McDonnell F-4 Phantom, Vol. 2: US Air Force and Export Versions (Planes and Pilots)

Technical graphics and overall art quality is topnotch. Historical and contemporary references to time, location and unit ID appears to be as accurate as any I've seen in similar pubs. A TOP QUALITY VOLUME -- ESPECIALLY AT AMAZON'S PRICE.Now, if only you could obtain and sell copies of "VOL. 1: US NAVY AND USMC VERSIONS" (and/or if only the publisher would print and distribute of few thousand [even a few hundred!?] more of the same) I'll jump at the chance to purchase this book -- ESPECIALLY this book -- assuming your price wouldn't be too outlandishly high.

This book provides great pictures as a modeling reference guide. Very comprehensive with excellent detail. This is a great addition to your reference library.

Very nice book with lots of awesome pictures!

AAAAAAAAA++++++++++ Super Service Well Pleased Thanks So Much

very good

Open disclosure: I have only personally examined the Navy/USMC Phantom book (VOL 1) that is a companion to this one, but the factual errors found there were enough to turn me off from any future purchases from this author or publisher. I did not buy the book because, quite simply, I WILL NOT BUY any product from this author or publisher. Period.First of all, look at the book description. It repeats the text in the USN/USMC Phantoms book that says more than 5000 Phantoms were made. Why couldn't they be more specific and say that final production quantity was 5,057**? McDonnell is mistyped, with only one "L" and Douglas is omitted entirely. Yes, the original F-4 was designed by McDonnell but, after their merger with Douglas in 1964*, McDonnell-Douglas continued to build the aircraft and refine it.(Corrections - 1964 is a typo for 1967.**Total production of 5,057 is US only and should include 138 Mitsubishi airframes as well, something else not mentioned in the book - INTELTEK 12/07/10)There were so many factual errors in Vol 1, and no many misidentifications of different variants in the color plate illustrations that it seems the author simply doesn't know his material very well. There is absolutely no reason to have confidence that Vol 2 would magically improve over Vol 1. Another reviewer of the MiG-21 book in this series revealed that the author and illustrator got details of that aircraft wrong as well. Therefore, it is not just an occasional fluke, but a systemic problem with knowing the aircraft sufficiently well enough to do a credible book on the subject. As for the proofing, editing and translation problems, when you can't even spell McDonnell with two "L"s and even the cover title reads "exports versions," rather than the more proper singular use of "export," it really tells you something about the sloppiness of this team, if not their ineptitude. I will never consider another product from this publisher again, unless they make some radical changes in their quality.

Translated from the original French publication it has some small mistakes which were 'lost in translation' but on the whole a must-have for the modeller and Phantom phollower!

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