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The Illustrated History of McDonnell Douglas Aircraft : From Cloudster to Boeing

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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.

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...