X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II The Focke-Wulf Ta 183 geheim projekt came from the mind of aircraft design genius Hans Multhopp. With its single HeS 011A turbojet engine and signature Multhopp T-tail it had been selected for immediate series production by the RLM in March, 1945, and Focke-Wulf officials believed that the 183s maiden flight might occur as quickly as June, 1945. Post-war the Ta 183 became the mother of the Soviet MiG-15 and the Argentine IAe 33 Pulqui II which Kurt Tank built for President Juan Per n. This photographic history of the 183 by David Myhra features 129 mostly previously unpublished photos, three-view line drawings, and stunning state-of-the-art digital color images.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
This book [is bad],
By Marcin Konczakowski (Gdansk Poland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Focke-Wulf Ta 183 (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)
On cover of this book You will read: '...mostly unpublished photos, three-view line drawings, and stunning state-of-art digital color images'.But in the book there are no good three-view line drawings (I know that such a drawings are aviable for Ta 183). 'State of art 3D color images' are in fact very low quality, black and white, very bad renderings (You can find better in the net). Some of them has pixels 1x1mm! Picture on the cover is ink jet print! In my opinnion it is the worst airplane monography, that I have ever seen (I had to gave this book 1 star, but it should be 0). Don't buy it - it [is bad]
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Possibly the worst researched aviation book I've ever seen,
By baclightning (Kirkland, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Focke-Wulf Ta 183 (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)
Where do I start? First off, Myhra is terrible writer, whose prose is pedestrian and clumsy. The photos in the book are mainly of models - nicely built, but still models. On the good side, Myhra has access to many original drawings, and these are interesting.What is most disturbing is Myhra's complete lack of research skills in anything other than his primary subject, and his utter disregard for any facts that contradict his pet theories. Myhra repeats the now discredited theory that the Soviet MiG-15 was a "reworking" of the Ta 183, rather than an original design, as has become clear since the relevant Soviet information has become available since the fall of the Berlin Wall. For the accurate story, try Bill Gunston's authoritive book in MiG Aircraft in the Putman series. Even more of a stretch is Myhra's assertation that the English Electric Lightning was a reworking of a design that Ta 183 designer Hans Multhropp did for the RAE in 1947. Myhra is obviously unfamiliar with his subject; he claims the Lightning first flew in 1947, when it actually, as the P.1, flew in 1954. The two aircraft have virtually nothing in common; the Multhropp design had absolutely nothing to do with the Lightning. I should know; my father was on the Lightning design team, and I asked him! Myhra shows a blatant disregard for facts in this book. Look at the pictures if you like, but ignore the text.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting aircraft, but book lacks substance.,
By Kesselring (Utah United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Focke-Wulf Ta 183 (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)
This heavily illustrated volume is just one in the "X Planes of the Third Reich Series." Although this aircraft, the Ta 183, is a most interesting topic for study this work gives relatively little in the way of substance, which begs the question, "If there is such scant information about this aircraft why produce an entire book on it?"A brief introduction (8 or 9 pages of a total of 64) is devoted to the history of the aircraft including the fighter's conception and post World War II developments. Much more information regarding the later topic should have been presented in this work seeing that the Ta 183 was never produced during World War II. The rest of the book is devoted to pictures, diagrams, and computer rendered images of the Ta 183. While the computer rendered images are fascinating to look at they are overdone, there are too many; they become too redundant. There is also too much reliance on pictures of scale models of the aircraft. This is understandable seeing that the Ta 183 was only in the design stages when the Third Reich collapsed, but they are overused. On the other hand they do give the reader a clear idea of what the fighter would/could have looked like. Photographs of the post-war evolution (in Argentina and the Soviet Union) of the aircraft are adequate. Overall this book is not a "must have" even for "hard core" Luftwaffe enthusiasts. It does however make enjoyable viewing just for the sake of the historical question of "what if".
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