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Anyone else have this book? I just dug it back out today and I've been looking through it again.
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Re: Book: "The Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft" by Robert Jackson
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2009, 04:51:18 PM »
THis is a great book for World War 2.


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Re: Book: "The Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft" by Robert Jackson
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2009, 07:29:49 PM »
THis is a great book for World War 2.


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It's loaded with errors... Nice graphics, lousy research.


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Re: Book: "The Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft" by Robert Jackson
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2009, 09:44:34 PM »
It's loaded with errors... Nice graphics, lousy research.


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ya that is true, i have found TONS of them in there. i like the pictures.  :)
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Re: Book: "The Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft" by Robert Jackson
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2009, 09:53:44 PM »
Anyone else have this book? I just dug it back out today and I've been looking through it again.


Yeah I have that book, don't really like it though.

Surprisingly I bug it out a few minuets before I opened this treads, wow, what is the chance of that happening.
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Re: Book: "The Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft" by Robert Jackson
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2009, 06:49:19 AM »
It's loaded with errors... Nice graphics, lousy research.


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I see they got the cover right though!  :aok :D Nothing more needs to be said
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