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Description
Characteristics
| ISBN-10 | 0 7110 0452 8 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( rounded spine binding ) |
| Special Features | Dust Jacket |
| Condition | VG |
| Author(s) | John W. R. Taylor, Gordon Swanborough |
| Publisher | Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton, Surrey |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Published date | 1973 (First published 1971) |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 15 x 23 x 2 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • APPAREILS - CONSTRUCTEURS |
Description
In the space of only two years, since the first edition of this book was published, 30 types of aircraft have appeared or have been newly adapted for military use. For the first time in any reference work of this kind there is a photograph of a model of Russia's new swing-wing supersonic bomber, known to NATO as Backfire. Important Soviet combat machines like the swing-wing Mig-23 and over-2,000mph MiG-25 are identified by their correct designations for the first time.
American entries include the new F-15A Eagle fighter, the Fairchild A-10A close-support aircraft, and the Boeing EC-137D that will evolve into an airborne warning and fighter control aircraft carrying a huge saucer radome above its fuselage. European newcomers include the three-nation swing-wing MRCA, intended to become the backbone of the RAF in the late seventies.
Every combat type known to be in service with the world's air forces is included in this unrivalled single-volume reference work; so are the transports, trainers and second-line machines—every kind of aircraft that can be seen in military insignia. More than 290 superb photographs, plus silhouette drawings, illustrate a book that is essential to those whose lives may depend on recognising aeroplanes quickly and surely, and will be of absorbing interest and value to enthusiasts, model makers and everyone in the aviation industry.
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