AIR Enthusiast Volume ONE & Volume TWO — THE HISTORIC AVIATION JOURNAL —
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | VOLUME 1 : 0-385-08171-5 & VOLUME 2 : 0-385-06922-7 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover with Jacket |
| Special Features | Volume ONE (Numbers 1 to 7 bound, each Number 56 p.) & Volume TWO (Numbers 1 to 7 bound, each Number 56 p.) |
| Condition | VG |
| Publisher | Pilot Press Limited |
| Number of pages | 392 pages /Volume |
| Published date | 1971 & 1972 First Published in the United Kingdom, 1972, by Fine-Scroll Limited, De Worde |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 21 x 29 x 2,5 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION CIVILE • AVIATION MILITAIRE • APPAREILS - CONSTRUCTEURS |
Description
AIR Enthusiast — THE HISTORIC AVIATION JOURNAL
The premier publication for aviation buffs the world over. A unique blend of contemporary and historic, with a wealth of monotone and color photographs, general arrangement drawings, superb cutaway drawings revealing graphically the structures, systems and equipment of airplanes both ancient and modern, and color profiles added to in-depth features by such world authorities as William Green, Gordon Swanborough, John Fricker, Roy Braybrook and others. Current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled by the test pilots who flew them, military operations described, and much, much more.
Contents Volume One
Fight for the Skies: Fighters surveyed
End of an Era: The last Soviet fighting biplane
Thirty Seconds over Sargodha: Indo- Pakistan '65 air war
Dassault Flies a Kite: Milan attack fighter development
Oil Well Top Cover: The story of Rumanian air power
HS.141 - The Airport Shrinker: An essay in V/STOL
The Widow: The story of Northrop's P-61 night fighter
The Turkish Air Forces: Turkey's air role in NATO
Raiden -The Asiatic Thunderbolt: Story of the J4M
Arsenal VB 10: The story of a radical French fighter
The Caproni that Nearly Joined the BAF
The Billion-dollar Bomber: Soviet work on the B-29
MiG-21 -Air Superiority Soviet Style
Pirates Ashore: USAF introduces A- 7D Corsair
The Calamitous 'Cobra: RAF's experience with the P-39
Jungle Fliers of the Rubber State: Malaysian Air Force
Halfway-House Fokker: Story of the D XXI fighter
Lancer: Details of Lockheed's CL-1200-2 fighter project
Combat over the Carpathians: Air war 'tween Hungary and Slovakia
Concorde _Evolution of an SST
Fighters for the RAF: Development of fighter tactics
Flying the "Flying Suitcase": Recollections of Hampden Natter--the "Throwaway" Fighter: The Bachem Ba 349
Emil versus Luftwaffe: Yugoslav use of the Bf 109
Bronco -the Willing Workhorse: North American OV-10
Islander to Trislander: Britten-Norman's aircraft
MiG-3: Undistinguished ancestor of the MiG-21
A Violent Finnish Wind: Story of a Finnish fighter
The Fokker Fours: Development of the largest Fokkers
Lyulka-A Soviet Pioneer: Interview with the pioneer turboiet designer
Ubiquitous Hawk: The History of the Curtiss Hawk 75
Flying the "Wooden Wonder': Mosquito reminiscences
Fledgeling Fighter: Early development of the Bf 109
Israel -Preparing for the Next Round: Israeli air arm
A Soviet Canberra: Development of Ilyushin II-28 bomber
The Not-so-Ancient Mariner: Twenty years of the Skyhawk
Flying the Douglas Twins: Recollections of the DB-7
Contents Volume Two
Swing-wing Birds of Pease: Phase-in of FB-111 bomber
Canadair's STOL Story: Canadian STOL transports
Lightning from Lombardy: The Macchi C.202 fighter
Airliner that went to War: The Junkers Ju 86
'Portugal's Forgotten War: Air power in Portuguese Guinea
Front Office Evolution: Development of airplane cockpits
Facelift for the Luftwaffe: Germany's future air arm
Super Spads for the USAF: The Attack-Xperimental goriest
End of an Era: The Ensign -a late pre-WW Il airlinor
Flying the Liberator: Reminiscences of the B-24
Boomerang -The Diggers' Delight: Australia's own tighter
New Wave of Warplanes: F-14 Tomcat and F-15 Eagle
Mercure-A Short-haul Gamble: Dassault's new airfirer
Rise and Demise of a Weapon: The story of transportgliders
Flying the Trent-Meteor: World's first turboprop airdlane
Masterpiece for the Matelots: Story of the. Fairey Firefly:
A Tangible Illusion -Mirage F: France's latest fighter
Journal of an Air War: Indo- Pakistan conflict 1971
The First Jet Fighter: The story of the Heinkel He 280
Hals-und-Beinbruch to VFW -Fokker: Development o VAK191 B
Giant Voice: The USAF SAC's annual competition
Recollections of the Canadair Sabre: A pilot reminisces
The Saxon's Return: Flying the Airspeed Horsa glider
Post-mortem on an Air War: A Pakistani view of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan conflict
Jump-jet Made for Two: Development of the two-seat harries
Unlimited Racing with the Hot Ships
Jodel Revolution: A French line of light airplanes
Sire of the U-2: The story of the Lockheed 12-A
Turboiets over Tokyo Bav: Japan's first turboiet warsiane
Lynx-Yeovil's Revolutionary Yearling: New British helicontal
Mastering Heinkel's Minimus: Flying the tiny He 162 " People's Fighter"
Arabian Fledgeling: The Royal Saudi Air Force