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(More customer reviews)I build model aircraft. I'd heard very good reports about this book so ordered it online sight unseen. The good news: it is a beautiful coffee table book. The bad news: it does not live up to its title. Yes, there are photos of cockpits, but generally only of instrument panels with some to no other cockpit details shown. Cockpit sides? Mostly missing. Pilot seats? None. Overhead panels? None for aircraft that have them. Obviously, the photographer (and perhaps the author) traveled extensively to gather the photos. With all the time and travel spent on photography, why is there only one photograph of the "cockpit"? Why are pages take up for photos of the subject aircraft where there should be photos of the cockpit sides, pilot seats, and overhead panels when present? The pilot comments are nice to read, but what use are they for cockpit research? My opinion is, the book title is misleading and buying it was a waste of my money. My suggestion is, if you're researching cockpits for modeling (or for some other reason) stick with books and web sites that are comprehensive on the specific aircraft of your interest.
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Unprecedented access to once top-secret aircraft.Nijboer takes the reader inside the cockpits of the most revered and feared aircraft of the Cold War period, from 1947 to 1965. This book covers planes from the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, France and the Soviet Union including:- The Mikoyan MiG-15 Soviet fighter flown by Kenneth Rowe (formerly Lt. Kim Sok No), the first pilot to defect to the West during the Korean War- The Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star jet fighter that shot down a MiG-15 in the world's first all-jet battleEach featured aircraft includes a pilot perspective on what it was like to fly these legendary aircraft on combat or reconnaissance missions written by well-known pilots -- many of them combat veterans from the Korean and Vietnam wars.
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