Modern Military Aircraft is a comprehensive guide to the world's fighting aircraft since World War II, from the earliest jet fighters and basic piston-engined bombers, to today's high-tech and stealthy superfighters. Aircraft featured include: the F-86 Sabre, which fought its way to convincing victory over Russia's MiG-15 in the world's first jet-versus-jet battles in Korea; the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, the deadliest fleet fighter ever built, which has played an important part in the conflicts of the late 20th and early 21st centuries; and Russia's export miracles the Sukhoi Su-27, currently in service with air arms across the world in an array of variants. This book contains detailed features on more than 220 combat aircraft and helicopters from the past 65 years. Presented alphabetically by manufacturer, each aircraft is covered in detail, with feature boxes outlining its development, technical specifications, performance data and variants. Unique graphics allow the reader to compare specific features like firepower, troop-carrying capacity, and bombload with those of other aircraft of the same type.

Magnificently illustrated directory of all the world's civil airliners currently in service and under development. Special chapters examine the state of the art in aircraft technology : flight decks, cabins, airframes, and engines.

Descriptions of 60 of the world's most exciting warplanes, 120 action photos, 180 line drawings, and 34 color profiles.

The world of aviation design and technology, and air travel in general, is a rapidly changing one and Gunter Endres has made this a book to last into the next century.

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This illustrated analysis of one of the premier combat weapons on the modern battlefield looks at the designs, weapons and tactics of 40 of today''s military helicopters, including the Kamov Ka-50 and Ka-52 and the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche'

Highlights aircraft that have made a significant contribution to the development and evolution of the airplane. A total of 142 planes are featured because of their importance in the advancement of design in power plant, flight concept, major production, and detail refinement. The expert author has b

This text provides a detailed analysis of all the major passenger-carrying airliners in service and under development. It provides information on the technology now being applied to commercial aircraft, including fly-by-wire systems, and quiet and fuel efficient engines.

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