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Title: North American F-86 Sabrejet Day Fighters (Warbird Tech Series , Vol 3) by David Menard, Walter Dranem, Chris Hughes ISBN: 0-933424-66-3 Publisher: Voyageur Press Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great information, weak on color pics and paper quality.
Comment: I am a confessed Sabre nut, and have had a love affair with the F-86 since I was a kid growing up in the '50s. I was pleasantly surprised at the detail in this book.
In the limited space available in 100 pages, WT relates the development of the day fighter versions of the airplane (The XP-86, F-86, A, E, F and H models. The interceptor versions are not covered) from its beginnings as a "jet powered P-51", a straight wing relative to the Navy's FJ-1, to the end of its service life with the Air Guard. WT does a terrific job of describing the evolution of the airplane, including an excellent review of the "6-3" wing conversion on the "F" model.
The book contains lotsa interesting details along with some neat "gee whiz" info, including pilot and maintenance manual drawings and photos that are interesting, but often not fully explained, and sometimes these diagrams leave as many questions as they provide explanations.
Disappointing in the Warbird Tech editions I have purchased is the paucity of color photos (in this edition, only four pages with 11 small pics, only two of which are USAF Korean war era airplanes)... and the choice of an off-white, coarse grained paper for the rest of the book, which causes the numerous b & w photos and drawings to die on the page. I think WT is grossly inferior to other publications in this area, and the paper choice is difficult to understand with [the] price tag.
The bottom line for this publication is that the information is very interesting and if you can get past the crummy paper selection and lack of color photos, you'll be pleased.
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Title: Mig-21 'Fishbed': The World's Most Widely Used Supersonic Fighter by Yefim Gordon, Bill Gunston ISBN: 1857800427 Publisher: Aerofax Midland Pub Ltd Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Republic F-105 Thunderchief (Warbird Tech Series, Vol 18) by Larry Davis, David Menard, Kris Hughes, Dave Menard ISBN: 1580070116 Publisher: Specialty Pr Pub & Wholesalers Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-17: The Soviet Union's Jet Fighter of the Fifties by Yefim Gordon ISBN: 1857801075 Publisher: Aerofax Midland Pub Ltd Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: North American F-86 Sabre by Duncan Curtis ISBN: 1861263589 Publisher: Crowood Pr Pub. Date: 15 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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