In a century or ten, when the human empire has extended to the stars, it will be the culmination of the journey begun by the X-planes of the 20th century. Their history must be preserved and we are preserving it. Welcome Aboard
Introducing HPM Publications
(Historians of Experimental Aviation and Space Flight)
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HPM Publications
Press Release No. 5 - 27 Jan 2005
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"To publish is to preserve"
HPM Publications was started in late 1994 with the objective of preserving in book form the detailed history of experimental aircraft (or X-planes) and test pilots. So far we have published 26 books. Almost all are the FIRST and so far ONLY books about their respective subjects. They fill a gap in the aviation history library and will remain useful historical reference works for generations to come.
We print only small runs, sometimes as few as 150 copies, and we cover the types that very few publishers cover.
Most publishers and authors focus on titles that have big sales potential, ignoring the obscure one-of-a-kind X-planes with poor market potential and limited readership. Sadly, this leaves many fascinating projects and individuals in the dark, their history fading with time.
This is GROSSLY UNFAIR!
All the genius and sacrifice that goes into an X-plane should not be allowed to go unrecorded.
Human expansion into space is just beginning. It dit not start with the first satellite or the first manned space flight. It took root with the X-planes, those formidable, exotic, sometmes lethal machines which explored the ocean above with new shapes, new engines and new structures. Brave captains charted unknown abysses. Sometimes they perished when their ships went down or exploded. Their history must be preserved.
Our publications:
• Soviet Space Shuttle
• De Havilland DH 108
• P.1127 Prototype Flight Testing
• The Saga of the Bell X-2
• Northrop MX-324
• Samolyot 346
• Gemini Paraglider
• Geoffrey de Havilland
• Jean "Skip" Ziegler
• Jack Woodman
• Boulton Paul Chief Test Pilot Ben Gunn
• Mach Busters: X-1 Test Pilots
• Eric Genders
• NASA Flight Evaluation of Hawker P.1127
• Five Great Post-war US X-Planes
• Mirage I: A Pictorial Tribute
• Prelue to Eurofighter: EAP
• Saga of SR.53
• E.28/39 Pioneer
• Trident
• DH 110
• Dassault Rafale A
• Comet 1
• Vertical Explorers
• Sound Barrier
• Handley Page HP. 115
Coming soon and not featured yet in our website:
• World X-Planes Magazine Issue No. 1
• Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird
• Dassault Balzac (in French)
• The X-Plane Puzzles
• The X-Plane Posters
HPM Publications Canada
Phone : 1-514-731-1781
E-Mail : hpm.publications@sympatico.ca
Introducing HPM Publications
(Historians of Experimental Aviation and Space Flight)
____________________________
HPM Publications
Press Release No. 5 - 27 Jan 2005
---------------------------------
"To publish is to preserve"
HPM Publications was started in late 1994 with the objective of preserving in book form the detailed history of experimental aircraft (or X-planes) and test pilots. So far we have published 26 books. Almost all are the FIRST and so far ONLY books about their respective subjects. They fill a gap in the aviation history library and will remain useful historical reference works for generations to come.
We print only small runs, sometimes as few as 150 copies, and we cover the types that very few publishers cover.
Most publishers and authors focus on titles that have big sales potential, ignoring the obscure one-of-a-kind X-planes with poor market potential and limited readership. Sadly, this leaves many fascinating projects and individuals in the dark, their history fading with time.
This is GROSSLY UNFAIR!
All the genius and sacrifice that goes into an X-plane should not be allowed to go unrecorded.
Human expansion into space is just beginning. It dit not start with the first satellite or the first manned space flight. It took root with the X-planes, those formidable, exotic, sometmes lethal machines which explored the ocean above with new shapes, new engines and new structures. Brave captains charted unknown abysses. Sometimes they perished when their ships went down or exploded. Their history must be preserved.
Our publications:
• Soviet Space Shuttle
• De Havilland DH 108
• P.1127 Prototype Flight Testing
• The Saga of the Bell X-2
• Northrop MX-324
• Samolyot 346
• Gemini Paraglider
• Geoffrey de Havilland
• Jean "Skip" Ziegler
• Jack Woodman
• Boulton Paul Chief Test Pilot Ben Gunn
• Mach Busters: X-1 Test Pilots
• Eric Genders
• NASA Flight Evaluation of Hawker P.1127
• Five Great Post-war US X-Planes
• Mirage I: A Pictorial Tribute
• Prelue to Eurofighter: EAP
• Saga of SR.53
• E.28/39 Pioneer
• Trident
• DH 110
• Dassault Rafale A
• Comet 1
• Vertical Explorers
• Sound Barrier
• Handley Page HP. 115
Coming soon and not featured yet in our website:
• World X-Planes Magazine Issue No. 1
• Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird
• Dassault Balzac (in French)
• The X-Plane Puzzles
• The X-Plane Posters
HPM Publications Canada
Phone : 1-514-731-1781
E-Mail : hpm.publications@sympatico.ca
