This is indeed true - - I think we're a bunch of enthusiasts and any enthusiast (see Twitchers) is FAR more interested in the one-off "failure" rather than the vast swarms of the successful.
In my case I think it was all those early Observers etc books of the early '60's - they were desperate to pad themselves out and so when it came to Transports- France - ??? there was only the Nor-atlas and the Deux Ponts
I don't think this one has appeared:-