Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.7464
EAN num: 9780933424654
ISBN number: 0933424655
Label: Voyageur Press (MN)
Manufacturer: Voyageur Press (MN)
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 100
Printing Date: 1996-07
Publishing house: Voyageur Press (MN)
Sale Popularity Level: 1207193
Studio: Voyageur Press (MN)
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Brief Book Summary:
The WarbirdTech series is the very first new, innovative look at military aircraft to arrive in the marketplace in the last fifteen years. Individual volumes in this series provide a first-ever 'layman's technical' analysis and review of the world's most exciting combat aircraft. Included are photos, drawings and excerpts from previously 'secret' and 'restricted' technical manuals produced by the government and the aircraft manufacturers. Included are vintage photos of aircraft during prototype and manufacturing stages, exploded views, cutaways and phantom drawings form tech manuals, disassembled aircraft, rare variants and experimental models etc. Special emphasis is placed on the unique and ground-breaking design and performance aspects of each aircraft.
This series is for the enthusiast who has read all the combat stories, seen all the camouflage and markings books and now wants to learn the fascinating technical details behind the design and performance of combat aircraft.
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Rated by buyers -
First the good: Lots of pictures, some diagrams right out of the repair manuals, covers lots of ground, nice size at aprox 8 1/2 x 11 in., good forward by Lockheed test pilot Tony LeVier, some coverage of rare and never built variants. But for a book that is touted as a "fresh approach" using a more "technical" format, this book does not fulfill. Not so much in what it says or shows, but in what it leaves out. Not much of the Allison engine story, no technical details on wing loading or airfoil type, not even any specification charts. Other negatives include: More pictures than text, which leaves very little space in the 100 pages for the story. This forces the author to jump around, sometimes with each paragraph on a totally different subject. Only two aces are covered. All in all, it comes off as a low budget effort. If this book were to sell for (cheaper), and be described as an introduction and overview of the P-38, I would consider it a fair deal. But at twice the price, and sold as a technical approach, it is somewhat of a disapointment.
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