Airlines Of The Jet Age
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Airlines Of The Jet Age
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Author : R.E.G. Davies
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2016-08-24
Airlines Of The Jet Age written by R.E.G. Davies and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-24 with History categories.
Airlines of the Jet Age provides the first comprehensive history of the world's airlines from the early 1960s to the present day. It begins with an informative introductory chapter on the infancy of flight and the development of air-transport craft used during the First and Second World Wars, and then wings into the "first" Jet Age--the advent of jet airlines. It continues through the "second" Jet Age of wide-bodied aircraft, such as the Boeing 747 and DC-10, and closes with the introduction of the "third" Jet Age, which begins with the giant double-decked Airbus A380. This reference book is an unparalelled reference for aviation buffs, covering airlines around the globe and throughout the modern eras of human flight. The last book written by renowned airline historian R.E.G. Davies, Airlines of the Jet Age is the ultimate resource for information and insight on modern air transport.
Jet Age
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Author : Sam Howe Verhovek
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2011-08-02
Jet Age written by Sam Howe Verhovek and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-02 with History categories.
The captivating story of the titans, engineers, and pilots who raced to design a safe and lucrative passenger jet. In Jet Age, journalist Sam Howe Verhovek explores the advent of the first generation of jet airliners and the people who designed, built, and flew them. The path to jet travel was triumphal and amazingly rapid-less than fifty years after the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, Great Britain led the world with the first commercial jet plane service. Yet the pioneering British Comet was cursed with a tragic, mysterious flaw, and an upstart Seattle company put a new competitor in the sky: the Boeing 707 Jet Stratoliner. Jet Age vividly recreates the race between two nations, two global airlines, and two rival teams of brilliant engineers for bragging rights to the first jet service across the Atlantic Ocean in 1958. At the center of this story are great minds and courageous souls, including Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, who spearheaded the development of the Comet, even as two of his sons lost their lives flying earlier models of his aircraft; Sir Arnold Hall, the brilliant British aerodynamicist tasked with uncovering the Comet's fatal flaw; Bill Allen, Boeing's deceptively mild-mannered president; and Alvin "Tex" Johnston, Boeing's swashbuckling but supremely skilled test pilot. The extraordinary airplanes themselves emerge as characters in the drama. As the Comet and the Boeing 707 go head-to-head, flying twice as fast and high as the propeller planes that preceded them, the book captures the electrifying spirit of an era: the Jet Age. In the spirit of Stephen Ambrose's Nothing Like It in the World, Verhovek's Jet Age offers a gorgeous rendering of an exciting age and fascinating technology that permanently changed our conception of distance and time, of a triumph of engineering and design, and of a company that took a huge gamble and won.
Jet Age Airlanes
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Jet Age Airlanes written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Aeronautics categories.
The Jet Age
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Author : Robert J. Serling
language : en
Publisher: Time Life Education
Release Date : 1982-01-01
The Jet Age written by Robert J. Serling and has been published by Time Life Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Traces the development of aircraft from the earliest jets to the present day jumbo jets and surveys the history of the commercial airlines
Airliners
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Author : Bill Gunston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Airliners written by Bill Gunston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Airplanes categories.
Operating The Jet
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Operating The Jet written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Aeronautics, Commercial categories.
From Props To Jets
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Author : Jon Proctor
language : en
Publisher: Specialty Press (MN)
Release Date : 2010
From Props To Jets written by Jon Proctor and has been published by Specialty Press (MN) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Aeronautics, Commercial categories.
Although the years from 1952 to 1962 saw the rise and dominance of luxurious piston-powered airliners like the Douglas DC-7, Lockheed Constellation, and Boeing Stratocruiser, revolutionary new jet airliners soon rendered them obsolete. Aircraft like the Boeing 707, Douglas DC-8, and Convair 880 quickly shrank travel times around the world in half as the traveling public enthusiastically embraced the new and very futuristic jet age. This book celebrates that exciting time period with an in-depth look at all the aircraft that made commercial jet flight possible, comparing these radical new jetliners with the classic propeller-driven aircraft that preceded them. By using stunning original photography, ads, and graphics, this book beautifully captures the unique "feel" of that magical era by featuring the very best in rare aviation nostalgia. Additionally, the book offers accurate technical detail and rich historical perspective as well.
The Jet Age
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Author : Robert Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980-01-01
The Jet Age written by Robert Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-01-01 with Aeronautics categories.
Come Fly The World
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Author : Julia Cooke
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Release Date : 2021
Come Fly The World written by Julia Cooke and has been published by Houghton Mifflin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with History categories.
"A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975"--
Airports Cities And The Jet Age
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Author : Janet R. Bednarek
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-08-31
Airports Cities And The Jet Age written by Janet R. Bednarek and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-31 with History categories.
This book explores the relationship between cities and their commercial airports. These vital transportation facilities are locally owned and managed and civic leaders and boosters have made them central to often expansive economic development dreams, including the construction of architecturally significant buildings. However, other metropolitan residents have paid a high price for the expansion of air transportation, as battles over jet aircraft noise resulted not only in quieter jet engine technologies, but profound changes in the metropolitan landscape with the clearance of both urban and suburban neighborhoods. And in the wake of 9/11, the US commercial airport has emerged as the place where Americans most fully experience the security regime introduced after those terrorist attacks.