Book Details
Title: Classic Aircraft; Fighters - Profiles of Major Combat Aircraft in Aviation History
Author: Bill Gunston
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Hamlyn
Year: 1978
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 160
Dimensions: L28.5cm x W22cm x D2cm
Weight: 1kg
ISBN: 0 600 33620 4
Battle Scars:
Good read condition. Dust jacket has some mild wear around edges with some shelf wear, rubbing and small tears in some places on edges and corners. Mild scuffing. Hardcover underneath are of blue boards and title/author embossed on the spine which is all intact. Mild bumping and crushing in some spots on the edges/spine/corners. Binding is firm and intact. On the first page is an ink inscribed name and a small spot of whiteout. Some yellowing of pages, but overall is good for age.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"The fighter was the most romantic of all combat aircraft, from the earliest scouts of the First World War through to the 1970s when its once-clear identity was lost as multi-combat functions were expected of its costly successors.
Through profiles of some of the outstanding aircraft, this book traces the evolution of the fighter through 60 years, from the stick and string machines of the first hesitant aerial combats to the ultra-sophisticated aircraft of the supersonic era, from the Fokkers and Nieuports, Camels and Pups, the Hurricane and Spitfire, Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Mustang and Zero of the Second World War, to the Mirage and Phantom.
Each Chapter recalls the inception of a classic type, describes its development, discusses its qualities and service career. The author draws on his experience, to describe machines in perspective, and write with insight of the men who build and flew them.
Fighters is illustrated with over 100 drawings and photographs, many in colour, with cutaway drawings of the principal aircraft."
Book Details
Title: Classic Aircraft; Fighters - Profiles of Major Combat Aircraft in Aviation History
Author: Bill Gunston
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Hamlyn
Year: 1978
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 160
Dimensions: L28.5cm x W22cm x D2cm
Weight: 1kg
ISBN: 0 600 33620 4
Battle Scars:
Good read condition. Dust jacket has some mild wear around edges with some shelf wear, rubbing and small tears in some places on edges and corners. Mild scuffing. Hardcover underneath are of blue boards and title/author embossed on the spine which is all intact. Mild bumping and crushing in some spots on the edges/spine/corners. Binding is firm and intact. On the first page is an ink inscribed name and a small spot of whiteout. Some yellowing of pages, but overall is good for age.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"The fighter was the most romantic of all combat aircraft, from the earliest scouts of the First World War through to the 1970s when its once-clear identity was lost as multi-combat functions were expected of its costly successors.
Through profiles of some of the outstanding aircraft, this book traces the evolution of the fighter through 60 years, from the stick and string machines of the first hesitant aerial combats to the ultra-sophisticated aircraft of the supersonic era, from the Fokkers and Nieuports, Camels and Pups, the Hurricane and Spitfire, Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Mustang and Zero of the Second World War, to the Mirage and Phantom.
Each Chapter recalls the inception of a classic type, describes its development, discusses its qualities and service career. The author draws on his experience, to describe machines in perspective, and write with insight of the men who build and flew them.
Fighters is illustrated with over 100 drawings and photographs, many in colour, with cutaway drawings of the principal aircraft."
