Propliners Of The World Pt 1

Author : William Patrick Dean
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476662800
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The ATL-98 Carvair written by William Patrick Dean and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ATL-98 Carvair is a truly unusual aircraft. Converted from 19 C-54 World War II transport planes and two DC-4 airliners into a small fleet of air ferries by Aviation Traders of Southend, England, the Carvair allowed commercial air passengers to accompany their automobiles onboard the aircraft. The planes were dispersed throughout the world, operating for 75 airlines and transporting cars, royalty, rock groups, refugees, whales, rockets, military vehicles, gold, and even nuclear material. After more than 45 years, two Carvairs were in 2008 still in service. This comprehensive history of the ATL-98 Carvair, begins with corporate histories and profiles of key players, including William Patterson, Donald Douglas, and Freddie Laker. Four chapters illustrate the evolution of the car-ferry as a viable aircraft, the history of Aviation Traders, engineering details incorporated into the Carvair's production, and major Carvair operators. Chapters on each of the fleet's 21 planes provide individual histories and anecdotes. Seven appendices provide several kinds of data and the book is fully indexed.

Author : Gerry Manning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780955426858
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Propliners of the World written by Gerry Manning and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the water bombing Convair CV 580 and Lockheed P 2 Neptune through the cargo hauling Curtiss C 46, Douglas DC 4 and Russian built Antonov AN 12 to South America's enduring pleasure flight DC 3s and Antonov AN 32s. A nostalgic, photographic look at some of the great classic propeller driven aircraft as they operate around the world.

Author : Clinton Groves
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610607391
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Propliners written by Clinton Groves and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Patrick Dean
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786451777
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The ATL-98 Carvair written by William Patrick Dean and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-09-18 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ATL-98 Carvair is a truly unusual aircraft. Converted from 19 C-54 World War II transport planes and two DC-4 airliners into a small fleet of air ferries by Aviation Traders of Southend, England, the Carvair allowed commercial air passengers to accompany their automobiles onboard the aircraft. The planes were dispersed throughout the world, operating for 75 airlines and transporting cars, royalty, rock groups, refugees, whales, rockets, military vehicles, gold, and even nuclear material. After more than 45 years, two Carvairs were in 2008 still in service. This comprehensive history of the ATL-98 Carvair, begins with corporate histories and profiles of key players, including William Patterson, Donald Douglas, and Freddie Laker. Four chapters illustrate the evolution of the car-ferry as a viable aircraft, the history of Aviation Traders, engineering details incorporated into the Carvair’s production, and major Carvair operators. Chapters on each of the fleet’s 21 planes provide individual histories and anecdotes. Seven appendices provide several kinds of data and the book is fully indexed.

Author : Hans Wiesman
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612002595
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dakota Hunter written by Hans Wiesman and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of a lifelong passion for a WWII aircraft that changed the author’s life: “It is almost like an adventure novel except it is true” (Air Classics). This book tells the story of a Dutch boy who grew up during the 1950s in postwar Borneo, where he had frequent encounters with an airplane, the Douglas DC-3, a.k.a. the C-47 Skytrain or Dakota, of World War II fame. For a young boy living in a remote jungle community, the aircraft reached the proportions of a romantic icon as the essential lifeline to a bigger world for him, the beginning of a special bond. In 1957, his family left the island and all its residual wreckage of World War II, and he attended college in The Hague. After graduation, he started a career as a corporate executive—and met the aircraft again during business trips to the Americas. His childhood passion for the Dakota flared up anew, and the fascination pulled like a magnet. As if predestined, or maybe just looking for an excuse to come closer, he began a business to salvage and convert Dakota parts, which meant first of all finding them. As the demand for these war relic parts and cockpits soared, he began to travel the world to track down surplus, crashed, or derelict Dakotas. He ventured deeper and deeper into remote mountains, jungles, savannas, and the seas where the planes are found, usually as ghostly wrecks but sometimes still in full commercial operation. In hunting the mythical Dakota, he often encountered intimidating or dicey situations in countries plagued by wars or revolts, others by arms and narcotics trafficking, warlords, and conmen. The stories of these expeditions take the reader to some of the remotest spots in the world, but once there, one is often greeted by the comfort of what was once the West’s apex in transportation—however now haunted by the courageous airmen of the past.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1024 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Airways written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flypast written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David J. Jeremy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Business History: pt. 3, Global business written by David J. Jeremy and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aviation News written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeremy R. Kinney
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9781626830370
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power for Flight written by Jeremy R. Kinney and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NACA and aircraft propulsion, 1915-1958 -- NASA gets to work, 1958-1975 -- The shift toward commercial aviation, 1966-1975 -- The quest for propulsive efficiency, 1976-1989 -- Propulsion control enters the computer era, 1976-1998 -- Transiting to a new century, 1990-2008 -- Toward the future