This illustrated history examines the remarkable sequence of events that led to the jetliners development and the longevity of classic pre747-400 versions. Full technical specifications of the early variants are accompanied by a production listing and 150 photos and line drawings.
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An Impressive Wealth Of Facts! A 747 Lover's Bible!!,
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This review is from: Boeing 747 Classic (Airliner Color History) (Paperback)
This is another in a growing list of outstanding publications in the "Airliner Color History" series! Every possible detail you could ever want to know regarding the early ("Classic") models of Boeing's magnificently-enormous 747 Jumbo jet airliner are included in this very well-illustrated 128-page volume!! Tons of information about these awesome flying machines are at your fingertips here. All kinds of technical data & graphs & charts are provided, as well as sections covering "747 accidents", "airline operators" (featuring info & photos on just about EVERY airline ever to operate a B747 Classic!), and "production history" (which is a listing of all 800+ aircraft, including the date each one first took to the skies).Of course, there are also lots and lots of excellent photographs throughout this comprehensive volume, including many shots of jetliners under construction. In all, this is a MUST for aviation fans, or for anyone who likes to look and read about Boeing's mightiest achievement.
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This book has some great valuable information about 747 series.
I wish it had some more details about 747-400 series (megatop). Picture quality is excellent, best price for an used book. Seller was very prompt and shipment arrived well before the estimated date.
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An excellent look at the Boeing 747-100/200/300/SP,
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The Airlife's Airliner series of books cover individual commercial aircraft types in an interesting, in-depth manner. Each volume of this British series covers a unique commercial aircraft type from its design, production, entry into service, its usage by airlines, and in some cases eventual demise. Each volume features plenty of color and black and white photographs of the subject aircraft along with a complete construction list (accurate to date of publication for aircraft types still being built). This volume covers the original incarnations of the Boeing 747 ... the 100, 200, 300 and short-bodied SP. Together these variants are the most successful widebody airliner ever built. The 747 may be credited with bringing air travel to the masses ... making airfares affordable to the general population due to the large amount of seats available. This book takes an interesting look at the genesis of this aircraft ... its design (it was designed to eventually become a freighter only aircraft, according to Boeing, because by the 1990s we would all be flying on supersonic airliners) ... to the radical idea of a 400 passenger airliner.
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US Government contracts issued during and immediately after WW2 transformed the averagely-successful Boeing Aircraft Company of the late 1930s into one of the true giants of post-war American aviation history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
side cargo door, first delivery, passenger models, first flown, series aircraft, nose door, flight data recorder, cargo aircraft, cockpit voice recorder, route network, first aircraft, forward fuselage, second aircraft Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Total Classic, Air France, Northwest Orient, All Nippon, Air India, Cathay Pacific, General Electric, New York, South African, Air Canada, Flying Tiger, Pan American, China Airlines, Hugh Newell, Iran Air, Aerolineas Argentinas, Combi Lufthansa, Korean Airlines, Seaboard World, Geoff Harber, British Airways, Imperial Iranian, Air New Zealand, Los Angeles, Singapore Airlines New!
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