Lou DrendelF-35 Lightning II Illustrated (The Illustrated Series of Military Aircraft)

Currently building the Italeri 1/32 model of the F-35. Needed a reference to work on the model. This is a great resource book. Will worth the money spent on this item. The background history on the F-35 is very interesting also. Well done!!!

I've purchased many books by Lou Drendel over the years. This one is very good; it includes many excellent photos and the author's paintings. I was a bit disappointed to see that no specifications or profiles are included in this series.

Bought as a gift, for my Father, the pictures were great since he had trouble seeeing.Great product, would recommend.

I like that there was a lot on prose, pictures, and graphs, and suspect it was pretty accurate.Author seemed to go out of his way to avoid saying anything critical.Throughout, many 'f's are rendered with another letter or a symbolThe chapter on the 737-trainer is missing words, lines, and maybe paragraphs, so much so that often you cannot reconstruct what the author was saying.

not profound look at F-35, but surprisingly interesting text by those who designed, work on, have flown, etc. Drendel is not so much author as editor of an anthology. Good photography. May now buy others in this series.

Excellent review on F-35 development and rollout , would be popular among aviation fans , looking forward to read others ...

has development but not much operational which is understandable since the aircraft is new.

I greatly enjoyed the book and felt the author did a good job tracing the history of the F-35's development. The photos complemented the author's explanation and helpfully showed the different variants.

Having only had this book a few days have only read a few selected parts which were full of information and some superb photo's of this awesome aircraft. I have had an interest in British military aircraft since I was about 7 years old,now 73 years old,before anyone shouts but this is not British it is built by Lockheed Martin but they will be on our new aircraft carrier, and 617 squadron "The Dambusters" based at Marham Norfolk are kitted out with them. There is a lot to read and I will read it cover to cover as I get the time, first impressions of the book are very very good.If you are an aircraft enthusiast like me I am sure you will enjoy it also. I will perhaps make an addition to this review later when I have read it cover to cover if there is more to add.

Bon livre sur le fond, photos intéressantes (mais déjà vues sur les sites de l'Air Force, de la Navy et du Marine Corps pour la plupart). Ce qui me gène, c'est la forme : livre austère, mise en page morne et plate (elle semble être réalisée avec un logiciel de traitement de texte plutôt qu'avec un vrai logiciel de mise en page) et papier de piètre qualité ne mettant pas en valeur les visuels ternes manquant d'éclat (contraste et saturation des couleurs). Les dessins auraient gagné à être de plus grande taille pour une mise meilleure en valeur. Possédant nombre de ses ouvrages, j'ai connu Lou Drendel beaucoup plus inspiré.En conclusion, un livre au rabais. Il eût pu être beaucoup plus qualitatif. Dommage. Reste le texte.

Lacking in depth.

I think this is good value for the content but the kindle version appears to have been badly proof-read, with the letter f being substituted for other letters at various points during the book