Product Description: More than 100 of the world's most potent fighter aircraft are depicted in superbly detailed cutaway drawings: from the canvas-and-string contraptions of World War I to the amazing stealth fighters that are taking air combat into the 21st century...read more

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During the first chaotic months after the fall of the Third Reich, the RAE sent test pilots throughout the British Zone of Occupation to collect examples of the Luftwaffe's standard aircraft and then ferry them to Farnborough. Captain Eric Brown was a pilot in this ferrying operation. Here Brown delivers a detailed assessment of the characteristics of these principal German aircraft: Fw200C; Heinkel He162; Junkers Ju87; Dornier Do217; Messerschmitt Me262, Bf109G, Bf110, Me163, and several others.

Chronicling the story of flight from 1896 and the Lilienthal glider to the futuristic British aerospace HOTOL, a colorful wall chart offers plane silhouettes on a time-line, notes about all aspects of flight, and much more.

Provides information on the history and development of U.S. military aircraft, including fighters, bombers, transport planes, reconnaissance planes, and helicopters

Product Description: Book by Gunter Endres, William Green, Gordon Swanborough, John Mowinski (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Gordon Swanborough

Describes the features of modern civil aircraft, offers brief profiles of the world's commercial airlines, and lists the composition of their fleets