Boeing and Airbus may dominate today’s commercial aircraft market, but there are dozens of smaller manufacturers producing excellent airplanes to service short- and medium-distance routes. Dozens of these commercial aircraft—from the immortal Douglas DC-3 to the unrivaled Boeing 747—are covered here, along with business jets, leisure aircraft, and police and firefighting aircraft from around the world. 600 color and archival black-and-white photographs are included.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Great Pictures, but several mistakes,
By Jen (Fairbanks, AK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Civil Aircraft (The Aviation Factfile) (Hardcover)
I recently purchased this book and have thoroughly enjoyed it. It provides good history and great pictures, but in the technical data, there are tons of mistakes in the conversion from the metric system to the imperial system. For example in comparing the range between two aircraft, one aircraft has a longer range than the other when looking at the range in kilometers, but it is the other way around when looking at miles. The other complaint is that the book leaves out several aircraft which have been around for a while when this book was published, for example the 777 and A340.
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Very suitable aircraft fans everywhere,
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I am a fan of aircraft since the age of 6 years (my age is now 36 years old), my two children now, 5 and 8 years loved the plane.
Although this book is not for children but my kids loved it too. This book is perfect for fans of aircraft as a collection, it was full of pictures and very interesting explanation. Really I do not regret buying this book. Very suitable aircraft fans everywhere.
5.0 out of 5 stars
11-year old airplane buff LOVES it!!,
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My 11-year old is practically an airplane expert and this is his favorite book, though it's probably written for adults. The photos are beautiful and he uses them it inspire drawings. And, he says all the info is not only correct, but very thorough. Each style of plane has a dedicated page with pictures and loads of facts. Thank goodness it's a hard-bound or it would be completely worn out by now!
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When aircraft with any degree of carrying capacity first became available to civilians, airmail was considered more important than passengers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pressurised version, radial piston engines, pressurised fuselage, largest airliner, turboprop power, economical aircraft, service ceiling, operating empty, maximum cruising speed, regional airliner, commuter airliner, other airliners, freighter version, shorter fuselage, civil operators, greater fuel capacity, prototype first flew, wing area, airliner design, fuselage stretch, transoceanic routes, stretched fuselage, regional jet, airliner market, climb rate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Twin Otter, Queen Air, General Electric, United States, British Aerospace, Soviet Union, New York, New Zealand, King Air, South America, Super Guppy, Whitney Canada, Air France, Airbus Industrie, Handley Page, Pan American, British Airways, British European Airways, North American, Super Constellation, Air Inter, Ford Trimotor, Bristol Britannia, Howard Hughes, United Air Lines New!
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When aircraft with any degree of carrying capacity first became available to civilians, airmail was considered more important than passengers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pressurised version, radial piston engines, pressurised fuselage, largest airliner, turboprop power, economical aircraft, service ceiling, operating empty, maximum cruising speed, regional airliner, commuter airliner, other airliners, freighter version, shorter fuselage, civil operators, greater fuel capacity, prototype first flew, wing area, airliner design, fuselage stretch, transoceanic routes, stretched fuselage, regional jet, airliner market, climb rate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Twin Otter, Queen Air, General Electric, United States, British Aerospace, Soviet Union, New York, New Zealand, King Air, South America, Super Guppy, Whitney Canada, Air France, Airbus Industrie, Handley Page, Pan American, British Airways, British European Airways, North American, Super Constellation, Air Inter, Ford Trimotor, Bristol Britannia, Howard Hughes, United Air Lines New!
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- Cargo Airlines (ABC Airliner) by Alan J. Wright on page 61
- Take Off! by Ryan Ann Hunter on page 116
- The Air Force (Defending the Nation) by John Hamilton on page 119
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