A cleverly titled hardback published by Crécy offers a wealth of detail for any modeller building British instructional aircraft.
Long-time Crécy imprint Hikoki can always be relied upon for beautifully produced books. This latest work, Teach for the Sky – British Training Aircraft since 1945, explores the various training machines (fixed and rotary wing) employed in post-war Britain by the armed forces for pilot instruction.
If your modelling thus far has been entrenched in pure frontline combat aircraft types, you’re missing a trick in terms of interesting subjects, especially if you like colour. Trainers are often attractive machines, mostly to ensure high visibility in their role, and this can be replicated beautifully in scale form via a wealth of different types. Hikoki’s weighty 272-page book provides a wealth of reference imagery showing myriad trainers flown by the RAF, Fleet Air Arm and Army Air Corps, and the visuals are supported by informative text split into 13 chapters. These examine subjects such as the re-equipment of service flight schools after World War Two, turboprop trainers, the introduction of jets… and more specific narrative, the highly successful BAE Hawk family being one example.
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