Featuring ninety-three popular aircraft from the collection of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, this revised edition contains eight new additions. Each entry includes several photographs, an article briefly detailing its history, and data on the plane's wingspan, length, height, weight, and engine type.
Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution or simply the Smithsonian is a group of museums, education and research centres created by the United States federal government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge"