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Walter J. Boyne Books in Order

Walter J. Boyne has written 50 books, published between 1979 and 2020. The first book is The Jet Age (1979) and the newest is Golden Age of Flight (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
50
Published
1979–2020
Pages on record
13,753 in 45 of 50 books
Reading time
229–344 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,753 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 45 of 50 titles with a page count on record.

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Walter J. Boyne (February 2, 1929 to January 9, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, command pilot, combat veteran and aviation historian. Boyne wrote more than 50 books and over 1,000 magazine articles, served as a director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and chaired the National Aeronautic Association. The catalogue lists 50 books from The Jet Age (1979) to Golden Age of Flight (2020), including Messerschmitt Me 262 (1980), Boeing B 52 (1981), Phantom in Combat (1985) and The Wild Blue: The Novel of the U.S. Air Force (1986). Subjects cover military airplanes, jet planes, air warfare, the US Air Force and Operation Desert Shield. Jet Age Trilogy is the series listed.

How many Walter J. Boyne books are there?

Walter J. Boyne has 50 books, released between 1979 and 2020. 3 of them belong to the Jet Age Trilogy series.

Walter J. Boyne Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 50 Walter J. Boyne books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Jet Age by Walter J. Boyne (1979)
  2. Cover of Flying, An Introduction To Flight, Airplanes, And Aviation Careers by Walter J. Boyne (1980)
  3. Cover of Messerschmitt Me 262 by Walter J. Boyne (1980)
  4. Cover of The Aircraft Treasures of Silver Hill by Walter J. Boyne (1982)
  5. Cover of The Wild Blue: The Novel of the U.S. Air Force by Walter J. Boyne (1986)
  6. Cover of The Leading Edge by Walter J. Boyne (1986)
  7. Cover of The Smithsonian Book Of Flight by Walter J. Boyne (1987)
  8. Cover of The Smithsonian Book of Flight for Young People by Walter J. Boyne (1988)
  9. Cover of Trophy for Eagles by Walter J. Boyne (1989)
  10. Cover of Classic Aircraft by Walter J. Boyne (1990)
  11. Cover of Flight by Walter J. Boyne (1990)
  12. Cover of Weapons of Desert Storm by Walter J. Boyne (1991)
  13. Cover of Gulf War by Walter J. Boyne (1991)
  14. Cover of Air Force Eagles by Walter J. Boyne (1992)
  15. Cover of Art in Flight by Walter J. Boyne (1992)
  16. Cover of Clash of Wings by Walter J. Boyne (1994)
  17. Cover of Clash of Titans by Walter J. Boyne (1995)
  18. Cover of Beyond The Wild Blue by Walter J. Boyne (1997)
  19. Cover of Beyond The Horizon by Walter J. Boyne (1998)
  20. Cover of Brassey's Air Combat Reader by Walter J. Boyne (1999)
  21. Cover of German Aircraft and Armament by Walter J. Boyne (2000)
  22. Cover of Classic Airplanes by Walter J. Boyne (2001)
  23. Cover of Aces In Command by Walter J. Boyne (2001)
  24. Cover of The Best of "Wings" Magazine by Walter J. Boyne (2001)
  1. 1
    The Jet Age1979 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979190
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  2. 2
    Flying, An Introduction To Flight, Airplanes, And Aviation Careers1980 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980211
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  3. 3
    Messerschmitt Me 2621980 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980188
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  4. 4
    Boeing B 521981 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981160
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  5. 5
    The Aircraft Treasures of Silver Hill1982 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982248
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  6. 6
    Vertical Flight1984 · 257 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984257
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  7. 7
    De Havilland Dh-41984 · 119 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984119
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  8. 8
    Phantom in Combat1985 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985192
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  9. 9
    The Wild Blue: The Novel of the U.S. Air Force1986 · 628 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986628
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  10. 10
    The Leading Edge1986 · 231 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986231
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  11. 11
    The Smithsonian Book Of Flight1987 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987288
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  12. 12
    The Smithsonian Book of Flight for Young People1988 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988128
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  13. 13
    Power Behind The Wheel1988 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988240
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  14. 14
    Trophy for Eagles1989 · 407 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989407
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  15. 15
    Classic Aircraft1990 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199096
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  16. 16
    Flight1990 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990144
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  17. 17
    Eagles at War1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  18. 18
    Weapons of Desert Storm1991 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199196
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  19. 19
    Gulf War1991 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991224
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  20. 20
    Air Force Eagles1992 · 455 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992455
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  21. 21
    Art in Flight1992 · 163 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992163
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  22. 22
    Silver Wings1993 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993336
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  23. 23
    Clash of Wings1994 · 415 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994415
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  24. 24
    Clash of Titans1995 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995384
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  25. 25
    Fly Past, Fly Present1995 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995224
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  26. 26
    Beyond The Wild Blue1997 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997416
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  27. 27
    Beyond The Horizon1998 · 542 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998542
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  28. 28
    Brassey's Air Combat Reader1999 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999352
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  29. 29
    German Aircraft and Armament2000 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000200
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  30. 30
    Classic Airplanes2001 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001144
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Walter J. Boyne books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Jet Age Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Roaring Thunder
  2. 2. Supersonic Thunder
  3. 3. Hypersonic Thunder

General Aviation in order

1 book
  1. 19. MiG Alley

Standalone books

46 books

46 Walter J. Boyne titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Walter J. Boyne books in order?

You only need to read Walter J. Boyne books in order within the Jet Age Trilogy series, which holds 3 of the 50 Walter J. Boyne books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Walter J. Boyne

Start with The Jet Age (1979), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Walter J. Boyne book?

Golden Age of Flight (2020) is the newest Walter J. Boyne book released so far.

Is there a new Walter J. Boyne book coming?

No next Walter J. Boyne book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Walter J. Boyne at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Walter J. Boyne title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Walter J. Boyne books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
13,753 pages across the 45 of 50 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Walter J. Boyne books, 17 of 50, were published in the 2000s.

What the Walter J. Boyne books are about

42 of the 50 Walter J. Boyne books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 15 of 42. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History 15 of 42 books
  • Aeronautics 7 of 42 books
  • Airplanes 7 of 42 books
  • Air warfare 4 of 42 books
  • Military Airplanes 4 of 42 books
  • Aeronautics, military 3 of 42 books
  • Aircraft industry 3 of 42 books
  • Airplanes, military 3 of 42 books
  • Jet planes 3 of 42 books
  • Military Aeronautics 3 of 42 books
  • United States 3 of 42 books
  • United States. Air Force 3 of 42 books