Visual Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft

With over 1000 outstanding color artworks, Military Aircraft Visual Encyclopedia is an authoritatively researched book that celebrates the many diverse designs of more than a century of military aviation.. Common types such as the Spitfire, Ju 87 Stuka, F-86 Sabre and F-4 Phantom are featured with several artworks showing the range of color schemes and operators. The history of aviation is full of striking and unusual designs, from the biplanes and triplanes of World War I, through the giant bombers and streamlined fighters of World War II and beyond, to the stealthy shapes and unusual configurations of modern military aircraft like the Northrop Grumman B-2 and V-22 Osprey. Arranged chronologically by type to allow easy comparison, each featured aircraft or variant is illustrated with an excellent full-color artwork, showing in great detail its characteristics and markings, and completed with an informative caption. Military Aircraft Visual Encyclopedia provides a fascinating

"The book has a lot of illustrations, but many" according to Casey. The book has a lot of illustrations, but many of the pages are nothing more than the same aircraft repeated in different color schemes.There are a lot of errors, including several aircraft that are either mislabeled or have the wrong illustration.The descriptions are also extremely brief.. "Thorough Collection" according to UnsocializedHomeschooler. I knew next to nothing about military aircraft before buying this book. My eleven year old son dreams of being a pilot and collects every book on flight or planes he can. I gave him this book for a Christmas present. He lovingly tucked it into his stash, read it in bed, and even carried it with his many Lego volumes. (. "Unusual format really works." according to Bernard. All of the aircraft in this book are arranged by era, WWI, Golden Age, WWII, Korea, Viet Nam etc (my titles, not the author's) and by Country. This works much better than the alphabetical approach in other encyclopedia.The illustrations are all drawings, not photos, but they're good quality, and the text is succinct bu