Author: Hagedorn, Dan; Garcia, Carlos
Publisher: European Airlines
Year: 2024
ISBN: 9788293450313
Binding: Pictorial Cover
Book Condition: As New
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Description:
New book, 216 pages, 370+ colour profiles, 250+ aircraft types detailed. There is, truly, something for everyone in this amazing combination of art and history. For devotee's of the immortal Waco biplane series, for the first time, some order has been presented where heretofore numerous outrageous myths had gained currency. The legendary Curtiss and Curtiss-Wright stable is fully covered, and at last, some order has emerged from the chaos of previous accounts. The author's, in a unique collaboration, went to great lengths to authenticate the colors, markings and engineering details of each-and-every aircraft illustrated. In many instances, the colors used by the many national air arms cannot be conclusively linked to FSN standards, as locally produced paints were employed - often mixed, one time only, on the spot. When certainty could not be achieved, the authors also qualified their illustrations as 'Provisional' often having had to reply on verbal or period, hand-written descriptions of the colors used. In the words of co-author Hagedorn, "these are real airplanes - with round engines, propellers and, usually, two wings." The likes of which we will almost certainly never see again, but which once graced the azure skies of one of the world’s most diverse, and, during the decade of the 1930’s, poorly documented regions.