Breathtaking images from the popular Flying Legends calendars.
John Dibbs is the world's leading air-to-air photographer. No one gets closer. This oversized full-color pictorial showcases breathtaking airborne shots of 56 of the most perfectly restored World War II aircraft from the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Japan and Sweden.
Each spread features a historic black-and-white photograph and an exciting profile of a combat veteran who experienced the "high battleground" first-hand.
Some of the featured aircraft:
- Supermarine Spitfire LF IXe
- Yak 3
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Joltin' Jose
- Mitsubishi A6M5 Type 0 Zero
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 Black Six
- Bell P39-Q6 Airacobra
- Hawker Sea Hurricane lB
- Grumman TBM-3 Avenger
- Polikarpov I-16
- Curtiss Hawk 75
- Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
- Saab B17
A group of hand-picked specialist formation pilots worked with the photographer to produce "perfect shots." There are no more perfect photographs of warplanes in flight than the images that appear in this thrilling collection.