Bill Sweetman (born 1956 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK) is a former
editor
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for
Jane's
Janes is a global open-source intelligence company specialising in military, national security, aerospace and transport topics, whose name derives from British author Fred T. Jane.
History
Jane's Information Group was founded in 1898 by Fred ...
and currently an editor for Aviation Week group.
He is a
writer
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of more than 50
book
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s on
military aircraft
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. He lives in
Oakdale, Minnesota
Oakdale is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. It is a suburb of Saint Paul and is on the eastern side of the Twin Cities Metropolitan area. The population was 28,303 at the 2020 census. Oakdale is the 36th largest city in M ...
. He is noted for his dogged pursuit of the
Aurora
An aurora ( aurorae or auroras),
also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly observed in high-latitude regions (around the Arc ...
project. He appeared as an Aerospace Consultant on in the
Nova
A nova ( novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. All observed novae involve white ...
PBS TV program "Battle of the X-Planes" about the
Joint Strike Fighter Program
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a development and acquisition program intended to replace a wide range of existing Fighter aircraft, fighter, strike fighter, strike, and ground attack aircraft for the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, C ...
.
[PBS]
Nova transcript "X-planes"
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Works
Articles written by Sweetman
*[https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/bill-sweetman/345487/ "Books by Bill Sweetman,"">dead link--> Article written by Sweetman for Janes.com
Books
(partial; from a 2-page list at ''ThriftBooks.com''
at ''ThriftBooks.com,'' retrieved September 29, 2022
References
External links
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060313221702/http://www.popsci.com/popsci/contributors/cfc07dfa6bb84010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd">"Books by Bill Sweetman,"
at ''ThriftBooks.com,'' retrieved September 29, 2022)
* ''100 Years of Flight''
* ''A History of Passenger Aircraft,'' 1979
* ''A-10 Thunderbolt II (Modern Fighting Aircraft)''
* ''Advanced Fighter Technology: The Future of Cockpit Combat''
* ''Aircraft 2000 : the future of aerospace technology''
* ''Attack Helicopters: The Ah-64 Apaches'' (War Planes)
* ''Aurora: The Pentagon's Secret Hypersonic Spyplane'' (Mil-Tech Series)
* ''Avro Lancaster''
* ''Classic Collection: 100 Years of Flight & Classic Airplanes''
* ''Combat Rescue Helicopters: The Mh-53 Pave Lows'' (Edge Books)
* ''F-22 Raptor'' (Enthusiast Color Series)
* ''High Speed Flight''
* ''High-Altitude Spy Planes: The U-2s'' (War Planes)
* ''Inside the Stealth Bomber'' (Motorbooks ColorTech)
* ''Joint Strike Fighter: Boeing X-32 vs Lockheed Martin X-35'' (Enthusiast)
* ''Jump Jets: The Av-8B Harriers'' (War Planes)
* ''Lockheed F-117A: Operation and Development of the Stealth Fighter''
* ''Lockheed Stealth''
* ''Migs'' (High Performance Series)
* ''Mosquito''
* ''Phantom'' (Jane's Aircraft Spectacular Series)
* ''Radar Jammers: The Ea-6B Prowlers'' (War Planes)
* ''Soviet Air Power''
* ''Soviet X-Planes'' (with Yefim Gordon)
* ''Spitfire''
* ''Stealth Aircraft: Secrets of Future Airpower''
* ''Stealth bomber: invisible warplane, black budget''
* ''Stealth Bombers: The B-2 Spirits'' (War Planes)
* ''Stealth: United States Air Force's Invisible Warplanes''
* ''Strike Fighters: The F/A-18E/F Super Hornets'' (War Planes)
* ''Supersonic Fighters: The F-16 Fighting Falcons'' (War Planes)
* ''The Hamyln concise guide to Soviet military aircraft''
* ''Ultimate Fighter: Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter''
* ''United States Naval Air Power''
* ''YF-22 and YF-23: Advanced Tactical Fighters: Stealth, Speed and Agility for Air Superiority''
References
External links
Half of What the Soviets Knew About U.S. Stealth Tech, They Got From One Reporter – War is Boring*
American military writers
British military writers
1956 births
Living people
American military historians
British military historians
American aviation historians
American historians
British aviation historians
British historians
Aviation journalists
American aviation writers
British aviation writers
American male non-fiction writers
People from Oakdale, Minnesota
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