MDF 17 Harrier

Srecko — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:20:09 +0000

British combat airplane Hawker Siddeley Harrier have its very important place in aviation history as well it is very first airplane with vertical take off and landing which is deployed in the operational service and it is still in use. It start its operational career in the late ’60 and it is still in use in the first decades of the 21. century. Harrier is produced in many variants and used by several operators. Soviet VTOL aircraft designed by Yakovlev did not last long in service and did not see combat service as the Harrier did. Basic idea of Harrier was to deliver close support aircraft, which could operated close to the front line but it did much more.

Harrier MDF book

SAM Publications deliver Harrier book in their well known series of MDF books and author of the book is Andy Evans. Book follow all of the features of the MDF series, 128 pages, soft cover, full color. Book cover all of the Harrier variants which were build and flown and it start with the Kestrel which is used to develop VTOL operations, what was unknown field in the sixties. General content is in the five chapters but there is also separated appendix which cover specific area of the Harrier.

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As well this is dedicated to the plastic modeler, this book have section with plastic kits and accessories. Kits are very good presented with few of the model builds which cover few manufacturers and models and there is list of the all available scale products related to this aircraft.

Book have great number of excellent images, extract from manuals and blueprints, fold out technical drawings, color profiles. This book is the all in one products and offer all essential info in one place. Content is very good designed and text and content easy to follow. Book is definitely recommended!

Srecko Bradic

Sample book is provided by Gary Hatcher, Editor from SAM Publications

The Hawker Hunter – A comprehensive guide

Nico — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:10:27 +0000

Number sixteen of the SAM monograph publications is on one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built: the Hawker Hunter. Just like the other volumes, this book is fully packed with photos (and a lot of them in colour!), colour profiles and technical drawings from the Hunter manual. In almost 130 pages, the following chapters on the Hunter are given:

1. Development of the Hunter
2. The Hunter in British service
3. Export customers
4. The Hunter in action
5. Hunter camouflage and markings – Colour side views
6. Hunter walk-around
7. Modelling the Hunter

Hawker Hunter MDF 16 book cover

In six appendixes, additional details on the Hunter are given, both intended for the model builder and the aviation historian!

There are no less than thirteen pages of side views ranging from the first prototype WB188 as it flew in 1951 to an Indian air force F.56 in 1990. They were all made by Srecko Bradic (and that should be enough guarantee for their quality!).

Last but not least, there is at the end of this book a multi-page fold-out with very detailed line drawings! In short, this book is a real must for Hunter fans!

Book details:

Title: The Hawker Hunter – A comprehensive guide
Author: Paul Bradley
ISBN number: 0-9551858-9-0
Type: soft-cover A4, 128 pages + fold-out page
Publisher: SAM Publications, Media House, 21 Kingsway, Bedford MK42 9BJ, UK
www.sampublications.com
Price: £19.99 plus P&P

More info also here

Nico Braas

With thanks to SAM editor Neil Robinson for providing a review copy.

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MDF 17 Harrier

The Hawker Hunter – A comprehensive guide