Extraordinarily Well Rounded For An Early Air Force Legends

First, the one disappointment was a lack of in-flight photographs of the XF-88B with the turboprop running.

However, Mr. Pace did include an engineering paper written by the design team for public presentation as a "lessons learned" which included areas on afterburner development (At time when engine manufacturers left that up to the airframe designers.), the structural problems from underestimating weight, and swept wings with drop tanks being a bad idea.
Also included were brief reviews of the XF-88 competitors the Lockheed XF-90 and North American XF-93, so overall the reader is perhaps unintentionally gifted with some fairly decent literature and insight into the problems of designing long range jets between 1945 and 1950. The monograph follows the normal Ginter layout with good cockpit illustrations, drawings, etc. Compared to some other Air Force Legends volumes there is a dearth of structural detail illustrations, but in my opinion is made up for by the quality of the illustrations that were used. Beware there is a minor error on page 28 with the profile title misidentifying the engine.

While modelers may only get some limited value, this monograph is well illustrated and recommended for anyone with an interest in early USAF jets. ( )