Meteor, Sabre and Mirage in Australian Service
Western Creek, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1989. Quarto, illustrated printed wrappers, 210 pp., illustrated throughout with colour and black-and-white photographs, some diagrams included. Light foxing on first and last few leaves, a little foxing on edges of some leaves throughout, spine discoloured; otherwise a very good copy. First edition, Book 2 in Wilson's "Australian Air Power" series.
Prolific Australian author and aviation writer Stewart Wilson created his epic series of 13 aircraft books between 1988 and 1994. In this volume, Wilson traces the Royal Australian Air Force activities of the Meteor, Sabre and Mirage, three jet fighter that bore the brunt of the RAAF's fighter/bomber activities from the 1950s to the 1980s. The Gloster Meteor saw its first active service in the Korean conflict. The North-American F-86 Sabre also served in Korea, and in 1963 the Mach 2 Dassault Mirage delta-winged fighter ushered the RAAF into the supersonic age of flight. Item #5068
Price (AUD): $100.00