IsraDecal Publications

Gloster Meteor in the Israeli Air Force

$21 (incl. worldwide AirMail)

Review by Steve Bamford on Mar 27 2009

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This new book from IsraDecal Publications is the 6th book in their Aircraft of the Israeli Air Force series.  This soft cover 48 page book covers the Gloster Meteor in the Israeli Air Force service.  It was written by Ra'anan Weiss himself, so you know you've got the expert pulling together all the photos and history.  The Meteor was the first jet fighter used by Israel and was acquired in 1953 and for a short while it was the front line defender of the Israeli skies.

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This book covers the history with plenty of text and 122 photos (including 15 color photos) telling the full story of the Israeli Meteor from the beginning to the end when the IAF Meteor joined other former defenders of Israeli skies at the IAF Museum.  After their operational life, some of the Meteors were given to villages to put in playground for kids to play on.  At the back of the book are color profiles for 9 Israeli Meteors.

Ra'anan Weiss is an exhaustive researcher and this comes through in this book with all the great detail in the text and the photos.  Ra'anan really knows his stuff and each of his books is a treat to read as they are packed with information.

IsraDecal has a new Meteor decal sheet and it is well worth checking out as well.  This book and the decal sheet would make the perfect set if you'd like to build a Meteor in Israeli markings to add to your display case.  This book is written from both a historian and a modelers point of view.

You can buy this book and other books and decal sheet and resin conversion parts for Israeli aircraft direct from IsraDecal.

Steve

I would like to thank IsraDecal for providing me with this review sample.

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford