{"id":574,"date":"2026-06-21T20:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviation.christophermreed.net\/?page_id=574"},"modified":"2026-06-21T20:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:54:02","slug":"cockpits-of-the-cold-war-a-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/cockpits-of-the-cold-war-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Cockpits of the Cold War&#8221; a Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Donald, Nijboer, Dan Patterson<br \/>\nISBN: 1-55046-405-1<\/p>\n<p>A handsomely laid-out book that looks at the cockpit layouts of thirty-nine notable fighters, bombers, and reconnaissance aircraft of the Cold War era, divided into sections dealing with designs from Canada, the US, UK, France, Sweden, and Russia. Each aircraft covered includes a capsule history of the type, a large color cockpit photo, and a perspective from a pilot associated with the type. Well worth a look for the historian or scale modeler!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Types covered include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CF-100 Canuck (Mk. 4 at Duxford)<br \/>\nSkyraider (A-1H at NMNA)<br \/>\nF-80 (F-80C at Dayton)<br \/>\nF-84E Thunderjet<br \/>\nF-100C Super Sabre<br \/>\nF-101B Voodoo<br \/>\nF-4J Phantom II at Duxford<br \/>\nF-104C Starfighter<br \/>\nF-105G Wild Weasel<br \/>\nF-106A<br \/>\nSR-71<br \/>\nB-36J<br \/>\nRB-47H<br \/>\nB-52D<br \/>\nF9F-6 at NMNA<br \/>\nF4D-1 Skyray<br \/>\nF11F-1 Tiger<br \/>\nF-8A Crusader<br \/>\nMeteor F.8 at Duxford<br \/>\nHunter F.6<br \/>\nJavelin FAW.9<br \/>\nLightning F.6<br \/>\nSea Hawk FGA.6<br \/>\nSupermarine Scimitar<br \/>\nDH Sea Vixen<br \/>\nCanberra T.19<br \/>\nVickers Valiant<br \/>\nVulcan B.2<br \/>\nVictor K.2<br \/>\nMystere<br \/>\nJ29<br \/>\nMiG-15<br \/>\nMiG-21F<br \/>\nMiG-23MF<\/p>\n<p>Some of the books listed below contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This helps support the site at no extra cost to you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4vaHnuY\" rel=\"nofollow\">View this book at Amazon<\/a> (Affiliate Link)<\/p>\n<p>FTC Affiliate Disclosure: This website participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and other affiliate programs. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. All opinions expressed are my own. Links marked as affiliate links help support the maintenance of this site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Donald, Nijboer, Dan Patterson ISBN: 1-55046-405-1 A handsomely laid-out book that looks at the cockpit layouts of thirty-nine notable fighters, bombers, and reconnaissance aircraft of the Cold War era, divided into sections dealing with designs from Canada, the US, UK, France, Sweden, and Russia. Each aircraft covered includes a capsule history of the type, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-574","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}