Early reviews for Fighting Cockpits are in and the response is overwhelming!

The range of warbirds covered by Fighting Cockpits is truly amazing. Copious “Pilot Impressions” give the reader a first person glimpse of strapping on many of the most famous warbirds. Dan Patterson’s imagery puts the reader in the cockpit. Not easy with such cramped space in many of the smaller aircraft. Read more from General Aviation News…

You’d better hope you never share a flight with Donald Nijboer, because he’s obsessed with cockpits. After reading his amazing book, Fighting Cockpits: In the Pilot’s Seat of Great Military Aircraft from World War I to Today, you will be too. More from Wired…

What aviation fan, historian or participant does not wish to sit in cockpits of historical aircraft? To become part of its space? To be ensconced within its environment? Fighting Cockpits delivers this and much more. Read the full Seattle PI review…

The author takes a look at the layout and ergonomics of each cockpit and what the knobs and buttons do.  He invites people from the wide world of aviation to comment on many of the cockpits and this all adds depth.  The photography by Dan Patterson is superb.  The use of archive imagery is well managed and doesn’t distract from the main event. The impact of the design is as stylish as we have come to expect from Zenith Press.  This is a very intelligent and extremely rewarding book.  It informs and it really looks fab. Full review by Mark Barnes…

Split into four chapters determined by wars, you quickly get into the first chapter, “World War 1: Wind in the Wires.” Each chapter is introduced in exquisite story form by author Donald Nijboer, and illustrated splendidly with photography by Dan Patterson. Read more from Dan Pimentel’s review on Airplanista…

If you’re looking for a nice one-stop-shop cockpit reference book that also features great perspective in how these cockpits came to be, grab yourself a copy of this book. This title is recommended! Read more from Michael Benolkin…

Fighting Cockpits delivers this and much more. The supreme photography by Dan Patterson sets the standard for this type of illustration and Donald Nijboer’s writing places each of the 51 cockpits, from aircraft of several countries, into context by grouping the airplanes into one of four significant categories.  Read more from Travel for Aircraft

Fighting Cockpits is available on Amazon.