Modern Air Transport —Worldwide Air Transport from 1945 to the Present —
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 9780851778778 |
| ISBN-10 | 0851778771 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Condition | like NEW |
| Author(s) | Philip Jarrett |
| Publisher | Putnam Aeronautical Books |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Published date | 2000 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Collection / Series | Putnam's History of Aircraft |
| Size | 21 x 27,5 cm |
Description
Modern Air Transport
Worldwide Air Transport from 1945 to the Present
Commercial aviation was undergoing massive change as World War II intervened. All-metal monoplanes, tricycle cabins, retractable undercarriages and flaps were all being introduced, and the days of the twin multi-engined biplane landplanes and flying boats were numbered.
The war put some nations at a distinct disadvantage when transport aircraft were developed. The Axis powers had no equivalent to France's aircraft industry was devastated and returned its efforts on combat aircraft. Only in the United States were transport aircraft, though even these had primarily military uses. Even so, it was far easier to convert an existing commercial airliner than it was to convert a completely new designs.
Introduction of paved airfields during the war saw the face of the flying boat. In the interwar years its principal asset had been its ability to operate from large expanses of water, where no airfields existed, while its disadvantage was the bulk of its structure. With land bases certainly worldwide, usually closer to capital cities than a port base, the raison d'être of the commercial flying boat was lost.
It was a matter of time before the piston engine gave way to the gas turbine; and then, with the parallel burgeoning of the masses, the growth of commercial aviation was rapid. Millions of people flew, some regularly, and the aircraft and the systems for operating them grew larger and larger rapidly until, today, air transport is one of the safest ways of moving across the Earth's surface.
This volume covers in the development of air transport's extraordinary era, with volume by a team of expert specialist writers, each of whom writes on particular aspects. It is an extraordinary tale.
The work includes:
• Introduction
• Propulsion in the Postwar Era
• Markets and Regulation
• Propulsion
• Design and Materials
• Aerodynamics
• Basics of Air Transport
• Airport for Air Transport
• The western Jet Airliner – the Trailblazers
• The Modern Jet Airliner – the Trendsetters
• The Propeller Turbine Airliner
• Business Aviation
• Special Operations
• Index
Title page photograph: Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde 204 G-BOAC, the second British production aircraft, made its flight on 27 February 1975. It was used by British Airways for the 1975 endurance flying programme before going into far airline service, and by the beginning of February 1999 had amassed 20,577 flying hours.
