Big Wings: The Largest Aeroplanes Ever Built
In the history of aviation there have been many attempts to produce aircraft of extraordinary proportions to expand the limits of technology and create new performance standards. With few exceptions, the early attempts did not become the successes envisaged until post-World War II when such aircraft as the Boeing B-52, and and the Boeing 747 'Jumbo Jet' airliner changed the face of aviation in both the military and civil roles. Big Wings is a well-researched, highly informative look at the sixteen most significant giants of the air. Each aircraft is introduced and its raison d'etre explained, followed by an in-depth review of the successful a…
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- ISBN: 978-1-84415-178-3
- EAN: 9781844151783
- Produktnummer: 1425020
- Verlag: Pen & Sword Aviation
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 269 S.
- Masse: H27.4 cm x B23.9 cm x D2.3 cm 1'293 g
- Gewicht: 1293
Über den Autor
Philip Kaplan is a Californian author and art-director who know lives in Cheltenham with his English wife, also an author. He has a long-standing fascination with aviation and naval history and has had ten previous books published by Abbeville, Cassell, Random House and Aurum. To date his books have sold well over a quarter of a million copies world-wide.
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