Modern Commercial Aircraft: A Revised and Updated Illustrated Directory of the World's Civil Airliners, Aircraft Technology and Airlines [Hardcover]

Gunter Endres (Author), William Green (Author), Gordon Swanborough (Author), John Mowinski (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Combined Publishing; 2nd edition (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840650222
• ISBN-13: 978-1840650228
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #508,354 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good reference book on airliners., January 27, 1999

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Thomas Heaney <[e-mail]> (Irvine, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Commercial Aircraft: A Revised and Updated Illustrated Directory of the World's Civil Airliners, Aircraft Technology and Airlines (Hardcover)

Endres' beautiful work includes just about every aircraft, from the smallest commuter to the largest airliner with excellent photos, overviews of development, specs, and detailed internal diagrams (2 full pages for most aircraft). It also includes very interesting sections on flight operations, aircraft and engine design, and the future of commercial flight. The book does suffer so many chronic typos and technical errors that you're left wondering if the manuscript was proofread at all. It also tends to slant towards British-produced aircraft, but that's sort of a nice change. The breadth of information and the excellent diagrams are this book's strengths.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent addition to any Enthusiast's collection, January 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Modern Commercial Aircraft: A Revised and Updated Illustrated Directory of the World's Civil Airliners, Aircraft Technology and Airlines (Hardcover)

This is an illustrated book with substance and very informative. Full of pictures and info about the fascinating aircrafts of the world, and has also the history of the foundation of the different airlines of the world and fleet data of every country which are covered in combination with pictures and section on orders, deliveries, numbers in service makes this book a must buy for any aircraft enthusiast.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An in-depth and up to date guide on Commercial Aircraft, April 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Modern Commercial Aircraft: A Revised and Updated Illustrated Directory of the World's Civil Airliners, Aircraft Technology and Airlines (Hardcover)

This is an incredible reference to just about every commercial aircraft in the world. With superb color photographs, cut-out drawings of the major planes, and a great amount of info on the planes this is just about the best you can get in this subject. This jam-packed commercial aircraft encyclopedia even has special sections on the anatomy of a flight, the flight deck, the cabin and accomodation, design and manufacture, engine technology, future developments, and the major airlines. The reason why I feel that this book is so fantastic is the cut-out drawings that are so incredibly detailed and that show almost every tiny feature right down to the overhead compartments. I recommend this book to any airplane enthusiast and anyone who just wants to research airplanes and see the technology and details of them.