Description

Large format paperback, staple bound in white pictorial covers, the inaugural issue of “Classics of WWI Aviation”, published by Albatros Productions. 48 pages plus covers. Illustrated with 84 rare archive black and white photographs, 6 pages of detailed 1:48 and 1:72 scale drawings by Ian R. Stair of various types, plus other plans and sketches and three color profiles by Ray Rimell on inside rear cover. Also included are a British Technical Report and 2 pages of Appendices providing Halberstadt D-type production orders, D.V fighters in Ottoman service, fighter specifications, D type model kits [non-flying and flying] and a short bibliography. First edition. German aviation historian Peter Grosz chronicles the story of early Halberstadt fighters from the D.I through the D.V. An excellent resource for the scale-modeler and airplane enthusiast. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh and unmarked copy, like new.