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Osprey Aviation Pioneers (1999 Osprey) comic books

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Osprey Aviation Pioneers (1999 Osprey) 2-1ST

    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Risk Takers - Racing and Record Setting Aircraft 1908-1972!" Written by Hugh W. Cowin. The Risk Takers, with its 180 plus images and in-depth analysis, provides a compelling insight into this motivation for, and measurement of, so many of aviation's major technological breakthroughs during the first seventy years of powered heavier-than-air flight. Softcover, 96 pages, Text (with B&W photos).

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Osprey Aviation Pioneers (1999 Osprey) 3-1ST

    Volume 3 - 1st printing. "German and Austrian Aviation of World War I!" Written by Hugh W. Cowin. A surprising number of aircraft types were developed and deployed by the Germans and the Austrians during the Great War, and this volume analyzes and illustrates every significant type including reconnaissance, training, bomber, and fighter types, underlining the technological advances they each represented. Softcover, 96 pages, Text (with B&W photos).

  • Issue #5-1ST
    Osprey Aviation Pioneers (1999 Osprey) 5-1ST

    Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Allied Aviation of World War I!" Written by Hugh W. Cowin. This extremely informative volume focuses on American British, French, Italian, and Russian military aviation developments of World War I. Besides giving interesting new perspectives on both well known and obscure aircraft, detailing both aircraft designers and leading fighting aces of the Allied Powers. Softcover, 96 pages, Text (with B&W photos).