Bizjets: Executive Jets in Color [Paperback]

Thomas Manser (Author), Rolf Kurz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 23, 1999

Enter the luxurious world of today's Bizjets! More and more of these elegant, sleek luxury jets are rushing the captains of international industry from country to country and even across oceans. Now, as sophisticated as their bigger brethren in terms of performance and range, these flying offices are packed with high-tech communications subtly hidden behind the plush mahogany and suede-lined cabin walls. Experience the high-tech world of today's Bizjets in this fabulous color collection and - dream on!

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Zenith Press (October 23, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760307873
• ISBN-13: 978-0760307878
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,353,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Looking for bizjet technical features? Buy something else!, May 14, 2000

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Pesenyánszki László - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bizjets: Executive Jets in Color (Paperback)

I was quite disappointed checking through this book: created by 2 hobbiest photographers (aircraft engineers working in Zurich airport), the book is nothing else but a photo album of bizjets, parking (or landing) in Zurich Kloten airport. Absolutely no technical information, no real model history, practically nothing about the features of the planes, except for some registry info. Even as a photo album, it is somewhat boring: no interiors (which is the really interesting part of a bizjet), photos only show the aircraft from the outside and mostly as parked on the ground. The very few pictures that show aircraft in the air, are all about planes final approaching or landing: no take-offs and no cruising in the air at all!

To say something positive, the album is comprehensive enough to show photos of different versions of a wide range of bizjet makes and models, even including Russian-built aircraft. However, just viewed from the outside, what is the difference between a commercial Boeing-727 or Tupoljev-134 and a VIP version B-727 or Tu-134? Practically nothing.

These are the reasons why myself, as a collector of technical books on aircrafts, feel like I've thrown away the price of this book through the window! Unless you're a registry-maniac, or your special hobby is to view parking airplanes from the outside, don't buy this album !

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for what it's trying to do, October 26, 2000

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John Reenan (Dallas, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bizjets: Executive Jets in Color (Paperback)

A relatively exhaustive collection of exterior shots of the major business jets. No interiors, no technical information, but it will be very interesting to those in the market for business jets, either as owner, FBO, broker, etc.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best book about business jets i have seen, July 16, 2000

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Leo Batic (Munich/Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bizjets: Executive Jets in Color (Paperback)

As an aircraft enthusiast and registration spotter "Bizjets" was a welcome publication for me. I added this book to my book collection after reading a recommendation in the Aviation International News and also the Swiss aviation magazin "Cockpit" mentioned this book as a well done picture album. The book is showing nearly all common business jet models built until 1995. Military operated jets are shown as well as civil registrated jets from many different countries. Typical air to air shots from Gulfstream or Cessna demonstrators pictured during sunrise are missing, maybe another reason to buy this book. For me the aircraft shown in the picture is the most important thing. I want to see details. The book is giving me the possibility to compare different models like the Learjet 25 with the Learjet 35, or the Cessna 550 with the Cessna 560. I don't need to see cloud formations or snow covered mountains, which you won't find in "Bizjets". "Bizjets" is a wonderful picture album and a good tool to identify the different aircraft models, the best book about business jets i have seen so far.