50 Airliners That Changed Flying

Author : Matt Falcus
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750988762
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Airliners that Changed Flying written by Matt Falcus and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The invention of the aeroplane was the dawn of a new way of travelling. Its potential was quickly realised, and aircraft were developed to carry first mail and then passengers, over distances that would have previously taken many hours or even days. Successive aircraft changed how we experience flight and how far we could go, introducing new standards of on-board service. Flying became an experience like no other; modern airliners offer unparalleled levels of comfort and economic benefits for their operators with levels of automation hitherto unimagined. 50 Airliners that Changed Flying presents the exciting airliners which can genuinely claim to have changed air travel, from the early mail planes and piston liners through the emergence of the jet age, to the sleek and ultra-modern airliners of today.

Author : Ron Dick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781550464658
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Aircraft that Changed the World written by Ron Dick and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of fifty of history's most influential aircraft, with profiles of their pilots and designers.

Author : Stewart Wilson
Publisher : Australian Aviation
ISBN 13 : 9781875671441
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Airliners of the World written by Stewart Wilson and published by Australian Aviation. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Airliners of the World chronicles the period prior to WWI right through to the present with special emphasis on the 'about to be launched' projects that bring it right up to the middle period of the next decade of the new millennium. With two planes per page and in vivid full color, this fully illustrated volume contains dynamic coverage of 350 airliners. Sftbd., 8 1/2"x 11", 184 pgs., bandw and color ill.

Author : Charles Woodley
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750989726
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Boats written by Charles Woodley and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying Boats: Air Travel in the Golden Age sets out to do justice to a time of glamorous, unhurried air travel, unrecognisable to most of today's air travellers, but sorely missed by some. During the 1930s, long-distance air travel was the preserve of the flying boat, which transported well-heeled passengers in ocean-liner style and comfort across the oceans. But then the Second World War came, and things changed. Suddenly, landplanes were more efficient, and in abundance: long concrete runways had been constructed during the war that could be used by a new generation of large transport aircraft; and endless developments in aircraft meant they could fly faster and for further distances. Commercial flying boat services resumed, but their days would be numbered.

Author : Ben Skipper
Publisher : Air World
ISBN 13 : 1399066005
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Years of Civil Aviation written by Ben Skipper and published by Air World. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of civil aviation history from the end of World War I to the retiring of the Jumbo Jet. The book examines a century of civil aviation; in 1919 a fledgling industry was born out of civilianizing First World War bombers. The book covers the design and development of civil aircraft and all the personalities that shaped the industry; it features the hay-day of air travel before the advent of mass passenger transit, and the rise of smaller, austerity airlines. It covers the influence of military aircraft on civil planes, unpacks the laws that govern civil aviation and how they have changed over the past century. It chronicles air disasters, both mechanical and tyrannical, and for the first time, looks at the role of women in civil aviation. Playing its part in times of crisis, civil aviation has led rescue missions and covert operations; civilian pilots were often used to test and transport new aircraft from their manufacturers to the frontline, often unarmed and unescorted. The book ends with the quiet retirement of an icon, amid a global pandemic and what lies in store for a greener flying future.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781905704866
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil Aircraft Today written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering all of the most famous types in service with airlines around the world, this book provides a broad overview of today's civil aviation world. From small business jets to charter and scheduled workhorses this book profiles each type in detail.

Author : Matt Falcus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781802827712
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delta Air Lines written by Matt Falcus and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 140 images, this book presents Delta Air Lines, from its very start to its current position in the aviation world.

Author : Matt Falcus
Publisher : Historic Commercial Aircraft
ISBN 13 : 9781802827187
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boeing 737: -100 and -200 written by Matt Falcus and published by Historic Commercial Aircraft. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boeing 737 was developed following the success of the 707 and 727, offering airlines an alternative to the larger models - ideal for shorter routes with fewer passengers. It undertook its maiden flight in 1967 and began flying commercially for Lufthansa as the 737-100. A significant order from United Airlines saw the slightly larger 737-200 built, which would soon become the standard size model. Despite slow sales initially, these early models would eventually prove to be an enormous success, and herald the beginnings of a family of airliners that are still in production today as the 737 MAX. By the time the final 737-200 was delivered in 1988, over 1,000 examples had been built for customers around the world. These included military variants and those capable of carrying cargo. Today, a small number remain in service, providing a useful role in serving Canada's remote communities and in developing countries. With over 150 images, this book looks at the history of the Boeing 737-100 and -200 and the many airlines and operators around the world that have flown them.

Author : John Cilio
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982772843
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vintage Airliners written by John Cilio and published by . This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turing the pages of Vintage Airliners transports a reader from the first commercial passenger aircraft developed from WWI bombers to the jet age of the Comet and 707. Along the journey you'll step back to the days of the Ford Tri-Motor and Fokker, the Curtiss Condor and Kingbird, see the Boeing 247 and its competitor the Douglas DC-1 and DC-3. You'll see other airliners before and after WWII plus regional aircraft like the Martin 2-0-2 and Beechcraft. You'll gain a perspective of how airline service radically changed with the introduction of the Constellation, the Stratocruiser and the family of DC-4 and 6 airliners. Vintage Airliners highlights an era. It was an era of rapid expansion, propeller driven aircraft and change. The airliner story unfolds with over 130 vintage interior and exterior aircraft photographs. Additional photographs of selected airport towers, radar traffic control and airline promotional materials add to the reader's adventure.

Author : Brendan I. Koerner
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307886115
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Skies Belong to Us written by Brendan I. Koerner and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history. In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of '60s idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets nearly once a week, using guns, bombs, and jars of acid. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands; others aimed to swap hostages for sacks of cash. Their criminal exploits mesmerized the country, never more so than when shattered Army veteran Roger Holder and mischievous party girl Cathy Kerkow managred to comandeer Western Airlines Flight 701 and flee across an ocean with a half-million dollars in ransom—a heist that remains the longest-distance hijacking in American history. More than just an enthralling story about a spectacular crime and its bittersweet, decades-long aftermath, The Skies Belong to Us is also a psychological portrait of America at its most turbulent and a testament to the madness that can grip a nation when politics fail.