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A Field Guide to Airplanes, Third Edition

A Field Guide to Airplanes, Third Edition
By M. R. Montgomery

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Extending the principles of the famed Peterson Identification System to the man-made world, A Field Guide to Airplanes will enable you to identify virtually any plane in North America, in the air or on the ground. This fully revised and updated third edition features more than 400 aircraft, including 75 new planes that incorporate the latest advances in general aviation, military aircraft, commercial airliners, business jets, and helicopters. Beautiful and accurate illustrations include arrows and detailed drawings to help pinpoint the differences between similar models. Clear, succinct descriptions of each plane include statistical information, history, and a list of important field marks that distinguish one plane from another. For serious enthusiasts and amateurs alike, this is the only true field guide to airplanes.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #146379 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-03-20
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 304 pages

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About the Author
Gerald L. Foster is an artist and an architect.

M. R. Montgomery is a writer for the Boston Globe as well as the author of In Search of L.L. Bean and Saying Goodbye. He lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts, under the southwest flight path of Hanscom Field.

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A great spotter guide for the aviation fan.4
This well organized book contains more than 350 aircraft of North America. Each aircraft is well described and a history and statistical information is nicely presented. One of the more unique parts of this guide is that each aircraft is given a small list of items that separate it from similar looking aircraft. The illustrations are precise and very accurate, too. This guide is wonderful and comes in very handy. There are more planes that could be added and possibly a few rarities that could be removed, but the book's wealth of information weighs over. This guide aids beautifully in identification of aircraft and a second book, such as Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook, would make a great companion to fill in all the information. All in all, this book is very worthwhile to any aviation enthusiast.

This book is perfect for local plane spotting5
This is an excellent book. I've been disappointed in other guide books that omit older planes. In my area, older planes and even biplanes are the most interesting things flying out of the small fields. It's also helpful that it doesn't try to cover the European types we just don't see here. The organizational scheme is also good. Some books try to group planes by the number engines, wing type, etc. But that approach puts huge and tiny planes in the same section. THIS book does it properly, seperating out the airliners from the private types.

A guide book about the iron birds of the sky.5
This is a great book for anyone who is interested in aviation or an novice "plane-spotter". The book is set up much like (as the title says) a field guide complete with field marks for quick identification. Also a great book for getting child that is interested in airplanes. There is also a helicopter section added.