This is the first time I have owned one of Macdonald's 'Visual Books'.
They exist on various topics from Cars and Ships, to Trains etc.

First impressions are generally quite good.
The illustrations are excellent quality; with well in excess of a hundred or more, half of them in full colour.
Especially impressive are several cut-aways showing the inner workings of the S.E.5a first World War fighting Scout, Spitfire and the Phantom jet. Although I knocked off half a star in protest because only one of them made it to print in colour.
The editorial content covers subjects such as basic principles of how an aeroplane works, navigation, first pioneers of flight, aircraft of the first and second World Wars, development of the jet and supersonic transport and vertical take-off. There is also a supplement for building your own model gliders in various forms from the history of aviation; even a rubber band helicopter. ( )