CIVIL AIRCRAFT OF THE WORLD
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 978-0711007604 |
| ISBN-10 | 0 7110 0760 8 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( rounded spine binding ) |
| Special Features |
Dust Jacket |
| Condition | Damaged Dust Jacket |
| Author(s) | John W. R. Taylor, Gordon Swanborough |
| Publisher | Ian Allan Ltd |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Published date | First published 1978 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 15.2 x 22.2 x 1.6 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION CIVILE • APPAREILS - CONSTRUCTEURS |
Description
For more than a quarter-century after World War II it seemed as if familiar types of piston-engined aircraft would not only go on flying for ever but would always outnumber the jets that had been designed to replace them. No matter how many jet-age transports were sold, air-ports still harboured thousands of DC-3s, DC-4s, DC-6s, IL-14s, Convairliners and Constellations. Now, at last, anno domini and the airworthiness authorities are taking their toll of the veterans, and some of their still-young jet successors which have fallen foul of fatigue and noise limitations. Even greater change is evident in the business aircraft and lightplane sections, where a host of excitingly-modern designs have replaced types now notable only as rare birds.
Big news at the time the last edition was published was the fuel crisis. It threatened such forced economies that the authors felt bound to comment, almost apologetically, that 'the Concorde is still included' despite its fuel-thirsty engines. Since then, this technologically brilliant Anglo-French airliner has become the first — and still the only — supersonic airliner in scheduled passenger service.