Aero Publishers "Heinkel 177
Greif"
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An obscure little book I picked up cheaply off EBay. It is quite delightful
and does prove that some publishers were turning out really useful reference
material 30 years ago. This little gem was published in 1967 in the USA and
was written by R. S. Hirsch & Uwe Feist in cooperation with H. J. Nowarra.
You would expect a book of this vintage to feature a few tiny black & white
pictures and lots of dull
text. However this book (of 49 pages) features 6 pages of scale profiles to
highlight difference between the sub-types. What is more it has 4 pages of
colour profiles and copious numbers of illustrative sketches of various
aircraft sub-systems and interiors. The text is kept brief and the photo's
are nice and large. For its time this was a quality production and it had
obviously spent many year gathering dust in an attic or bookshelf. Obviously
dated by modern standards this is a lovely little collector's item. I
recommend it even though it is doubtful whether it will be easy to find a
copy.
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VDM "Das Kampfflugzeug
Heinkel He 177"
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ISBN 3 925480 49 8 The guy who sold this on EBay was a master salesman and I
was under the impression that this obscure German-language book was the
ultimate He-177 reference guide. When I got it in August 2006 I was very
disappointed, firstly it is very small (roughly A5 size), softback and
contained far fewer pictures that the Manfred Griehl book (opposite - this
page). Admittedly German is a little easier to understand than Russian or
Polish (at least I learnt
 some
in school!). On the plus side this 80 page book does have five pages
of colour photos and profiles. There is even a line drawing that passes as a
small scale plan! There are no internals or systems sketches. It might have
been nice if Airlife had teamed up with VDM to combine their efforts so a
few of these good bits made it into Manfred's book. Get a copy of this book
if you can but I really don't think it is worth the £15 price printed on the
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