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Amidst fevered speculation about flying saucers as the favoured transport of extra-terrestrial visitors to our planet, it is an established fact that a variety of experimental aircraft designs have been made in different countries that could be described as being similar to flying saucers or flying wings. This is a serious factual study of twenty such projects including the pre-war Vought V-173 Pancake and Boeing B390, and the post-war secret projects from Avro-Canada, the Lockheed Skunk Works, North American and NASA.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Flying Saucer Aircraft ( Secret Projects ), 22 April 2007

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A fine book - and one which draws together in a common-sense and well-illustrated manner various strands of circular plan-form flying wing development.
A very interesting read, the work has an authority and clarity which speaks well of the authors' research.
Of course the big question is not answered ( commendably so ) since little actual evidence exists for the whole issue of German Flying discs, but, given the pre WW2 and postwar development which took place ( and which is referred to within ) , the reader is left to make up their own mind apropos this thorny aspect of circular wing development.

Of great interest is the documentation of circular flying wing designs which date well before World War 2 - this aeronautical strand is by no means historically new ( but which will nevertheless come as a revelation to some ) and this serves to set in context some of the wilder speculations which abound on this particular topic.

A great book on a difficuilt subject dealt with sensibly and in an interestingly ( and refreshingly ) 'down to earth ' manner - pity it wasn't twice as thick !

Highly Recommended.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A First Rate Reference Work, 6 Jan 2007

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When an aviation legend like Ben Rich - the late head of Lockheed Martin's highly secretive Skunk Works describes a flying saucer as 'the ultimate in stealth' - (so much so that it was seriously considered by his aerodynamicists as the ideal shape for the F-117a stealth fighter)- you have to accept that this design of aircraft is worthy of very serious consideration from us lesser mortals.

Sadly, for some reason, unlike their boomerang-shaped cousins, the very mention of circular all-wing aircraft generates an often hysterically negative reaction from the more conservative elements of the aerospace community. So much so, that most top quality writers and researchers steer well clear of the subject. Luckily for the more open minded among us, this book bucks that trend.

Rose and Buttler have tackled a very difficult and emotive issue with intelligence and objectivity. I'm very impressed and look forward to their next collaboration.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A surprisingly good book on this subject, 29 Dec 2006

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I have just finished reading this book, which was given to me as a Christmas present. Sorry, I do not know if it came from Amazon or not!. It is possibly the best collection of new and detailed information I have read on man-made flying saucers, often resolving previously unanswered questions.

It does not delve into the overall issue of UFO phenomena or really try to debunk the question of extraterrestrial visitation. Nor does it go over the top with wild claims about weird, usually unworkable technology. This book just examines man-made flying saucers and will appeal to all of us who are interested in the world of secret and obscure aviation projects.

The book is filled with information and superbly illustrated, with many intriguing photographs, drawings and high-quality artwork.

To the best of my knowledge, this is one of the first books to acknowledge the earliest circular shaped flying machines that are normally overlooked completely.

The lengthy section on Avro-Canada flying saucers is extremely good. It contains more information than I've read anywhere else about this top secret project, which keeps cropping up on various websites that are usually unable to report the details with any degree of accuracy.

It tells the full story of this decade long Canadian-British project and clearly explains what went wrong with such advanced but ultimately overcomplicated technology.

If I had to make a criticism of this book, it would be that it spreads a bit beyond its title of flying saucer aircraft and includes closely related subjects like secret high altitude reconnaissance balloons mistaken for UFOs and saucer shaped spacecraft.

No doubt this will be seen as a bonus by most readers, although I'd like there to have been a little more emphasis on post-war secret aircraft developments.

On the other hand, the part of the book I actually enjoyed most, tells the story of the flying saucer built for the Channel 4 TV hoax in 2003. I remember watching this and thinking it was a pretty good wheeze, although they were unable to fool the serious UFO investigators. We now know, however, some of the things that didn't quite go right on the night and they are recounted here.

Fortunately, this book is nothing like "Man-made UFOs 1944-1994" and it is not only a good read, but a highly detailed reference.

Flying Saucer Aircraft would appear to be mostly the work of Bill Rose, whose name regularly crops up in connection with this particular subject and black aircraft like Aurora. Tony Buttler seems to have played more of a background role, although he is generally acknowledged as a leading authority on secret aviation projects and has written many superb aviation books.

I can see this becoming the benchmark for all future books on man-made flying saucers.

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