Product Description

The Blandford Colour Pocket books introduced a whole generation of readers to a vast range of subjects in a format which won universal admiration. Centred around a block of detailed, accurate colour plates, the text offered sufficient technical and narrative information to make of the reader an instant expert. Today, these little books are collectors' pieces, and in this reprint edition the plates and text stand up to the closest examination. The eighty colour plates are arranged in the broad sequence: biplanes, single-engined monoplanes, multi-engined monoplanes and a sole rocket-powered aircraft, the Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, a Kamikaze piloted flying bomb. Each aircraft is shown in 'split' plan view so that the colour schemes and markings on both upper and lower surfaces can be clearly distinguished; each aircraft is also shown in full profile. The captions provide the main technical data while the text puts the aircraft type in its historical and combat perspective

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1846050 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

About the Author
Kenneth Munson is an expert on all aspects of aviation history and has written very many books on aircraft and aerial warfare.