ABC United Airlines [Paperback]

Simon Forty (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Plymouth Pr Ltd (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0711025312
• ISBN-13: 978-1882663200
• ASIN: 1882663209
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,551,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, April 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: ABC United Airlines (Paperback)

A 100 page history of United should be better than this. This is a boring list of dates and facts with no commentary. United caused the 1987 stock market crash. It was a major supporter for deregulation in 1978. Some very colorful people worked there. None of this is here. For a much more interesting account, read "Hard Landing" by Thomas Petzinger.

There are numerous pictures, mostly black and white, mostly of current models. Should have included more vintage aircraft. The small format of the book does not lend itself to impressive photos and airplanes in black and white don't do anything for me. Should have had fewer photos and more narrative.

My copy had no wrong labels on airplanes and the ESOP is discussed on page 23. The only error was a reference twice to the 777's GE90 engines. United flies the PW4000 series engines, as is correctly indicated elsewhere in the book. My book is the 1998 reprint.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ITS JUST NOT WORTH IT!!!, January 13, 1999

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[e-mail] (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ABC United Airlines (Paperback)

Well, this book mistakes 777's for 727's, and 747's for 777's, so I would have to say that only buy this book if neccisary, for school projects and such. It has no mention of Shuttle, and even thouh it may be sad to say, they mention nothing abut the flaws, such as crashes and incedint! Overall, IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT!!!

2.0 out of 5 stars Book on United Airlines, August 10, 2009

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This review is from: ABC United Airlines (Paperback)

When I ordered the book, I thought it would be a regular sized book, but instead was a slim and small pocketbook. Frankly, I did NOT like the book, especially because I already knew most of the info the author poorly wrote about. To tell the truth, I was very disappointed with the book contents and, if I knew beforehand what the book was like, I would definitely NOT have ordered it.