This is mellowed by the ability to visualy and textually peel off layers of mainstream aircraft, resulting in close-ups of a space shuttle or discovering what makes a propellor spin. Over 200 aircraft are documented in this way.
As always the integration of movies, text and printable photographs is excellant. The carefully textured borders and contrasting colours of control panels and text is extremely easy on the eye. Adults will get more from the documentaries, including flights as contemporary as 1993 and inside tips and hints from aviation experts. There's plenty of archieve material, both colour and black and white, but the video clips are a little short.
As such a wide audience is catered for, the commentary is pitched at a young audience, which is a bit strange interlaced with high brow detail. Otherwise, you'll be hard pushed to find a more authoritative focal point of aviation news and views. A way forward is the inclusion of free subscription to Aviation Magazine and a guide to 500 aviation museums. Fine, as long as you live in America. UK developers take note please.
