Standard Aircraft Handbook for Mechanics and Technicians (Paperback)

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Product Description
This is the definitive manual for aviation mechanics and technicians who build, overhaul, and maintain all-metal aircraft, from Cessna 150s to Boeing 747s. Covers procedures, methnods, and techniques used by Lockheed and Rockwell Boeing.

From the Back Cover
The Benchmark Portable Manual Since 1952 - Revised And Updated for the 21st Century.

The definitive nuts-and-bolts manual for all-metal aircraft, from Cessna 150s to Boeing 747s, this newly revised and updated classic gives mechanics and technicians clear, step-by-step, fully illustrated procedures for all standard aircraft tasks.

The Sixth Edition of this bestseller:
Features coordinated step-by-step procedures, methods, and techniques - including those used by Lockheed and Rockwell Boeing
Details basic shop practices such as drilling and riveting
Shows you how to install electrical wiring and plumbing
Gives clear directions for nondestructive testing, corrosion prevention and control, and other vital tasks
Fully demonstrates forming and fabricating
Covers materials and materials handling
And more!

The Standard Aircraft Handbook for Mechanics and Technicians is the one all-metal-aircraft source that you'll turn to again and again, for projects large and small.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 6 edition (June 17, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071348360
• ISBN-13: 978-0071348362
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #46,000 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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  #5 in	Books > Nonfiction > Transportation > Aviation > Commercial
  #6 in	Books > Nonfiction > Transportation > Aviation > Repair & Maintenance

Customer Reviews

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money, September 25, 2001

By	bruce c davis (San Gregorio, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I have an A&P license and bought this book for my son. It is a good example of quality sacrificed to feed someone's bottom line. Illustrations and figures in this book are of such poor quality that they appear to have been reduced on a copy machine, causing important details to disappear into blotches of ink. Reference tables have been reduced to the point where they are unreadable without a magnifying glass. There is no section on welding. If this is the only reference handbook on the market, then you're stuck with it -- but I sent mine back. Don't buy it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Standard aircraft handbook...a must have for acft mechanics, August 23, 2006

By	R. Thompson "Mechanic for Life" (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an outstanding reference book that should be considered a must have for all aircraft mechanics. I have a couple...tons of outstanding reference diagrams, etc. Get a couple...one for the tool box and one to keep in the house

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice book but showing age, April 20, 2009

By	I. Chakraborty "loves airplanes" (NYC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book was very help full to me as i wanted to have a knowledge about every airplane in the world, it book fulfills most of it, reading along with photos is a fun, though i feel some of the airplanes are missing ( refer to http://www.aircraftcompare.com to know whats missing ) but still I love the book ..but updated version needed now