Combat Aircraft

This innovative portfolio-style book surveys the evolution of combat aircraft in two different formats. The first part is a heavily illustrated narrative, tracing aviation history from early fighters like the Red Baron's Fokker Dr.I triplane and the classic Sopwith Camel through such legendary World War II aircraft as the Messerschmitt 109, the P-51 Mustang, and the B-17 bomber, up to technological marvels like the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning. The second part is an impressive album of oversized three-dimensional renderings of 40 key aircraft on four-panel foldout pages, letting you see famous machines in almost touchable detail—the B-52, for example, has wings stretching 32 inches across the page.