World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers: From the Pioneers to the Present Day [Hardcover]

Bill Gunston (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1557509395 | ISBN-13: 978-1557509390 | Publication Date: March 1994

Here, within one book, is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of man's attempts to design, develop and mass-produce airplanes and rotorcraft since 1852. More than 3,000 entries, illustrated with some 1,000 photographs, feature oddball contraptions and their eccentric designers, as well as the big companies whose aircraft have become household names. So, along with big organizations like Grumman, Messerschmitt, Supermarine and Sikorsky, are the enthusiasts who built a single machine in their backyard or, like V.B. Shavrov, in their tiny one-bedroom apartment! Global in scope, this new edition reflects the fundamental changes that have occurred in the aviation industry since the turn of the millennium. Each entry indicates the nationality of the company or individual concerned; while it may not come as much of a surprise to see the USA, France, the UK and Germany heading the league table of countries with the most manufacturers, readers may be interested to discover Brazil with 35, South Korea with eight - and the Channel Islands and Luxembourg with one entry apiece.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Bill Gunston, a former RAF pilot and flying instructor, is perhaps the best -known aviation writer in Britain today., with some 300 books published in a fifty-year writing career. His recent collaborations with Sutton include, 'Night Fighters' and 'The Development of Piston Aero Engines'. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr (March 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557509395
• ISBN-13: 978-1557509390
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,665,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great, but..., December 7, 2009

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Walt (Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers: From the Pioneers to the Present Day(2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

This is a great book. However, a country index would make it much more useful. The blurb makes it sound like there is a nationality index, but there isn't.