American Military Aircraft: A Century of Innovation --2005 publication.

by Jim Winchester

Book Overview

During the dark days of World War II, American military air power was forged into the mightiest war machine the world has ever seen. In the space of five years, the United States progressed from the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760769826
• ISBN13: 9780760769829
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Metro Books
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 5.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

great book, very thorough

got the book for my son, great book, very thorough, covers a wide assortment of aircraft, well illustrated, and has enough detail to keep your average airplane nut busy for quite a while, well worth the money

Brief Bios of U.S. Military Birds!

An English import, AMERICAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT, A CENTURY OF INNOVATION surveys 200+ U.S. combat aircraft and helos. Published by Metro Books in 2005, author Jim Winchester's book is a colorful introduction to warbirds as diverse as Au-23s, F11Fs, C-17s, A-10s, P-38s, RC-12s, F-14s, TH-55s, F-89s, U-2s, A-20s, P5Ms, F-22s and B-17s. Reasonably priced at $19.98, it's worth a look-see. AMERICAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT is alphabetically arranged by manufacturer: the first being Airco; the last, Vultee. Each aircraft gets a two-page spread. A typical entry is that for the Grumman F4F Wildcat. The Wildcat's two-page spread includes an air combat scene by Iain Wyllie; a "Photo File" featuring 5 b & w and color pix; a "Profile" giving a 1/4-page historical summary, a photo and color side- and over-head views; an "Aircraft Specs" sidebar; a "Combat Data" sidebar; a "Special Feature" with artwork of F4Fs over Wake Island and a "Facts and Figures" sidebar. Some aircraft - the P-40, B-17, B-24, F-14, etc. - rate two two-page spreads. The F-4 tops out at six pages in all. Given the price tag and the wealth of illustrations, it's hard to beat AMERICAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT. If you want detailed info on these warbirds, you'll need to go elsewhere. But, for a quick but colorful warbird "fix," Jim Winchester's book will do fine. Recommended. ****** NB. If some of these illustrations look familiar, that's because they have been recycled from old Aerospace Publishing books, magazines and laminated card-sets published in the 1970s and '80s.