Download or read book 50 Airliners that Changed Flying written by Matt Falcus and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The invention of the aeroplane was the dawn of a new way of travelling. Its potential was quickly realised, and aircraft were developed to carry first mail and then passengers, over distances that would have previously taken many hours or even days. Successive aircraft changed how we experience flight and how far we could go, introducing new standards of on-board service. Flying became an experience like no other; modern airliners offer unparalleled levels of comfort and economic benefits for their operators with levels of automation hitherto unimagined. 50 Airliners that Changed Flying presents the exciting airliners which can genuinely claim to have changed air travel, from the early mail planes and piston liners through the emergence of the jet age, to the sleek and ultra-modern airliners of today.
Download or read book 50 Aircraft that Changed the World written by Ron Dick and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of fifty of history's most influential aircraft, with profiles of their pilots and designers.
Download or read book Civil Aircraft Today written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering all of the most famous types in service with airlines around the world, this book provides a broad overview of today's civil aviation world. From small business jets to charter and scheduled workhorses this book profiles each type in detail.
Download or read book Delta Air Lines written by Matt Falcus and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 140 images, this book presents Delta Air Lines, from its very start to its current position in the aviation world.
Download or read book Boeing 737 100 and 200 written by Matt Falcus and published by Historic Commercial Aircraft. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boeing 737 was developed following the success of the 707 and 727, offering airlines an alternative to the larger models - ideal for shorter routes with fewer passengers. It undertook its maiden flight in 1967 and began flying commercially for Lufthansa as the 737-100. A significant order from United Airlines saw the slightly larger 737-200 built, which would soon become the standard size model. Despite slow sales initially, these early models would eventually prove to be an enormous success, and herald the beginnings of a family of airliners that are still in production today as the 737 MAX. By the time the final 737-200 was delivered in 1988, over 1,000 examples had been built for customers around the world. These included military variants and those capable of carrying cargo. Today, a small number remain in service, providing a useful role in serving Canada's remote communities and in developing countries. With over 150 images, this book looks at the history of the Boeing 737-100 and -200 and the many airlines and operators around the world that have flown them.
Download or read book Vintage Airliners written by John Cilio and published by . This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turing the pages of Vintage Airliners transports a reader from the first commercial passenger aircraft developed from WWI bombers to the jet age of the Comet and 707. Along the journey you'll step back to the days of the Ford Tri-Motor and Fokker, the Curtiss Condor and Kingbird, see the Boeing 247 and its competitor the Douglas DC-1 and DC-3. You'll see other airliners before and after WWII plus regional aircraft like the Martin 2-0-2 and Beechcraft. You'll gain a perspective of how airline service radically changed with the introduction of the Constellation, the Stratocruiser and the family of DC-4 and 6 airliners. Vintage Airliners highlights an era. It was an era of rapid expansion, propeller driven aircraft and change. The airliner story unfolds with over 130 vintage interior and exterior aircraft photographs. Additional photographs of selected airport towers, radar traffic control and airline promotional materials add to the reader's adventure.
Download or read book I Have Control written by Keith Spragg and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2018-03-31 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1967 and 1997 Keith Spragg progressed from the greenest new co-pilot on a piston-engined Vickers Viking to a fully qualified jet captain. He then went on to become an experienced pilot trainer and examiner, ultimately flying ten different types with nine different airlines. The story of that journey, told in I Have Control, is a personal one but is also part of the wider story of airline development. Keith witnessed many changes and it was not only the aircraft that changed; the training, attitudes and culture of airline pilots themselves were transformed over that period. Under the day-to-day demands of disrupted rosters and unsociable hours, the moments of humour and the need to squeeze as much fun as possible out of every day, the significance of these changes was not always obvious. Now, with time to reflect, the small boy's fascination with flight lives on. While the job changed, the rewards, the comradeship and the sense of privilege continued. But now Keith asks tough questions about the application of technology. Is the modern flight deck fit for purpose? Have we sacrificed skill on the altar of technology? How should the industry respond to the prospect of artificial intelligence and pilotless airliners? His account will be of interest to all aviation enthusiasts and is illustrated with 8 colour photographs in a four-page colour section.
Download or read book Empire of the Air written by Jenifer Van Vleck and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the flights of the Wright brothers through the mass journeys of the jet age, airplanes inspired Americans to reimagine their nation’s place within the world. Now, Jenifer Van Vleck reveals the central role commercial aviation played in the United States’ rise to global preeminence in the twentieth century. As U.S. military and economic influence grew, the federal government partnered with the aviation industry to carry and deliver American power across the globe and to sell the very idea of the “American Century” to the public at home and abroad. Invented on American soil and widely viewed as a symbol of national greatness, the airplane promised to extend the frontiers of the United States “to infinity,” as Pan American World Airways president Juan Trippe said. As it accelerated the global circulation of U.S. capital, consumer goods, technologies, weapons, popular culture, and expertise, few places remained distant from the influence of Wall Street and Washington. Aviation promised to secure a new type of empire—an empire of the air instead of the land, which emphasized access to markets rather than the conquest of territory and made the entire world America’s sphere of influence. By the late 1960s, however, foreign airlines and governments were challenging America’s control of global airways, and the domestic aviation industry hit turbulent times. Just as the history of commercial aviation helps to explain the ascendance of American power, its subsequent challenges reflect the limits and contradictions of the American Century.
Download or read book The Airliner Cabin Environment and the Health of Passengers and Crew written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-02-03 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although poor air quality is probably not the hazard that is foremost in peoples' minds as they board planes, it has been a concern for years. Passengers have complained about dry eyes, sore throat, dizziness, headaches, and other symptoms. Flight attendants have repeatedly raised questions about the safety of the air that they breathe. The Airliner Cabin Environment and the Health of Passengers and Crew examines in detail the aircraft environmental control systems, the sources of chemical and biological contaminants in aircraft cabins, and the toxicity and health effects associated with these contaminants. The book provides some recommendations for potential approaches for improving cabin air quality and a surveillance and research program.
Download or read book Boeing Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 50 Tales of Flight written by Owen Zupp and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Changing Structure of the Global Large Civil Aircraft Industry and Market written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In the Cockpit written by National Air and Space Museum and published by Harper Design. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Close-up access to the instrument panels, and consoles from the cockpits held at the National Air and Space Museum.
Download or read book Air University Periodical Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1078 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The DC 3 written by Peter M. Bowers and published by Aero Publishers (CA). This book was released on 1986 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Skies Belong to Us written by Brendan I. Koerner and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history. In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of '60s idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets nearly once a week, using guns, bombs, and jars of acid. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands; others aimed to swap hostages for sacks of cash. Their criminal exploits mesmerized the country, never more so than when shattered Army veteran Roger Holder and mischievous party girl Cathy Kerkow managred to comandeer Western Airlines Flight 701 and flee across an ocean with a half-million dollars in ransom—a heist that remains the longest-distance hijacking in American history. More than just an enthralling story about a spectacular crime and its bittersweet, decades-long aftermath, The Skies Belong to Us is also a psychological portrait of America at its most turbulent and a testament to the madness that can grip a nation when politics fail.
