Cockpit: An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Interiors
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (965 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1550463748 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
While there is no shortage of books on Second World War fighter aircraft, Cockpit is the first book to take us inside so many of the most revered and feared fighters and bombers of the war, including rare shots of Japanese and German aircraft interiors. Cockpit offers an unprecedented inside view of these extraordinary airplanes and the men who flew them.. Built during the crisis of war, the cockpits and aircraft featured in this book were marvels of technology and ingenuity. A candid "pilot's perspective" accompanies the story of each plane
Since 1988 pilot-photographer Dan Patterson has published ten books. He currently teaches Radio Copywriting at Humber College in Toronto. A member of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, he has attended many of the world's major air shows and toured aviation museums in England, the United States and Canada. Donald Nijboer is a copywriter, screenwriter and longtime aviation enthusiast. He has worked for radio stations and
A "must" for any modellers bookshelf. The writer Donald Nijboer and photographer Dan Patterson have triumphed in recording the "offices" of 37 front-line aircraft of World War II. --By Giuseppe Finizio . (Air Pictorial)As you thumb through this book, you'll swear you can smell oil and av-gas. (Pilot) --Olga FederkevichThis book has all the details and information that either a modeller, aviation historian or enthusiast could need, with full colour photos of very high quality. (Air and Space Smithsonian)The cockpit photographs are superb you can not only read every tiny placard, but see where a mechanic's screwdriver
12 monthsof enjoyment one month at a time. If you go to an airshow, or click on any number of aviation websites, you will see some spectacular views of aircraft. But as snazzy as the photos(or the real thing)are, they all have one failing- you are looking at the outside of the airplane. If you're a pilot, you're not going to be outside of the Bir. "Fascinating and unique" according to BillH. "Cockpit:" is a collection of sharp, full-page color photos of WWII cockpits, accompanied by good quality period photos, a surprising number of which are also in color. A brief description of the aircraft is included along with a few paragraphs by a former pilot or other aircraft expert.Having a collecti. Graeme J. W. Smith said Nice. Short summaries of each aircraft history - the brevity of which means there are inaccuracies through editing.The keys to instruments are generally accurate but not always. One or two artificial horizons are identified as direction indicators when the terms is used elsewhere in the book for the gyro compa