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Aviation Century Wings of Change - Couverture rigide

Dick, Ron; Patterson, Dan

 
9781550464283: Aviation Century Wings of Change
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1550464280 ISBN 13 : 9781550464283
Editeur : Boston Mills Press, 2005

Synopsis

The gripping story of a rapid-fire period of change in aviation.

The fourth volume in the Aviation Century series is the dramatic story of the worldshrinking developments in commercial aviation through the end of the twentieth century, in which airliners grew from frail biplanes to huge Jumbo jets. In the process, advanced air travel brought with it worldwide political, economic and social change. In 2004 commercial airlines carried an estimated 1.6 billion passengers.

Each new generation of transport aircraft has brought greater reliability, economy and safety, and increased global commerce through technological advances. Each day millions of shipments now travel by air between continents via sophisticated air cargo and air express systems.

Other chapters in Winds of Change examine:

  • the wider world of aeronautics
  • private aircraft (personal planes as well as ultralights, sailplanes, hang gliders and parasails)
  • lighter-than-air flight (Zeppelins, blimps, hot-air balloons)
  • rotary wings (helicopters and related craft)
  • the challenges of research and development (from sketch pad to computers; designers, builders and test pilots).

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À propos de l'auteur

by Air Vice-Marshal Ron Dick; photography by Dan Patterson

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Éditeur
Boston Mills Press
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1550464280
ISBN 13 
9781550464283
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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