A book of cutaways of aircraft from aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin. Aircraft illustrated include the Hudson bomber, Constellation, P3 Orion anti-submarine plane and the gigantic Galaxy transport, to the SR-71 spyplane, the world's fastest air-breathing 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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A bit disappointed,
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This review is from: Lockheed Aircraft: The History of Lockheed Martin (Aircraft Cutaways) (Hardcover)
While the cutaway illustrations are magnificent, and the illustrator did a fantastic job, I find that only 1/2 of the 38 Lockheed aircraft indexed have cutaway illustrations. Perhaps it was too much to expect, but I anticipated similar cutaways of the seminal single-engine Lockheeds of the 1930's: Explorer, Air Express, Vega, Sirius, Altair, Orion. Only the Vega is so immortalized. Also, the index is flawed by the "search for occurrences of" syndrome, as the Model 9 Orion includes a listing for the P-3 Orion, and the Model 10 Electra includes the L-188 Electra. These are nits - it's a very good book - just not what I thought it was going to be. If you're looking for something specific, check out a copy in your local bookstore. If it meets your needs, *then* buy it.
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Tremendous Illustrative Effort,
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This review is from: Lockheed Aircraft: The History of Lockheed Martin (Aircraft Cutaways) (Hardcover)
This book contains BEAUTIFUL line-art illustrations of a host of Lockheed 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 A-12, C-5, F-16, F-117, U-2, and even the F-22. There are civil aircraft cutaways such as the Constellation and L-1011. Helicopters, WW2 aircraft and before are all represented. It's a wonderful book to help you "explore" the inner workings of these aircraft, and nobody does it better than Badrocke.
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More wonderful Mike Badrocke cutaways,
By BillH (DeForest, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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Yet another fascinating collaboration by Mike Badrocke and Bill Gunston. The format's a little small for such detailed work, but great to see nonetheless.
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In 1928 the Japanese offered a prize for the first non-stop flight between the USA and Japan. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Span Length Wing, Lockheed Martin, General Electric, World War, Shooting Star, British Airways, Marshall Headle, Have Blue, Big Dipper, Los Angeles, Mac Short, Soviet Union, Wasp Junior, After Pearl Harbor, Army Air Corps, Bob Gross, City of Tacoma, David Berryman, Fort Worth, Groom Lake, Hamilton Standard, Senior Trend New!
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In 1928 the Japanese offered a prize for the first non-stop flight between the USA and Japan. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Span Length Wing, Lockheed Martin, General Electric, World War, Shooting Star, British Airways, Marshall Headle, Have Blue, Big Dipper, Los Angeles, Mac Short, Soviet Union, Wasp Junior, After Pearl Harbor, Army Air Corps, Bob Gross, City of Tacoma, David Berryman, Fort Worth, Groom Lake, Hamilton Standard, Senior Trend New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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This book cites 3
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- South Korea (Next Stop!) by Fred Martin on page 140
- Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed by Ben R. Rich on page 148
- Northern Ireland by Frank Wright on page 8
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