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The
COMPLETE
ILLUSTRATED
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
THE
WORLD'S
EDITED
BY
DAVID
MONDEY
ER.HistS.
RAFT
Military
and
aviation
civil
from
the
beginnings
to
the
present
day...
THE
COMPLETE
ILLUSTRATED
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
THE
WORLD'S
AIRCRAFT
Edited
by
David
Mondey
F.R.Hist.S.
This
encyclopedia
is
the
first
fully
international
guide
to
list
all
the
world's
manufacturers
of
production
aircraft,
both
military
and
civil,
from
the
beginning
of
powered
flight
to
the
present
day.
The
A-to-Z
arrangement
of
this
valuable
reference
book
provides
details
of
almost
1500
manufacturers
and
is
designed
to
give
the
general
reader
a
wide
acquaintanceship
with
the
thousands
of
different
types
of
aircraft
and
at
the
same
time
serve
the
more
knowledgeable
expert
with
easily
accessible
basic
information.
only
about
three-quarters
of
a
century
old,
its
impact
on
the
world
has
been
far-
reaching.
An
extensive
introduction
about
the
history
of
aviation
precedes
the
alphabetical
encyclopedia,
thus
placing
the
many
types
of
aircraft
described
in
perspective.
The
reader
will
therefore
be
able
to
understand
the
historical,
economic
and
technological
trends
which
have
produced
the
military
flight
is
Even
though
powered
and
civil
aircraft
of
any
period.
A
reference
book
of
this
scope
has
never
been
attempted
before
and
belongs
in
the
library
of
all
aviation
enthusiasts
as
a
vital
research
tool.
All
the
entries
in
the
encyclopedia
have
been
written
by
expert
aviation
writers,
and
the
entire
project
edited
and
coordinated
by
David
Monde^,
a
compiler
ol
Jane
's
All
the
World's
Aircraft
and
author
of
^4
Pictorial
History
of
the
United
States
Air
Force.
The
part
of
the
book
dealing
with
the
history
of
aviation
is
illustrated
in
full
color,
while
the
encyclopedia
itself
is
made
an
even
more
valuable
work
of
reference
by
the
addition
of
over
a
thousand
black-and-
white
and
two-color
photographs.
Jacket
front:
Fairey
Swordfish
II,
capable
of
carrying
an
18
in.
torpedo,
1,500
lb.
mine
orits
equivalent
in
bombs.
The
aircraft
illustrated
is
LS
326
of
the
Fleet
Air
Arm,
one
of
the
Jew
remaining
examples
of
this
historic
aircraft
still
maintained
in
airworthy
condition
at
R.^fA.S
Teovilton,
England.
Jacket
back;
The
first
of
the
series
of superb
fiying
boats
built
by
(Irumman,
the
Goose
first
made
its
appearance
in
W.37
and
has
since
been
used
in
both
civil
and
military
roles.
Large
numbers
of
this
aircraft
still
continue
to
give
excellent
service
in
remote
areas
of
the
world.
The
COMPLETE
ILLUSTRATED
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
THE
WORLD'S
AIRCRAFT
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The
COMPLETE
ILLUSTRATED
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
THE
WORLD'S
EDITED
BY
DAVID
MONDEY
ER.Hist.S.
AIRCRAFT
CHARTWELL
BOOKS,
INC.
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