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Cockpit
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"Cockpit... it defines the place where the fighting cocks of the aviation world waged their vicious battles," writes air vice-marshal Ron Dick in his foreword.
"The act of strapping in helps to integrate pilot and machine, and, ideally the pilot's hands fall naturally to the stick and throttle. They move and the machine responds, offering full three-dimensional freedom. They offer an escape from the terrestrial bondage and a level of exhilaration that is hard to match."
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. The Second World War represented a classic period in the development and perfection of propeller-driven aircraft. Built during the crisis of war, the cockpits and aircraft featured in this book were marvels of technology and ingenuity.
An insightful and candid "pilot's perspective" accompanies the story of each plane.
Cockpit is an unprecedented insider's view of these extraordinary airplanes and the men who flew them.
by Donald Nijboer
Published by Airlife 1998 1st UK edition. 176pp profusely illustrated with colour photographs, index, bibliography. 24x32 fine, including d/j.
37 aircraft covered:
Gloster Gladiator, Fairey Swordfish, Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, Bristol Blenheim, Bristol Beaufighter, DeHavilland Mosquito, Hawker Typhoon, Avro Lancaster, Seversky P-35, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Bell P-39 Airacobra, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, North American P-51 Mustang, Bell P-59 Airacomet, Douglas A-20 Havoc, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, North American B-25 Mitchell, Martin B-26 Marauder, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Grumman F4F Wildcat, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Chance Vought F4U Corsair, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen, Mitsubishi KI-46-III "Dinah", Kawanishi Shiden-Kai, Kawasaki KI-100, Yakovlev Yak-3, MesserschmittBf109, Focke Wulf Fw190, Junkers Ju87, Messerschmitt Me410, Messerschmitt Me163, Messerschmitt Me262
Note:
"Long" descriptions, where shown, may have been taken from the book's dust jacket notes, and as such are relevant to the date of publication (e.g. any references to "new edition" "previously unpublished photographs" etc.) and not the present.
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