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Plane Spotter’s Guide
Aviation has revolutionised warfare over the last 100 years, and this new guide gives the reader the essential details of 70 iconic aircraft, including the Sopwith Camel, the Spitfire, the P-51 Mustang and the F-4 Phantom. It uses detailed profile artwork to illustrate and aid recognition.
216 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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June 30, 2021
A good little read for anyone interested in aviation and aircraft, but almost useless as an actual planespotter’s guide.
With an exclusive selection of warbirds; civilian, commercial and military support aircraft are absent from the pages. The book is also heavily skewed towards US produced airframes (so much so that the Canberra and Harrier are included under the US manufacturer designation where they’re built under licence.) Many of the aircraft featured have no airworthy examples left, so you’re only going to see them in a museum where you would expect them to be clearly identified. For those that are still flying, only a side elevation is illustrated - no photos, just illustrations - making identification from the ground very difficult.
Each of the aeroplanes that are featured receive a single page of background text, a sidebar of specifications, two illustrations and a brief biography of the featured airframes: which in itself is very interesting. However, for use as an aid to aircraft recognition there are plenty of better examples out there.
With an exclusive selection of warbirds; civilian, commercial and military support aircraft are absent from the pages. The book is also heavily skewed towards US produced airframes (so much so that the Canberra and Harrier are included under the US manufacturer designation where they’re built under licence.) Many of the aircraft featured have no airworthy examples left, so you’re only going to see them in a museum where you would expect them to be clearly identified. For those that are still flying, only a side elevation is illustrated - no photos, just illustrations - making identification from the ground very difficult.
Each of the aeroplanes that are featured receive a single page of background text, a sidebar of specifications, two illustrations and a brief biography of the featured airframes: which in itself is very interesting. However, for use as an aid to aircraft recognition there are plenty of better examples out there.
August 28, 2024
Basic overview of planes and their characteristics. A notably heavy emphasis on US planes.
November 25, 2025
Info muy básica
Sólamente para un acercamiento muy básico. Sólo vistas laterales.
No mucho para resaltar, una desilusión haber pagado por él,
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Sólamente para un acercamiento muy básico. Sólo vistas laterales.
No mucho para resaltar, una desilusión haber pagado por él,
Pase al siguiente
June 9, 2025
On pages 1-146; 1 plane I found fascinating is the Messerschmitt Me 262. This aircraft is the first ever fighter jet. It was made in 1941 and was an experimental fighter that arrived late into the war in 1944. The aircraft was known for being very unreliable and out of 1,400 Me 262's, only 500 survived.
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