Product Description

From the earliest single-engine biplanes to today’s wide-bodied airliners and superfighters, this comprehensively researched encyclopedia provides detailed information to satisfy the most devoted aviation buff. More than 1,000 aircraft are illustrated with a photograph or artwork, with key examples treated in full-page detail that include dimensions, performance capabilities, and payload. The remaining aircraft are covered in sidebars with brief but informative descriptions, and an A-Z format by manufacturer enables easy reference. Covering more than 3,000 aircraft of every type—including every military and civil fixed-wing aircraft, plus helicopters and convertiplanes—The Encyclopedia of Aircraft is unmatched in its scope and detail, and provides the essential reference work for aviation enthusiasts everywhere.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #743061 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 544 pages

Customer Reviews

Some dissapointments
While this is a pretty good book, there are some disappointments. About 60% of the 3000 aircraft have a one sentence description. Some of the photographs are more journalistic flash and trash. One example is showing the photo of the pilot of the Bell x1 instead of the aircraft. Another is from the rear of the aircraft instead of the usual, more informative top or side photo. It would have been helpful had the index had a section with the year of introduction. Without this you have to do an exhaustive read of the book to find which aircraft were from which era.

Another problem with this book is its emphasis on European, especially English, manufacturers. Many highly successful US airplanes are not listed and minor English ones are.

A Feast
For lovers of airplanes such as I , this is indeed a veritable feast..
Almost every craft that took to the air is included..