Classic biplanes, warbirds, vintage trainers, heavy bombers, and early jet designs have become star attractions at air shows and museums, thrilling crowds worldwide. See how these historic planes are restored and preserved, in hundreds of full-color and black-and-white photographs. Compiled by an international team of experts in the field, this lavish volume covers every aspect of this fascinating subject, including reasons for preservation, how it's done, case studies of locating, retrieving, dismantling and restoring vintage planes, what it's like to pilot them, and much more.