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Military Aircraft

Jim Winchester author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Amber Books Ltd

Published:14th Jun '24

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Illustrated guide to over 1000 military aircraft each with its own artwork profile

Arranged chronologically by type to allow easy comparison with more than 1000 outstanding colour artworks, each featured aircraft or variant is illustrated with a full-colour artwork, showing in great detail its characteristics and markings, and completed with an informative caption.

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 to the stealthy shapes and unusual configurations of modern military aircraft like the Northrop Grumman B-2 and V-22 Osprey. Military Aircraft Visual Encyclopedia provides a fascinating guide to every major military aircraft type ever flown, all illustrated with a profile artwork, accompanied by brief details and specifications. 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 colour schemes and operators.
Arranged chronologically by type to allow easy comparison, each featured aircraft or variant is illustrated with an excellent full-colour artwork, showing in great detail its characteristics and markings, and completed with an informative caption. Many aircraft are illustrated in profile, and others in a head-on view.
With more than 1000 outstanding colour artworks, Military Aircraft Visual Encyclopedia is an authoritatively researched book that celebrates the many diverse designs of more than a century of military aviation.

ISBN: 9781838865009

Dimensions: 244mm x 192mm x 30mm

Weight: 1400g

448 pages