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INTRODUCTION TO THE 1974 EDITION With the passing for press of this, the 23rd annual edition of The Observer's Book of Aircraft, it is interesting if sad to reflect that during this score-and-three years there has been no twelvemonth in which aerial warfare has not been recorded somewhere in the...

INTRODUCTION TO THE 1975 EDITION As this, the 24th annual edition, was passed for press, serious economic problems were bedevilling aircraft manufacturer and operator alike, and portents for this year appeared anything but favourable from the aviation viewpoint. Worldwide inflation in labour and...

PREFACEThis book is intended to provide a means of recognizing all the different species of fish likely to be found in the seas around us or in the shallows and rock pools of our coasts, attached to the hook at the end of a fishing line, or at the fishmonger's.Those who are fortunate enough to be...

PREFACE The main purpose of this book is to introduce the observer to the wide variety of ships that he may see within the four main categories: merchant ships, warships, fishing vessels and sail school-ships, and to provide him with some general background information about ships and the sea....