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Greatest Warplanes is an exciting new quarterly series profiling the most influential, innovative and iconic military aircraft ever to take to the skies. Combining authoritative history, rare photography, detailed technical analysis and compelling first-hand accounts, each volume explores the development, combat career and enduring legacy of a legendary warplane that helped shape modern air warfare.
The first six volumes celebrate outstanding aircraft, including the rugged Republic P-47 Thunderbolt – one of the most successful Allied fighters of the Second World War – and the Blackburn Buccaneer, renowned for its remarkable low-level strike capabilities. The extraordinary, era-spanning career of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is explored, as is the shorter but no less remarkable career of Republic’s F-105 Thunderchief. Uncover the story of Britain’s mighty Avro Vulcan and its role in the nuclear deterrent, and follow the revolutionary Hawker Siddeley Harrier, whose unique vertical-flight capability transformed battlefield aviation.
Packed with expert insights and stunning imagery, Greatest Warplanes is an essential collection for aviation enthusiasts, military historians and anyone fascinated by the machines that defined the history of flight and combat.
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Europe and Rest of the World delivery schedule for magazine subscriptions:We endeavour to load all subscription orders for dispatch from the next available published issue. Depending on the publishing cycle and the time of your order this could be 1-6 weeks for monthly titles, up to 3 months for quarterly titles and 1 to 2 weeks for weekly publications. Should you wish to start your subscription from the issue currently on sale please add this as a comment in your customer notes when placing your order. The day after we have posted your mail, it usually takes three more days to reach Western Europe, five days to Eastern Europe and seven days to the rest of the world.