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The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines (Library of Flight Series)

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This book is a wonderfully rich source of information on the developement of quite a few turbine engines. The information is well researched and concise, given in a format that is broken down by the manufacturer. There is alot of information on some small turbine engines developed for cruise missle applications that I have not seen elsewhere. There are a decent amount of photos that give a good sense of most of the engines. I wonder though with all the research that was done for this book if many more interresting photos were left out?
The introduction is good and the information they present with the problems involved in design and production of small scale turbine engines is very interresting.
All in all this is money well spent for anyone who enjoys the history of gas turbine engines.

Thorough, details after detail. Probably only interesting to somebody who worked or had close ties to the companies involved.