The previous edition took the story up to 1962 and the F4H Phantom. this one provides corrections and additions to the original text and illustrations and includes new chapters on the F6D/F-111B, F-14A/B/C/D and F-18 A/B/C/D. Significant events post 1993 are also covered including the retirement of the F-14 and "legacy" F-18 as well as the introduction of the F-18E/F, F-35C, and unmanned programs.
Unless you're in England and maybe Europe, pre-ordering from Crécy will involve significant postage. I suggest waiting until it is advertised on Amazon. It will also be available from Casemate Publishing in the US, possibly as soon as October.
I loved the original book. How many pages are planned for this one? It will be difficult to fit the first one in its entirety and add a much longer time period
ReplyDeleteAll the additional chapters are additional pages. The layout is still in progress so I don't have a page count yet.
DeleteCan't wait to read this, so happy you followed up with an updated edition! Pat D
ReplyDeleteI read the original edition (titled "US Naval Air Superiority: Development of Shipborne Jet Fighters 1943-1962") and I really enjoyed it. The two things that stood out in this book were the fact that Grumman G-98L derivative of the F11F-1F Super Tiger was referred to as "F12F" and also North American Aviation's work on the D-229 Super Fury design in November 1953 (the D-246 proposed in June 1954 was also called Super Fury by North American).
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading the revised edition when it comes out, since it expands coverage of the history of US Navy jet fighter development.
As a side note, the writing "F6D/F-111B" in the synopsis of this book at the Crecy website should read "F6D, F-111B" because the F6D was never built and the F-111B arose from the TFX requirement.