-new edition of the ground-breaking air show book of the same title featuring the world's most talented and well-known aerobatic pilots. Produced during the Centennial of Flight air show season of 2003, renowned aviation photographer and writer Erik Hildebrandt traveled as far as the south island of New Zealand and Japan to capture an international flavor for the landmark Centennial of Flight. Featuring such performers as the US Navy Blue Angels, US Air Force Thunderbirds, Sean D. Tucker and Julie Clark, Front Row Center 2 brings the reader along for the ride during some of the most dramatic air-to-air photography missions ever attempted. Using a unique combination of natural lighting and talented pilots, Erik Hildebrandt presents aviation ina way that bridges the gap for those who do not fly.

Front Row Center 2: Inside the World's Greatest Air Shows

For the past two years, while the sun was setting on the iconic F-14 Tomcat, aviation photographer and author Erik Hildebrandt has been capturing the final defining moments of the few remaining F-14 squadrons in the US Navy Fighter community. Anytime, Baby! is an unforgettable collection of final-phase Tomcat milestones captured and preserved forever in some of the most detailed and dynamic photographic compositions Hildebrandt has ever attempted. From riding along with VF-211, the last squadron to ever fly the F-14A, to flying with VF-32 on the last deployment of the F-14B in the Arabian Gulf in 2005, Hildebrandt has been witness to the end of an era. Anytime, Baby! is an important historic record as much as it is an artistic and beautiful tribute to the most popular American fighter in history. A true "must-have" addition for the aviation enthusiasts as well as former and current Navy and Marine Corp service personnel.

Anytime, Baby! Hail and Farewell to the U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat

In the genre of fine art coffee table books, few elements are more critical to success than the artist's selection of a compelling visual subject matter. Aviation imagery has long been regarded as a passionate subject for millions of readers, and airshow aviation imagery turns up the heat on that passion exponentially. To that end, one visual artist has cornered this niche market of published airshow imagery with an original and visually stunning series of landscape coffee table books titled, Front Row Center: Inside the Great American Airshow. The Front Row Center series of airshow picture books are renowned for the ground-breaking aerial photographs created solely for these titles by acclaimed photographer and author Erik Hildebrandt. In this third all-new edition in the series, Hildebrandt once again has bested himself with page after page of breathtaking colors and poetic compositions of the world's most famous and talented airshow pilots. With a whimsical flair for complementary layout design, Front Row Center 3 builds on the solid foundation of the earlier editions and projects this new volume above and beyond what was previously thought possible in the realm of professional air-to-air photography. With a new section devoted to "Must-See Pilots", this latest edition boasts the greatest number of original photographs, topping 300. It also has an expanded section dedicated to the 60th Anniversary season of the US Navy Blue Angels that features new images from Hildebrandt's never-before-granted civilian access to the complete 6-plane formation in flight that he photographed from a 7th plane dedicated solely to this photography. Also featured in this all-new edition are the unprecedented images from Hildebrandt's dedicated photo-mission with the USAF latest and greatest new fighter, the F-22 Raptor. When considered altogether as a single collection, this book has not just something for every aviation enthusiast, it has it all.

Front Row Center 3: Inside the Great American Air Show

Individual Artists

Produced during the 2008 air show season across North America, Front Row Center 4 is the all-new, latest edition of Erik Hildebrandt's ongoing photographic journal of the world's greatest air show acts. By flying along with such amazing pilots as Patty Wagstaff and Mike Goulian, along with an unprecedented 10th backseat ride with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, Erik has managed to once again bring air show fans along for the ride.

Front Row Center 4: Inside the Great American Air Show

"Unblinking: Rise of the Modern Superdrones" captures the revolutionary change taking place in the use of unmanned aircraft for warfare. Once they were towed as passive targets for gunnery practice; then, transformed into secretive, supersonic spy platforms. The once-humble drone, at the periphery of military operations, is increasingly crucial and at the center of nearly all military operations of the 21st century. "Unblinking "makes the case that this technology is evolving, from the drone to the unmanned aerial vehicle to the super drone: bigger, more capable, integrated with other aircraft in peacetime and capable of heretofore unknown combat missions in the case of war. With the acclaimed photography of aviation photographer Erik Hildebrandt, the essays by Richard Parker provide an overview of the drones long, if often secretive, warfare - from World War II, involving the death of a Kennedy, through the Cold War, in flying supersonic spy missions. The wartime experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq are examined, based upon firsthand research and interviews with some of the militarys top thinkers, as well as drawing upon the best published works. But as America shifts its attention - and its military might - to the Pacific, the story and images increasingly turn to that region of the world, the challenge posed by Chinas historic, high-technology modernization and the crucial roles new super drones will play over the worlds largest ocean - in peacetime and, potentially, in war. "Unblinking "turns its attention to what super drones are already doing and what they will do, both in operations at sea as well as the special operations conducted by Americas stealth warriors, under the U.S. Special Operations Command. The story examines the roles and privacy rights challenges that will arise at home, too, as these aircraft take to the skies. And it concludes with a visionary, insightful and even foreboding discussion with the man who brought drones out of their Cold War closet and into the modern American military. Erik Hildebrandt is one of the most acclaimed aviation photographers in the country and his work has appeared in leading defense journals worldwide. Richard Parker is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and regular contributor to the Op-Ed section of "The New York Times."

Unblinking: Rise of the Modern Superdrones

Parker,Richard

Cleared Hot Media

Regardless of fatigue, equipment trouble, low fuel, poor weather conditions, or time of day, when a U.S. Navy pilot is on BLUE WATER OPS, the carrier is his only place to land. In catapult and recovery operations, stress on pilots, deck crew, and machinery reaches incredible levels. The sights, smells, and sounds of carrier aviation come alive in this book of spectacular photographs. 120 color photos.

Blue Water Ops: On the Front Line of U.S. Naval Aviation

Howell Pr

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