Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook

This is the first major work on aircraft recognition to be published since the Second World War.

Written by an eminent aviation journalist, this book has been carefully planned to act both as a programmed learning system and as an indispensable guide to the recognition of over 400 types in service today (1979), from Mach 2 interceptors to agricultural aircraft. Each page is designed for ease of information retrieval, showing the aircraft in three-view silhouette with a clear half-tone illustration, basic data and a brief history. Derek Wood (1930-2003) was, for more than 30 years, the doyen of aviation specialists in Fleet Street and enjoyed a reputation of unimpeachable integrity.