Big Wings: the Largest Aircraft Ever Built
the largest aircraft ever built
$80.00
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
9 February 2005
Summary
Big Wings: A History of Aviation’s Giants
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 the Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo Jet’ airliner changed the face of aviation in both the military and civil roles.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844151783 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844151786 |
| Author: | Philip Kaplan |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Leo Cooper Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2005 |
| Weight: | 1.29kg |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 239mm x 274mm |
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Critics Review
“very approachable, precisely because it stays away from the engineering minutia, and deftly describes the contexts in which these machines were hatched, the expectations for them, and how they delivered…This is about as ideal a book to give as a gift to pretty much anyone with an interest in the world around them–if you can bring yourself to part with it.”– “SpeedReaders.info”
About The Author
Philip Kaplan
Philip Kaplan is a Californian author and art-director who now 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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