Gunther Winkle

To be honest, this is one of those series that I should have been collecting on a more systematic basis, but in the 40-odd years that Steve Ginter has been in business the number of books he's published has become down-right awe-inspiring. This is a good example of a modern example of the "Naval Fighters' series, in that instead of a glorified pamphlet as you would have seen back in the day, you have a full-scale reference book covering both development, technical details, operational activities in the air arms of both the U.S. Marine Corps and Army, civilian use as against forest fires, and color profiles.… (lisätietoja)

Pretty standard layout for a NF series. The stand-out areas for this volume include civil operations, more color pictures than is the norm, profiles on the back cover, along with coverage of Army ops. The biggest difference on this volume is the operations, you still have the standard dry unit histories, however, the author has incorporated oral histories of both the maintenance personnel and aircrew.
Please note that even by NF standards the technical descriptions are excellent. Modelers should be careful as some of the instrument panel photos appear to be from later surplus civilian operators. There is also a chapter on the S-60 which will provide the reader with a evolutionary link to the CH-54, Erickson Skycrane, and future Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) with the RH-53D and MH-53E helicopters. Even the experimental ASW version gets a bit of coverage as well as a British connection that will interest a few readers.… (lisätietoja)