Reviews for Warbird Legends

The average rating for Warbird Legends based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-07-21 00:00:00 Lyska Culpepper The book that sparked my obsession with World War II fighter planes. Consists primarily of huge, beautiful pictures of restored and preserved fighters with modern camera equipment. Spectacular photos of the planes in action usually in the air. Very few photos of planes during the actual war. Small write ups about each plane, but emphasis is on photos.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-03-01 00:00:00 Chocolate Delish A nice look into the secret MiG squadron that flew in the 70's and '80's out of Tonopah, NV and Area 51 by Air Force, Navy and Marine pilots. Told in nearly chronological order there is a lot of information, with a huge cast of characters that is sometimes difficult to keep straight (booking the index page at the end with the list of pilots helps). The narrative flow isn't all that great with lot's of quoted storytelling from the participants rather than the author. There are also a lot of acronyms that someone outside of the military will have to adjust to. But, the information presented is extremely interesting. Planes flown included the MiG 17 Fresco, MiG 21 Fishbed and MiG 23 Flogger. From the technical specs and playing computer games such as Harpoon, I always thought the MiG 23 was a more dangerous plane. But, from this book none of the pilots really liked it and preferred the MiG 21. The eBook was formatted well, but with several spelling errors. There are also several photos in two different sections of the book.