In Harrier Boys; Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands; 1969-1990; Robert Marston; who flew Harriers for many years; draws together accounts from others who worked with this unique jet through its history. The excitement; camaraderie and pride of Harrier operators shine through in the personal stories of those whose lives were changed by their experience of this iconic aircraft; both on land and at sea. In this first volume; events of the Cold War years are brought to life by contributors including Graham Williams; who flew the Transatlantic Air Race; Peter Dodworth; a member of the original Harrier Conversion Team; Peter Harris; a participant in the early defense of Belize; Sir Peter Squire; OC 1 (F) Squadron during the Falklands conflict; and Australian Dave Baddams; who commanded the Royal Navy Sea Harriers of 800 Squadron.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Table of ContentsBy KoehlerPrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations GlossaryAichi B8A MokuseiAichi S1A DenkoGasuden Koken-KiHitachi 'He-type' Heavy BomberIJN bomber projects: the Kawanishi G9K and the Mitsubishi TozanKawanishi K-60Kawanishi K-100Kawanishi K-120Kawanishi KX-3Kawanishi TBKawasaki Ki-48 variants: the Ki-48-II Kai and Ki-174 suicide light bombersKawasaki Ki-85Kawasaki Ki-119Kayaba Ka-1 and Ka-2Kobeseiko Te-GoKoshiki A-3Kugisho D5Y1 Myojo KaiKugisho MXY3 and MXY4Kugisho MXY10 and MXY11Ku-Go directed energy weaponKusho H7YKyushu Q3W NankaiMitsubishi 1MT1NMitsubishi 2MR1 TobiMitsubishi A7M ReppuMitsubishi G6M1 heavy escort fighterMitsubishi Ki-20Mitsubishi Ki-67 variants: the Ki-69/Ki-112 escort fightersMitsubishi Ki-83 variants: the Ki-95 and Ki-103Mitsubishi Ki-90Mitsubishi Ki-109Mitsubishi Ki-167Mitsubishi Q2M TaiyoNakajima B4N1Nakajima G8N RenzanNakajima Ki-58Nakajima Ki-68Nakajima Ki-84 variants: the Ki-106; Ki-113; Ki-116 and Ki-117IJA and IJN nuclear weapon programsSelect bibliographyIndex6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Another Great Reference Source on Japanese WW2 AviationBy Bomb Man58After releasing his first volume of Japanese Secret Projects; author Edwin Dyer then set about more research on the subject of Japanese experimental aircraft. After five years his second volume yields yet more very interesting information on the topic.Additionally this second volume has a revised theme and layout. In Volume One; the author made use of very high quality artwork of the various subjects in that book using a number of renowned aviation artists; depicting the aircraft in actual colour schemes of Japanese units particularly those of the home defence air units. In this second volume the author makes use of line diagrams; colour profiles and numerous photos of the actual aircraft that he has painstakingly gathered.This second volume continues to examine the various experimental aircraft of both the IJA and IJN air forces during the years 1922-1945 and looks at those aircraft built by: Aichi; Hitachi; Kawanishi; Kawasaki; Kujishu; Mitsubishi and Nakajima as well as both the IJA and IJN nuclear weapons programmes.I enjoyed this book as it follows on from the first volume with more information that has been sourced by the author during his research into this topic over time.In summary a very well researched and written book; rich in data and visual graphics to assist in 'seeing' what some of these aircraft were like-or intended to be like. The author delivers a very accurate and detailed account of this subject. This second volume; supplemented by the first volume; would be very valuable resources for fans of Japanese WW2 military aviation as well as model kit enthusiasts as there are a number of kits of these type of of aircraft on the market today. Well done; Edwin Dyer!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Caveat emptorBy GeneOne star for the production quality; not the editorial content -- that content which I was able to read; anyway. Purchased two copies of this book; both from ; and both similarly defective: several pages incompletely cut; others stuck together across their entire width so that they were impossible to separate without destroying them. Didn't return the books lest simply put them back them in stock and foist them off on the next unwitting buyers; though I suspect that those folks; too; may well receive essentially useless books. What did you do; ? Buy Crecy's throwaways at a bargain price? Mr. Dyer deserves much better than this.
