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Ever since Tom Cruise appeared in the movie Top Gun, the United States Navy has received more apps for flight contracts each year then just when it comes to any time in history. But this comes as no surprise to Hollywood or even the booksellers of aircraft fighter plane books. Young or old, all boys and men loved that movie and it has become one of the classics of all time.
Personally, my dad was a US Naval Aviator and flew 250 Combat missions in Vietnam off various carriers in an A-4 Skyhawk, and later was CO of an A-7 squadron. He did fly and train at Top Gun, which has now moved to Northern Nevada from San Diego. If you would like to learn more regarding the history of the jet age in Naval Aviation then perhaps, I might commend an magnificent pictorial book for your coffee table at home. The books is called;
“Top Gun Fighters and American Jet Power” by George Hall; Publications International LTD, Lincolnwood, Il 1988.
This book is to the full or entire extent illustrated and large, the pictures are life like and all the famous fighter jets of both the US Air Force and Navy are listed. Each aircraft has specifications, speeds and armament capabilities, with an comprehensible statement of it is role in the battle space. There are likewise electronic surveillance aircraft, spy planes, trainers, and attack aircraft, not just fighter planes.
Every young man mesmerized in aircraft ought to have a book like this and each aviation enthusiasti ought to have one of these pictorial books on his coffee table. Move the women’s artsy books out of the way and make room for the Top Gun Book.
Aircraft Carriers Illustrated Identification Photographs
A comprehensive country by country visual directory of all the major aircraft carriers, with an informative and expert text describing the construction, appearance, function and history.
About the AuthorBernard Ireland has a lifelong interest in naval history and development, having expended 30 years in ship exploration for the Admiralty in the Royal Naval Scientific Service. He has also worked as an illustrator for the shipping industry, fabricating artist’s impressions and technical cutaways for companies such as Canadian Pacific and Blue Star Lines, and has devised illustrations for the Port of London Monthly and technical posters for the Science Museum, South Kensington. He is the author of over 25 specialist naval books, together with major contributions to a good deal of partworks and journals on the history of ships.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
 A surprisingly useful reference, but British-biased
By Swift
This book at first glance looks like so many many often deep discounted color books of ships and planes that present a very superficial look at their subject matter. And, to some extent, that is true in this book. However, this book rises above because of its comprehensiveness. Every aircraft carrier or aviation ship that you’ve ever heard of – and quite a few that you’ve not, I guarantee, are covered in at least some detail. The large, colorful format may fool you also into thinking that the text is superfluous. Indeed, it’s actually quite good given the constraints of the format, though it does tend to harp on issues of ship design to the exclusion of other characteristics.
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
 Aircraft carriers – the projection of sea power…!
By Isaac Ho
I buy this book because I’m simply fascinated by aircraft carriers. These awesome vessels of war had played a decisive role during the Pacific War, where the Imperial Jap carriers were blown to smithereens by the well-timed and superior fire power and superb planning of the American naval leaders. Today, an aircraft carrier could be a handicapp if it is not accompanied by a combined strike force of some four or five battleships and crusiers and submarines at sea. With such a strike force, the aircraft carrier is not only an awesome naval floating city but a power to contend with in a showdown with an enemy. This will carry a message across not to mess around but count the loss and flee – for the enemy!!!
Pretty soon, China, my ancestral homeland would have a couple of aircraft carriers which would be based on indigenous and innovative designs. China is now a confirmed military and economic power and if her past history is to be guide, she need to protect her vast coastline as well as to accord genuine protection to her south sea island possessions. So obviously, China needs to have one or two aircraft carrier strike force to discourage hostile powers from intruding into its territories. Great Britain, United States, India, France and even Agentina already have aircraft carriers, then it is more than justifiable for China, one of the five UN Security Council members to have at least two carriers for patrol – dealing with pirates and unseen terrorists and hostile foreign powers…which ever they might be….!
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