Description: "This work provides the reader with a comprehensive historical survey--including technical specifications, drawings, and photographs--of each type of fixed-wing aircraft used by U.S. military forces over an 86-year period to carry out the airlift mission"--Provided by publisher.
Brief description: E.R. Johnson is a retired attorney at law and aviation writer who lives in the Ozark region of north-central Arkansas. As an instrument-rated private pilot, he accumulated pilot-in-command experience in more than 20 types of aircraft, including seaplanes, and is the author of eight books and more than 60 magazine articles on aviation topics.
Review Quotes: "this meticulously researched book on military transport aircraft is engrossing, both in its technical detail and pleasing format. Highly recommended"-Choice; "a comprehensive historical survey"-Flying Models; "excellent...no aviation enthusiast should be without. It will provide hours of enjoyable reading...most highly recommend"-Modeling Madness; "highly recommend...you will find information about aircraft that you never knew about...a great book"-Internet Modeler; "covers each type of US fixed-wing aircraft from 1925 to the present"-Reference & Research Book News; "an excellent reference"-StrategyWorld.com; "clearly a labor of love based on its considerable breadth and depth of content"-Tommy Thomason's Naval Aviation history blog.