Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation: Revised Edition

The quintessential guide to aircraft. Used by most defense contractors as a daily reference as well as most countries. The information here can be uSed to disarm most anything you need to know about an aircraft.Bought this as a gift and once they opened this their other gifts were neglected. :)

Bought this for my nephew to replace a copy he lost many years ago. He tells me he loves it and brags to all of his aeronautic friends about the book

I get that the pictures of planes from the early years of aviation might be low quality, but even the photos of newer aircraft are not great. If you want to buy this book to compare visual differences of the planes, this is not your book.

This was an older version of the Janes Encyclopedia for aviation than I expected. I would pay a higher price for a more recent "up to date" copy.

My Granddaughter Olivia (age 3) has had a passion for air planes. I bought this book for her to look through at all of the wonderful pictures. Although the book is almost o heavy for her to lift she truly loves the pictures and has sat for upwards to two hours looking at all the planes.Jane's has always had a tremendous reputation for the quality of their books.

Very informative and much a true history of aviation.

This book is fantastic for information on any aircraft in the world (except the most modern). I highly recommend it.

I've owned Jane's books in the past, and though I wasn't expecting too much eye candy, this came in a bit dry.

An excellent book that thoroughly details most aircraft up to the date of publication - 1993. Obviously, the latest aircraft are missing - such as the F22 Raptor and the F35 JSF - so if you require information on these you will have to purchase another more current publication (which won't be a Janes as this is the latest version of the encyclopaedia) or consult the Internet. On the downside, some of the photographs in the book are not that good: They are mainly black and white and some are so poor - either as a result of the angle from which the aircraft has been photographed or general picture quality - that you could not use them for adequate aircraft identification, unless you are already an expert. It would have been nice to have had the accompaniment of identification drawings that some aviation books offer. I hope Janes go on to produce a up-to-date version of this book - with better pictures - as it really is a valuable reference tool.

Fine

This is a joke. I am sure the book which I got is poorly reproduced ...... The black and white pictures tell you very thing