The Jet Makers [Kindle Edition]

Charles Bright (Author), Walter Bright (Editor)

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Product Description

This is the story of the American aerospace industry and its triumphs and trials during thirty years of fantastic growth. Bright covers all major aspects of the industry, including management, economics, politics, design, production, marketing, and industry-government relations.

"No other analysis exists that is nearly as complete or recent. Bright has missed almost nothing, and he makes perceptive evaluations of the causes and results of the decisions made in the aerospace industry. Particularly fine are his grasp of and ability to present the interplay between industry and government. This will be valuable reading for anyone involved in management at any level in the aircraft industry, and any student in business administration or engineering would profit from reading it."

Glen W. Zumwalt
Distinguished Professor of Aeronautical Engineering
Wichita State University

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1584 KB
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0054M8XLW
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,589 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #32 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > History > World > Transportation > Aviation

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good reading for the aviation history buff but poor edition, February 9, 2012

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Alberto Ramirez Castellanos (Mexico) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Jet Makers (Kindle Edition)

This is a good reading for any aviation buff. The book is brief and covers the history of American aero space industry from 1945 up to 1972. The authors discuss the relationship between aero space industry and government, they go at lenght with the economic and technological factors that shaped the industry by 1972. They also relate the fortunes and misfortunes of aviation giants such as Douglas, Grumman and so on. The low rate is because this book has a lot of typos so it's a bit annoying to find three or more per page. Perhaps the original was scanned using text recognition software but it was not read by a proof reader in order to correct the hundreds of typos. I think that amazon should establish some kind of quality control over the materials published for Kindle since there are several "Kindle books" that are just poorly and hastily scanned unreadable books.