Nigel Walpole
Auteur van Voodoo Warriors: The Story of the McDonnell Voodoo Fast-jets
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- 11
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- 47
- Populariteit
- #330,643
- Waardering
- 3.6
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- 3
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- 23
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First, two stars simply because the quality of the binding is complete garbage. It's difficult to open the book and I expect the spine to start splitting soon.
Please do not buy this book if you're looking for a nuts and bolts description of the Voodoo or looking to super detail a model. It's not what the author intended this volume to be.
3.25 stars as a RF/F-101 Narrative. Strong points include excellent coverage of the CF-101 and Southeast Asia including the POW experience. This is a great volume for former Voodoo squadron members, or perhaps those who might have a loved one mentioned somewhere within its pages.
Overall a solid and sometimes "over detailed" look at the service history and the personalities of the Voodoo at the squadron/organizational level. Development, systems, structures and other technical details normally covered in a book about an airplane are particularly thin in this volume.
I get the feeling this book was written mostly as a response to requests received during reunions. If that was the case this volume succeeds admirably.
Except for squadron archivists, people involved with the Voodoo itself, or those who are preserving its operational history, I can't recommend the book. However, eighty plus reviews on Amazon and the two positive does show there is still a fair amount of interest in the RF/F-101 and this book.… (meer)