F-16 Falcon in Action - Aircraft No. 196

Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications. Very Good-. 2005. Stapled wraps. 0897474902 . B&W Illustrations & Photographs; This is an oblong book with illustrated cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good- condition. There is a vertical crease down the center of the book that includes both covers and the text pages. There is rubbing and wear to the spine ends, corners and spine of the book cover. The text pages are generally clean. "The Fighting Falcon's key features include a frameless bubble canopy for good visibility, side-mounted control stick to ease control while maneuvering, an ejection seat reclined 30 degrees from vertical to reduce the effect of g-forces on the pilot, and the first use of a relaxed static stability/fly-by-wire flight control system that helps to make it an agile aircraft. The F-16 has an internal M61 Vulcan cannon and 11 locations for mounting weapons and other mission equipment. The F-16's official name is "Fighting Falcon", but "Viper" is commonly used by its pilots and crews, because of a perceived resemblance to a viper snake as well as to the fictional Colonial Viper starfighter from the television program Battlestar Galactica which aired at the time the F-16 entered service." (from WIkipedia) .