The Illustrated Directory of a Century of Manned Flight (Illustrated Directories) - Softcover

Bonds, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840654945 ISBN 13: 9781840654943

Publisher: Salamander, 2003

Synopsis

More than 300 dramatic photos, in full color and black-and-white, of all kinds of aircraft and the men who flew them. Special sidebar features, succinct quotes, and diary-style time lines. No edition stated.

About this title

From the Publisher:

· An addition to a highly successful, fact-packed series of Illustrated Directories.

· Includes dramatic action photographs of truly historic aircraft and famous pilots.

· Special sidebar features, succinct quotes, and diary-style timelines complement this highly readable narrative.

About the Author:

Ray Bonds has been a defense journalist, editor, and publisher during a career spanning over thirty-five years, covering periods and activities as wide-ranging as the U.S. Civil War, anti-ballistic missile systems, stealth warfare, and modern military intelligence gathering. He has written and edited scores of well-respected titles on the world's major armed forces, their battles, weapons, and organization, with specialist knowledge of the armed services of the United States. His works have included well-thumbed books on the shelves of official military education centres throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, and have included the important trilogy The U.S. War Machine, The Soviet War Machine, and The Chinese War Machine and, most recently, America's Special Forces.

About this edition

• Publisher: Salamander
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1840654945
• ISBN 13: 9781840654943
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360