"In line with other books in this series, we are provided with the background and development of the aircraft along with a brief look at the various nations that have operated the type."
ModelingMadness.com, July 2022

Il Lockheed Constellation, noto anche come “Connie”, è tra gli aeroplani ad elica più eleganti e noti dell’aviazione civile. L’autore del libro è tra i fondatori del celebre museo britannico di Duxford e ha all’attivo decine di pubblicazioni sull’aeronautica anglosassone, pertanto è una garanzia sulla qualità di questa monografia, in cui il quadrimotore Lockheed è analizzato dal punto di vista storico, operativo e tecnico, nel campo sia civile sia militare. I vari capitoli ripercorrono le tappe salienti dell’evoluzione di uno fra gli aeroplani più importanti del dopoguerra, non solo in ambito civile. Nato infatti a fine anni ’30 da un requisito TWA per un veloce liner a lunga autonomia da impiegare sulle rotte “coast to coast”, in realtà l’elegante Lockheed entrò immediatamente in servizio con l’USAAF come C-69 già nel 1944 e, come rimarcato da Simons, in tale periodo affrontò i rigori delle missioni militari, affinando così la messa a punto, pagata.. Read more
Marco de Montis, Rivista Italiana Difensa, Giugno 2022

During the history of aviation there have been very few aircraft that have achieved immediate success when entering front-line service. The de Havilland Mosquito was one such aircraft. It was not designed to an RAF requirement, but was the result of an initiative of the designers and builders to utilise the skills of woodworkers and the relative abundance of wood in the crisis years of World War II. The result was an aeroplane that could be built quickly, was extremely fast and extremely versatile. The pilots loved it. This book describes how it was built and utilises many hitherto unpublished photographs from the design studio and production lines. It illustrates and explains the many different roles that the aircraft took as the war progressed. Fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, night fighter - there were few task that this brilliant design could not adopt.
Model Aircraft Monthly

Listed in [i]Model Aircraft's Monthly Look at New Books[/i]
Model Aircraft, October 2020, Vol 19, Iss 10

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Rivista Italiana Difesa, January 2021