Plane Spotters Guide
Osprey Publications
ISBN: 978-1-78096-051-7
By Ray Mehlberger
ISBN: 978-1-78096-051-7
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $11.95
Since their humble beginnings in the early 20th century, aeroplanes have revolutionized warfare. From the early dogfights above Europe in World War I to the Battle of Britain, the first jet aircraft, spy planes and beyond, aviation has become an essential component of military forces across the world.
But do you know your Spitfire from your Messerschmitt Bf 109, or what a B-52 looks like? Do you know how heavy the F-4 Phantom II is, or how fast it can fly?
The Plane Spotter’s Guide uses detailed profile artwork to illustrate and aid recognition of 70 iconic aircraft, and provides specification boxes to give all the technical details.
The book has a copyright date of 2012. It is not clear if Tony Holmes did the artwork or just the text.
The book is soft-bound of 216 pages in 7 3/8” x 4 ¾” page format.
When I first looked at the cover, it brought back memories of my childhood during WWII. The old fellow that lived next door to us in Philadelphia was an air raid warden. He had the white sun helmet with the air raid warden’s logo on the front of it. He once showed me a aircraft recognition book that had pages of black silhouettes in it of Allied and enemy aircraft.
The cover of this Osprey book, with it’s black aircraft silhouettes reminded me of that WWII book. I thought the pages of it would have silhouettes inside. I was surprised to find beautiful full color profiles on the pages.
For WWI aircraft there are 10 British and 6 German aircraft profiles.
For WWII aircraft there are 22 British, 8 Russian, 29 U.S., 12 German, 4 Italian and 6 Japanese aircraft profiles.
Modern aircraft are 4 Russian, 34 U.S., 4 British and 2 French aircraft profiles.
This book has an absolute wealth of neat color and marking schemes. Modelers will find some pretty nifty ones to maybe apply to their models.
I purchased my book in the gift shop at the Nimitz Naval Museum in Texas, that my son took me to visit while there for Christmas.
Since their humble beginnings in the early 20th century, aeroplanes have revolutionized warfare. From the early dogfights above Europe in World War I to the Battle of Britain, the first jet aircraft, spy planes and beyond, aviation has become an essential component of military forces across the world.
But do you know your Spitfire from your Messerschmitt Bf 109, or what a B-52 looks like? Do you know how heavy the F-4 Phantom II is, or how fast it can fly?
The Plane Spotter’s Guide uses detailed profile artwork to illustrate and aid recognition of 70 iconic aircraft, and provides specification boxes to give all the technical details.
The book has a copyright date of 2012. It is not clear if Tony Holmes did the artwork or just the text.
The book is soft-bound of 216 pages in 7 3/8” x 4 ¾” page format.
When I first looked at the cover, it brought back memories of my childhood during WWII. The old fellow that lived next door to us in Philadelphia was an air raid warden. He had the white sun helmet with the air raid warden’s logo on the front of it. He once showed me a aircraft recognition book that had pages of black silhouettes in it of Allied and enemy aircraft.
The cover of this Osprey book, with it’s black aircraft silhouettes reminded me of that WWII book. I thought the pages of it would have silhouettes inside. I was surprised to find beautiful full color profiles on the pages.
For WWI aircraft there are 10 British and 6 German aircraft profiles.
For WWII aircraft there are 22 British, 8 Russian, 29 U.S., 12 German, 4 Italian and 6 Japanese aircraft profiles.
Modern aircraft are 4 Russian, 34 U.S., 4 British and 2 French aircraft profiles.
This book has an absolute wealth of neat color and marking schemes. Modelers will find some pretty nifty ones to maybe apply to their models.
I purchased my book in the gift shop at the Nimitz Naval Museum in Texas, that my son took me to visit while there for Christmas.