Modern Air Combat 1983
Posted by Ruby5000@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 37 comments
I got this when I was around 5 years old. Now my 7yo loves it. Did anyone ever have a copy of it?
pursuer_of_simurg@reddit
I wonder how outdated or relevant it is.
jeb_hoge@reddit
It's also completely pre-stealth.
LefsaMadMuppet@reddit
Looking at my copy on my desk here, Fairly dated. One of the biggest vaporware weapons was the WASP missile that was going to be the miracle air-to-ground weapon that never appeared, Maybe the Brimstone is the closest thing we got.
The book was published before there was any valid information on the Mig-29 or SU-27.
Ruby5000@reddit (OP)
This was published in ‘83, so probably VERY!!!
ATFGunr@reddit
I still have that one!
Upper_Rent_176@reddit
I had to throw mine away because the pages were getting stuck together
TellusCitizen@reddit
This, Top Gun and Tom Clancy
blinkersix2@reddit
I was 26 when I got my copy
VikingSojourn@reddit
I had one…awesome.
Comrade_sensai_09@reddit
Able Archer 83 , good old times .
padawanninja@reddit
There were three others that I can remember. That one, Tanks, and Sea combat, and helicopters. I had all 4.
Yes I was that kid. Didn't get out much, still don't.
Ruby5000@reddit (OP)
I’m going to have to complete the set then! Thank you!
boss_mang@reddit
I have a copy!!
Ozdogma@reddit
Yup has this also!!
prairiedawg1912@reddit
I believe I still do, bought this and many others like it in the 80’s and 90’s.
Common-Charity9128@reddit
Some cool relic you got there!
hugeyakmen@reddit
I had that book too and loved it. Which is why I was so excited to find a great copy at a garage sale last year!
belugarooster@reddit
I have this too! Replaced my lost copy from when it was new just a couple years ago for like $10. Great book!
RdtRanger6969@reddit
I had that book as a kid!
StrigiStockBacking@reddit
Yes, I had one! I was in the sixth grade when I got it. I vividly remember certain pages.
Ruby5000@reddit (OP)
The A10 page was my jam
Dangerous-Honey7422@reddit
The gat
Sh00ter80@reddit
Yes! I remember seeing that page and being like “hey I’ve got that poster on my wall!” (regarding the upper left image)
StrigiStockBacking@reddit
Of course! Me too!
Dangerous-Honey7422@reddit
Superb illustrations
Gilmere@reddit
Yes I have it, along with other Salamander books of that era. I would say these things fueled my desire to go into Aviation as a career, and that was all she wrote.
GryphonGuitar@reddit
Nothing like an aviation book by Bill Gunston. Truly the best aviation encyclopedia author.
surewriting_@reddit
Oh man I had that book too. Probably still do somewhere. I should pull it out for the kids.
It led me into a career of working on jets in the military, and that, more than anything else, almost made me hate airplanes lol.
Texas_Kimchi@reddit
I have the entire set of these books and still love them 42 years later.
WarthogOsl@reddit
Still have mine...it's in somewhat better shape. I wish my Encyclopedia of World Air Power was as well preserved. It was basically my bible when I was a kid. Not my copy (the jacket is long gone):
EllyKayNobodysFool@reddit
I took them out from the library all the time. Still love books like this.
jestertoo@reddit
I still have mine.
Seattle_gldr_rdr@reddit
Oohhhh transport me back to junior high! My copy was thumbed ragged.
NassauTropicBird@reddit
I think I had a copy and may need to head to the attic to find it
laszlo462@reddit
I still have mine!
Longshot-Kapow@reddit
I had several growing up, read all, cover to cover, and kept re-reading parts of them, again and again....
comfortably_nuumb@reddit
I had one, but I was in high school.