My collection of «Observers Book of Aircraft»

Ausgaben in meinem Besitz

Copies already in my possession (pictures of the covers 1943– ... –20xx)

• 1942 — «Oberservers Book of Airplanes» 1942
• 1943 — «Oberservers Book of Airplanes» Second Impression with Addittions 1943
• 1945 — «Oberservers Book of Airplanes» Third Impression with Additions 1945
• 1949 — New Edition 1949
• 1952 — First Edition November 1952
• 1953 — Second Edition November 1953

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• 1954 — First [or Second ?] Revised Impression Jan. [or March ?] 1954 (of the Second Edition, 1953)   [as listed on the unnumbered page 4]
  the first aircraft listed in this edition are:
• Pages 14/15: Republic F-84G Thunderjet, U.S.A.
• Pages 16/17: Dassault Ouragan, France
• Pages 18/19: Supermarine Attacker F.B.2
[identical Impression of the Second Edition of Nov. 1953]
• Third (1955) Edition November 1954
  the first aircraft listed in this edition are:
• Pages 12/13: Airspeed A.S.57 (Elizabethan) Ambassador, Great Britain
• Pages 14/15: Aeronca L-16B, U.S.A. / Airspeed A.S.65 Consul, Great Britain / A.I.S.A. I-11B, Spain
• Pages 16/17: Antonov AN-2, U.S.S.R.
• 1956 — Fourth (1956 ) Edition November 1955   [as listed on the unnumbered page 4]
  the first aircraft listed in this edition are:
• Pages 12/13: Aero 2F, Yugoslavia
• Pages 14/15: Airspeed A.S.57 Ambassador, Great Britain
• Pages 16/17: Airspeed A.S.65 Consul; A.I.S.A. I-11B; A.I.S.A. I-18;
• Pages 18/19: A.I.S.A. I-115, Spain.
[2 copies in English]

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• 1957 — Fifth (1957) Edition January 1957
• 1958 — Sixth (1958) Edition January 1958
• 1959 — Seventh (1959) Edition January 1959 [1 copy in English, 1 Exemplar in Deutsch o. Jg]
• 1960 — Eighth (1960) Edition January 1960 [1 copy in English, 1 Exemplar in Deutsch]
• 1961 — Tenth Edition January 1961 [2 copies in English]
• 1962 (gem. Vorwort: 4. dt. Ausgabe)
• 1963
• 1964
• 1965
• 1966
• 1967
• 1968
• 1969
• 1970
• 1971
• 1972
  1972 Observers Book of Manned Spaceflight
• 1973 — Twenty-second Edition 1973 [1 copy in English, 1 Exemplar in Deutsch]
• 1974
• 1975 — Twenty-fourth Edition 1975 [1 copy in English]
• 1976 — Twenty-fifth Edition 1976 [1 copy in English]
• 1977 (gem. Vorwort: 19. Ausgabe)
• 1978 — Twenty-seventh Edition 1978 [1 copy in English]
• 1979
• 1980
• 1981
• 1982 (gem. Vorwort: 31. Ausg. des Observers Book of Aircraft, 24. Ausg. des Flugzeuge der Welt)
• 1983 — Thirty-second Edition 1983 [1 copy in English]
  [starting with 1983: 9mm (5/16th inch) higher then previous editions in my collection]
• 1984
• 1985 — Thirty-fourth Edition 1985 [1 copy in English, 1 Exemplar in Deutsch]
• 1986 — Thirty-fifth Edition 1986 [1 copy in English]
• 1987
• 1988
• 1989 — Thirty-eigth Edition 1989 [1 copy in English]
• (1990 omitted, due to illness of the Author William Green)
• 1991
• 1992
• still missing in my collection (as of October 2010)
• 1994
• 1995
• 1996
• 1997
• 1998
• 1999
• 2000
• 2001
• 2002
• 2003
  [starting with 2003 once again: 9mm (5/16th inch) higher then previous editions]
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010