The Great Book of Fighters

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Summary: The Best One Book Encyclopedia of Fighter Planes Ever
Review: The pictures and text really compliment each other. More
drawings and info packed into one book than I've ever seen.
If you've ever wanted a book that covers every fighter, this
is it.

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Summary: A Comprehensive Reference Guide w/o Narrative
Review: This is an excellent reference book for those of us who enjoy airplanes and military history. A vast, double-folio sized book, Fighters is a comprehensive illustrated volume which attempts to cover virtually every fighter plane ever produced - from ill-fated prototypes to successful mass-produced planes like the Supermarine Spitfire, Mig 15, McDonnell-Douglas Phantom and the Grunmann F-14 Tomcat. The text is straightforward, terse and technical, but then, this is a reference work, not a narrative volume. Written by William Green, Gordon Swanborough and Mike Spick, all veteran aviation journalists, Fighters is a great table-top reference for the aviation enthusiast.

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Summary: A must-have for aviation enthusiasts
Review: Twenty-five years ago I bought William Green's 'Warplanes of the Third Reich' and still consider it the best aviation reference book in my library. This book doesn't contain the same extreme level of detail of the other book but is still quite impressive. With a photo and brief description of 1700 fighters this book will excite any aircraft enthusiast.