The Encyclopedia of Aircraft Over 3000

This 'Encyclopedia of Aircraft' book is a wonderful book to have. Filled with aircraft from the Wright flyer to modern planes, airplanes from WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and now. Full of photos and information. This big book is another must have to your library of encyclopedia books. I recommend this to anyone who wants to know the in and outs of over 3,000 planes.

While this is a pretty good book, there are some disappointments. About 60% of the 3000 aircraft have a one sentence description. Some of the photographs are more journalistic flash and trash. One example is showing the photo of the pilot of the Bell x1 instead of the aircraft. Another is from the rear of the aircraft instead of the usual, more informative top or side photo. It would have been helpful had the index had a section with the year of introduction. Without this you have to do an exhaustive read of the book to find which aircraft were from which era. Another problem with this book is its emphasis on European, especially English, manufacturers. Many highly successful US airplanes are not listed and minor English ones are.

For lovers of airplanes such as I , this is indeed a veritable feast.. Almost every craft that took to the air is included..