Description and condition: Blue boards hardback, dustcover, 4to, 256pp, index, illustrated throughout. Very good with nice bright clean pages throughout. In similar, clipped, dustcover.
Contents: “In this book Philip Kaplan has created a splendid record and celebration of fighter pilots of many nations, from the First World War aces in their fragile contrivances of fabric and wood to the men and, increasingly, women, who fly the sleek, titanium-clad fighters of today... He explains why only a tiny minority of pilots - those in whom the desire for combat overrode everything - accounted for so large a proportion of the victories. He surveys the sills that a successful pilot must have - a natural aptitude for flying, marksmanship, keen eyesight - and the way in which fighter tactics have developed. He also relates the history of some of the great fighter planes whose names - Spad, Spitfire, Mustang, Me 109, Zero, Sabre, Phantom - have gone down in aviation history.” |
