365 Aircraft You Must Fly: The most sublime, weird, and outrageous aircraft from the past 100+ years ... How many do you want to fly? Paperback – July 7, 2015

In 365 AIRCRAFT YOU MUST FLY, Robert F. Dorr has bestowed on us readers a rewarding blend of facts, history, and also humor.The book is organized as if the reader is making a flight. The Introduction (on page 7) is headlined: Before Takeoff." The Postscript (on page 320) is headlined: "After Landing."Once the reader begins the "flight" into the pages, the reader is captivated.The text itself is informative, convenient, and useful. Excellent photos reinforce the text.The headlines for the text about each aircraft encapsulate it superbly. A few examples:Douglas DC-3: METHUSELAH WITH WINGS: OLD BUT IMMORTALFokker D.VII: A FORMIDABLE FIGHTER WITH FRIENDLY HANDLINGMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17: NOT NEW, NOT FANCY, BUT RELIABLE AND LETHALNorth American AT-6 Texan: THE SCHOOL EVERYONE ATTENDEDPiper J-3 Cub: SMALL, SIMPLE, STURDY, AND A FOND FRIEND TO THOUSANDSReader pilots are likely to encounter and learn more about aircraft they have flown, or been aboard. They can also find out about aircraft they would like to have flown, such as the "Spirit of St. Louis," or the Bleriot XI, or the Grumman F-14 Tomcat.The reader who wants to learn more about aviation is always rewarded by finding Robert F. Dorr's writings on the subject. In this book, Bob gives us a feast of learning on 365 aircraft. Get it and enjoy it!.

I am an experienced reader of aviation punblications and of myself writing/editing.This book is qualitatively printed in color but its agenda is not clear to reader - It is not understandable why one finds the Wrights' Flyer only about in the middle of the book (example). Too late one finds that it is per the countries' names in a-b-c order, and this here is an inappropriate choice. MYoffe.

Great book! Our son reads this book non-stop. Great pictures and good text. Learning a lot from it. Like how it's organized by years so we were easily able to find our grandpas aircraft from WW2. Highly recommend.

now I have a bucket list

Dorr has done it again. His ability to write informatively with an easily readable style enables him to capture the essences of no less than 365 aircraft in a handy, fun book. Each page covers one or two aircraft using photos, a bit a text and a wry observation here or there.The gamut is covered regarding what is flying today and what has flown back in the day — from the world’s largest aircraft to the smallest. Fighters, bombers, cargo and one-off aircraft are all included in 365 Aircraft You Must Fly and this is the value of this book. People new to aviation can marvel at whichever aircraft capture their imaginations while people familiar with aviation can see the span of aviation from first fighters to the behemoth Mriya as well as Galaxy. Historical aircraft are noted, some not well known but nonetheless significant — and all in a tablet sized treasure.Dorr has done his work well with aircraft organized by country of origin and a complete index. 365 Aircraft You Must Fly is well worth the small asking price from Zenith Press, Amazon or the local book shop (go there!).<><><><><><><><><>As is the publishing business custom, Zenith Press and On-line Bookstore provided a copy of this book for an objective review.

Great introduction to some really iconic and lesser known aircraft (airplanes and helicopters.) Bob Dorr clearly knows his stuff and his writing is informative and FUN. Ultimately this is a fun book that teaches you a lot about aviation history and technology in the process. What more can you ask for? I would recommend this book to the casual reader as well as the cockpit enthusiast.

Just a meaningless list of aircraft with poor quality photographs. Misses out some important aircraft (e.g. De Havilland Mosquito) and has masses of minor/unimportant American ones.

Not much detail in this format, of course, but interesting and entertaining.