Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Osprey, Wisc.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780850458671ISBN:0850458676
Description: Near Fine. 0850458676. First Edition, A Trade Paperback in pictorial wrappers, illustrated. A Near Fine copy with minor dust spotting.; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 129 pages. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Published by Osprey Publishing Ltd, , London
Date Published: , 1988
ISBN-13:9780850458671ISBN:0850458676
Description: , light bump to tail of spine, corners touched, book in very good condition. Paperback. 128 pages illustrated throughout with colour photographs. square octavo. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Date Published: 1988-08
ISBN-13:9780850458671ISBN:0850458676
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
"Ever since the publication of Stephen Piercey's brilliant Sky Truck books in the 1980s, I have been a huge fan of the Osprey Colour Series. The most recent addition to my library, this book doesn't dissapoint. Whereas most other titles in this series cover propeller-driven freighters, this one looks at smaller aircraft still plying the skies in remote areas, carrying passengers and their goods.
Aircraft types covered include the De Havilland Otter and Twin Otter (with a DHC Buffalo thrown in for good measure), its smaller brother, the Beaver, various Cessna craft (mostly seaplanes), the Grumman Goose and Mallard, the Douglas DC-3, and the Curtiss C-46 Commando. These aircraft are depicted in scenic parts of western Canada and Alaska, along with some nice pictures taken in Ethiopia (most of the other Osprey Colour Series books show aircraft in South America and the Caribbean).
The scenic backdrops of the Pacific Northwest are, needless to say, spectacular. I also enjoyed the extensive coverage of seaplanes and amphibians, neither of which feature prominently in the other titles. And the DC-3, in my mind one of the most beautiful aircraft in existence, in the colors of Ethiopian Airways, my favorite airline color scheme of all time, was a real treat.
The brief comments are informative, though more for what they say about the operations than the aircraft itself; however, they were not as amusing as those in the books by Stephen Piercey and his two German admirers, Karl-Heinz Morawietz and Joerg Weier. As is usual for the Osprey Color Series, the photographs are of excellent quality, though some are marred by being spread over two pages.
For anyone who loves aircraft and appreciates flying in its most basic form, this is a title well worth having."
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