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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9781840370676
ISBN: 184037067X
Label: The Crowood Press Ltd
Manufacturer: The Crowood Press Ltd
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: September 29, 1998
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
Sales Rank: 4037911
Studio: The Crowood Press Ltd



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Product Description:
The cockpits and aircraft designed and built during the crisis of World War II, were marvels of technology and ingenuity. However, this book shows that riding behind an ear-shattering engine with the power of a locomotive was both exhilarating and frightening.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Fascinating and unique
"Cockpit:..." is a collection of sharp, full-page color photos of WWII cockpits, accompanied by good quality period photos, a surprising number of which are also in color. A brief description of the aircraft is included along with a few paragraphs by a former pilot or other aircraft expert.
Having a collection of cockpit photos from the major belligerants together like this illustrates the differences and surprising similarities in thinking about the pilot's environment.
The two major ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Nice
Short summaries of each aircraft history - the brevity of which means there are inaccuracies through editing.

The keys to instruments are generally accurate but not always. One or two artificial horizons are identified as direction indicators when the terms is used elsewhere in the book for the gyro compass.

The pilot summaries of what it was like to fly the type and work in the cockpit are much more interesting.

The pictures - the color pictures are beautifully ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent Photography
Great reference for aircraft interior from a pilots viewpoint. Excellent photography of a confined dark space.


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Little Hallmark Dots
Other folks have weighed in on the content of the book, so I have no need to do that. My comment will center on the aspect of the photography that spoiled the book for me. The crew obviously had applied little colored circular stickers to the various instruments so they could be coded for the captions. That was all fine and well, but 75% of the photographs were taken with the stickers still in place. It was sloppy work. Carping, perhaps, but I expected better. The same comments apply to the volume ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Mixed Feelings
It's difficult to rate this because it depends upon what you expected this book to be. I had hoped that it would essentially be a reference for each aircraft showing all aspects of the cockpit with descriptions of the instruments and controls. This it is NOT. The photography is very nice but is strictly evocative and not really illustrative. It shows the instrument panels but in a way that hides essential details that I desire to see. Oh well, perhaps next time :-)


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