In the Cockpit: Inside 50 History-Making Aircraft
Binding: Hardcover
Creator: Eric F. Long, Mark A. Avino
ASIN: 0061143812
Manufacturer: Collins Design
Release Date: 2007-05-01
Average Customer Review: 
(From 3 total reviews)
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description:
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum holds the country’s premier collection of historic aircrafts, but visitors must view these impressive structures at a distance.
IN THE COCKPIT captures the feeling of helming these historic craft with big, gorgeous four–color photographs that will give flight enthusiasts a true pilot’s eye view of many of history’s most important domestic and military airplanes, jets, and helicopters. Each entry includes archival images of the craft and authoritative text that places each one in the context of the development of aviation technology and world history
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Customer Reviews
Great Book-beautifully photographed! by Kathryn N. Grieser
Gave this as a gift to my pilot father and he loved it. Perfect choice for anyone who aprreciates these aircraft. Great pictures and cover design!
Just an alert to some marketing hype. by moviedozer
The book looks interesting and the concept is solid. If you’re into flying and especially old planes this glimpse into so many cockpits should prove of more than passing interest. That said, it’s a sign of the times that even the Smithsonian Institute would stoop to some dubious marketing. If you enlarge the cover photo you’ll see that John Tavolta’s name is in large print just below the title. Indeed Mr. Travolta did write the forward, all five sentences of it. Literally, five generic sentences that offer nothing more than cover tease to snag some buyer interest. If you do buy the book at least lend it to those who only have a mild interest and let the Smithsonian know that they should have more integrity than promoting products with cheap celebrity hype. Since comments here must be accompanied by a rating, I’ll leave it at 3 as a neutral comment.
Excellent work! by David Palermo
This book is beautiful! I saw it at Borders today. Even if you are not interested in cockpits you should pick up this book. Cockpits are interesting and these are some of the most famous aircraft of all time.
BEAUTIFUL photography. In addition to the photos I really enjoyed the nostalgic look and feel to the book. A very cool book indeed by two of the world’s best aircraft photographers. No wonder they work at the Smithsonian…
David Palermo
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