Bill Sweetman


Bill Sweetman is a former editor for Jane's and currently an editor for Aviation Week group. He is a writer of more than 50 books on military aircraft. He lives in Oakdale, Minnesota. He is noted for his dogged pursuit of the Aurora project. He appeared as an Aerospace Consultant on in the Nova PBS TV program "Battle of the X-Planes" about the Joint Strike Fighter Program. At one point, it was estimated that over forty percent of articles referenced in Soviet aerospace works were written by or associated with him.

Works

Articles written by Sweetman

  • Article written by Sweetman for Janes.com

    Books

  • 100 Years of Flight
  • A History of Passenger Aircraft, 1979
  • A-10 Thunderbolt II
  • Advanced Fighter Technology: The Future of Cockpit Combat
  • Aircraft 2000 : the future of aerospace technology
  • Attack Helicopters: The Ah-64 Apaches
  • Aurora: The Pentagon's Secret Hypersonic Spyplane
  • Avro Lancaster
  • Classic Collection: 100 Years of Flight & Classic Airplanes
  • Combat Rescue Helicopters: The Mh-53 Pave Lows
  • F-22 Raptor
  • High Speed Flight
  • High-Altitude Spy Planes: The U-2s
  • Inside the Stealth Bomber
  • Joint Strike Fighter: Boeing X-32 vs Lockheed Martin X-35
  • Jump Jets: The Av-8B Harriers
  • Lockheed F-117A: Operation and Development of the Stealth Fighter
  • Lockheed Stealth
  • Migs
  • Mosquito
  • Phantom
  • Radar Jammers: The Ea-6B Prowlers
  • Soviet Air Power
  • Soviet X-Planes
  • Spitfire
  • Stealth Aircraft: Secrets of Future Airpower
  • Stealth bomber: invisible warplane, black budget
  • Stealth Bombers: The B-2 Spirits
  • Stealth: United States Air Force's Invisible Warplanes
  • Strike Fighters: The F/A-18E/F Super Hornets
  • Supersonic Fighters: The F-16 Fighting Falcons
  • 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''