Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN num: 9780887406881
ISBN number: 0887406882
Label: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: January 01, 1995
Publishing house: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Age index: Young Adult
Sale Popularity Level: 923898
Studio: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
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This new large format volume is a grand tribute to all of those who served in SAC from its inception in 1947 to its disestablishment in 1992. The great variety of aircraft and missile systems of Strategic Air Command are shown in over 800 colour and grey and white photographs, making this volume one of the definitive pictorials on the subject.
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WOW -- what an emotional experience reading this book was! If you have lived it, you will love the book. Recommended for all "SAC orphans" who spent their lives under that umbrella and would do it all again in a heartbeat.
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With only one other review I had to write and give my opinion. I had the opportunity to view this book at my local hobby shop. Because of the price I decided to look at Amazon - BUT - I found this book to be extremely interesting in its content. Being an old SAC crewdog, it brought back alot of great memories of a proud service and the people that made it work. Most of the photos were obviously taken by members of SAC while on duty. Not an easy task given the security measures we all had to follow. While it may not win any awards for its photography, I find the book to be accurate and a must have. I must admit that my preview of the book was only 90 minutes long. The owner asked if I was going to buy it because he wasn't operating a reading room. I'm sure once a copy is in my library my rating number will be a 5.
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This should have been a worthy tribute to SAC but its content has been badly let down by appalling standards of reproduction.
Schiffer books are not cheap and this one is no exception so it would be reasonable to hope that the highest standards of printing would prevail. Not so! There's hardly a pure grey or white tone in the whole book - nothing but muddy greys. The colour shots (those that aren't faded overall to pink, that is) have tone reproduction that is harsh, contrasty and garish.
I've bought other Schiffer books and been happy with the print quality so this one came as a surprise and a big let-down. If you see this book on sale at half-price, save your money - it really doesn't deserve shelf space.
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Photo history of SAC from being to end.... I saw many of the planes I worked and flew on in the book.... One of the best photo albums of planes I have ever seen..
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