Thirty meticulous cutaways detail a range of McDonnell Douglas aircraft from the pre-merger Douglas World Cruiser, to the seminal DC-3 airliner, the F-15 fighter, and the MD-90 jetliner. Badrocke's cutaways (which include ten gatefolds) and color plates provide an invaluable resource for modelers, and are wonderfully complemented by a selection of 100 archival photographs. Each of the aircraft featured, from the ubiquitous McDonnell Douglas jetliners to such fascinating but nearly forgotten machinery as the F-101 Voodoo and AH-64A Apache helicopter, is discussed by aviation historian Bill Gunston, who provides detailed development, production, and service histories, as well as vital specifications, for each aircraft.
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Osprey's Aircraft Cutaways series tells the stories of the most innovative aircraft companies in the world, in authoritative texts supported by cutaway drawings, colour profiles, and archival photography.
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Tremendous Reference for McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft,
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This review is from: The Illustrated History of McDonnell Douglas Aircraft : From Cloudster to Boeing (Hardcover)
This book contains BEAUTIFUL line-art illustrations of a host of Douglas, McDonnell and McDonnell-Douglas aircraft, past and present. The artwork was done by Mike Badrocke who is a recognized master at this craft. Bill Gunston is also a master aviation writer. Together they've produced a very beautiful book for the aviation enthusiast. You'll see cutaways of the "DC series" commercial aircraft (e.g., DC-3, DC-9, etc.), McDonnell fighters (e.g., F-101, F-4 and others) as well as earlier aircraft from both manufacturers. The book also shows us the latest McDonnell-Douglas aircraft after the merger (e.g., F-15, F-18, C-17 and DC-10). As with other Badrocke illustrations, there are labels/callouts to various parts of the plane which help guide you through its inner workings. Gunston provides an historical view of many McDonnell-Douglas aircraft which are not illustrated. Those not illustrated are usually the older, more esoteric aircraft with limited historical visibility. Overall, it's a wonderful book to help you "explore" the insides of these aircraft, and nobody does that better than Badrocke.
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McDonnell Douglas good airplanes, bad book,
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Not a very well written book with disjointed and confusing text.
Not well organized. I wonder if the writer and editor have any organizational skills at all? Probably a function of a writer/editor having too much self-confidence in there own abilities...
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In April 1920 Don Douglas wrote to his old mentor Professor Jerome C. Hunsaker, saying he wanted to set himself up as a planemaker. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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In April 1920 Don Douglas wrote to his old mentor Professor Jerome C. Hunsaker, saying he wanted to set himself up as a planemaker. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fold hydraulic jack, spar hinge joint, wing rib construction, flap hydraulic jack, pivot fixing, wing tip fairing, avionics equipment bay, breaker strut, undercarriage leg strut, spill duct, retraction jack, shroud ribs, formation lighting, twin nosewheels, stringer construction, front pressure bulkhead, ram air intake, hinge control, covered elevator, windscreen panels, panel shroud, rear pressure bulkhead, wing fence, arrester hook, weight empty Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Long Beach, Santa Monica, General Electric, World War, Chief Engineer, Hugh Cowin, Twin Wasp, Army Air Corps, Air Service, Span Length, Double Wasp, Eric Springer, George Jansen, Martin Marietta, Pearl Harbor, Bob Donovan, Clover Field, Douglas Corporation, Hamilton Standard, Midnight Blue, Mines Field, Naval Aircraft Factory, North Atlantic, Northrop Grumman New!
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