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The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum holds the country's premier collection of historic aircrafts, but visitors must view these impressive structures at a distance.

In the Cockpit captures the feeling of helming these historic craft with big, gorgeous four–color photographs that will give flight enthusiasts a true pilot's eye view of many of history's most important domestic and military airplanes, jets, and helicopters. Each entry includes archival images of the craft and authoritative text that places each one in the context of the development of aviation technology and world history.

Now retired after thirty years with the US Air Force Still Photo Depository and the National Air and Space Museum Archives, Dana Bell is a full-time aviation historian and author. He has written more than twenty books on aviation subjects. Eric F. Long is a senior photographer for the National Air and Space Museum. Mark A. Avino is the chief photographer for the museum.