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04-30-2012, 13:59
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World War One in the Air Author:
Ray Rimell ISBN:
0-85368-798-6 Category:
Reference Format:
Paperback Summary:
Arms and Armour Press Vintage Warbirds No.9 is a 64pp alphabetical study from the AEG B.II to the Zeppelin Staaken R.VI, illustrated with 120 B&W photos of the aircraft flown primarily by the British and Germans, but also including French, Italian and US subjects. Generally, each photo has a quite detailed description of the aircraft type, the individual aircraft in the picture and comments on markings, capability and/or action in which it was involved. What makes this collection of photographs unusual is that all the shots are of aircraft in flight, and include some unusual beasts like the Linke-Hoffmann R.II (the largest single airscrew aircraft ever built, with a wingspan of nearly 139ft), the twin-boom Otto C.I and Hansa-Brandenburg W.29s strafing a ditched F2A flying boat. Published in the 1980s, the Vintage Warbirds series still turns up at book exchanges for not a lot more than the original cover price of £4.95, which makes it quite a bargain for what you get.
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World War One in the Air Author:
Ray Rimell ISBN:
0-85368-798-6 Category:
Reference Format:
Paperback Summary:
Arms and Armour Press Vintage Warbirds No.9 is a 64pp alphabetical study from the AEG B.II to the Zeppelin Staaken R.VI, illustrated with 120 B&W photos of the aircraft flown primarily by the British and Germans, but also including French, Italian and US subjects. Generally, each photo has a quite detailed description of the aircraft type, the individual aircraft in the picture and comments on markings, capability and/or action in which it was involved. What makes this collection of photographs unusual is that all the shots are of aircraft in flight, and include some unusual beasts like the Linke-Hoffmann R.II (the largest single airscrew aircraft ever built, with a wingspan of nearly 139ft), the twin-boom Otto C.I and Hansa-Brandenburg W.29s strafing a ditched F2A flying boat. Published in the 1980s, the Vintage Warbirds series still turns up at book exchanges for not a lot more than the original cover price of £4.95, which makes it quite a bargain for what you get.
43952