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Ever since men have been able to fly heavier-than-air machines, they have used aircraft to gather information about their adversaries. Less than ten years after the Wright brothers' flight in Kitty Hawk, Italian pilots were already spying on the Turkish enemy in Libya. Today, specially designed aircraft equipped with sensors continue to roam the skies to unearth secrets in a never-ending quest for superiority. From propeller-driven aircraft to jet planes, this is an excellent reference book on the history of these "eyes in the sky" that have distinguished themselves in military aviation for more than a century with incredible technologies combined with a touch of mystery.