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Old 28th March 2005, 02:28
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Re: Favorite Aircraft History Books?

In the end, an author is compiling a book which he intends to sell. Therefore they must review their market and provide what the buyers want.

If that means a Naval author has to fill out his book with mechanical details he must do so, If an Aviation author has to minmize the technical and provides more on the operational/personal side, so be it.

Having a broad Military/Historical interest, the technical is of little interest to me, unless it can clearly show how it gave an advatage to one or the other. Of course, all of the technical advatages of the Bismark fail to explain its "disablement" by a single aircraft torpedo.

However, an article which shows the use of technology to turn the P51A into the P51D or Manchester into Lancaster, is of great interest, as well as the use of operational records to show the major changes in performance of these aircraft.

In the end, to each his own.

PS. A ship measured its life in years, if not decades. Most WW2 aircraft last a matter of weeks or months in combat, therefore the continual need for upgrades in a ship deserve time a space in any coverage of their life.
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