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Douglas A-4 Skyhawk: Attack & Close-Support Fighter Bomber

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This volume is one of the best and most complete monographs in a single volume on a post-WWII military jet. It is well written and misses no aspect of the Skyhawk's long and varied military career or the details of its engineering and operation with a multitude of air arms. The history starts in in the early 1950s and continues to virtually today. The descriptions of its superb design and build, that made the "Scooter" a favorite with pilots for 50 years, is all here. The book reads well, is informative and I found it free of noticeable mistakes. The artwork of 20 color profiles, in many of its various plumages, by Dave Windle, is amongst the best in this kind of volume anywhere. The many photos, primarily color, are also excellent. I highly recommend this book to all with an interest in post-War military aircraft or just fans of great airplanes.

I bought this book after reading a review in the May/June 2007 Naval Aviation News. It is one of the finest single-aircraft monographs I have seen in a long while. The book is very inclusive of every air arm around the world which has used the Skyhawk and has equal coverage of development, production and operational history. The illustrations are of high quality, with many color photographs and numerous excellent color profiles. The tabular data on production history and surviving Skyhawks in the 21st century is very useful. This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in naval aviation history and the Skyhawk in particular.

I like books with engineering details, and this one is fairly good on that front. Also has a lot of information on the different deployments, as well as countries that have deployed the A-4.

The best inside history of the Bantam A-4 Skyhawk. Anyone who wants to know about the A-4 Skyhawk should purchase this book - excellent!