Civil Aircraft (The Aviation Factfile) (Hardcover)

by Jim Winchester (Editor) "When aircraft with any degree of carrying capacity first became available to civilians, airmail was considered more important than passengers..." (more)
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Product Description
Boeing and Airbus may dominate today’s commercial aircraft market, but there are dozens of smaller manufacturers producing excellent airplanes to service short- and medium-distance routes. Dozens of these commercial aircraft—from the immortal Douglas DC-3 to the unrivaled Boeing 747—are covered here, along with business jets, leisure aircraft, and police and firefighting aircraft from around the world. 600 color and archival black-and-white photographs are included.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (July 26, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592232264
• ISBN-13: 978-1592232260
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #766,664 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Pictures, but several mistakes, September 19, 2004

By	Jen (Fairbanks, AK) - See all my reviews

I recently purchased this book and have thoroughly enjoyed it. It provides good history and great pictures, but in the technical data, there are tons of mistakes in the conversion from the metric system to the imperial system. For example in comparing the range between two aircraft, one aircraft has a longer range than the other when looking at the range in kilometers, but it is the other way around when looking at miles. The other complaint is that the book leaves out several aircraft which have been around for a while when this book was published, for example the 777 and A340.

5.0 out of 5 stars 11-year old airplane buff LOVES it!!, June 4, 2009

By	J. Kirby "AmazonFan" (Mountain States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My 11-year old is practically an airplane expert and this is his favorite book, though it's probably written for adults. The photos are beautiful and he uses them it inspire drawings. And, he says all the info is not only correct, but very thorough. Each style of plane has a dedicated page with pictures and loads of facts. Thank goodness it's a hard-bound or it would be completely worn out by now!