747 : creating the world's first jumbo jet and other adventures from a life in aviation / Joe Sutter...
747 : creating the world's first jumbo jet and other adventures from a life in aviation / Joe Sutter...
747 : creating the world's first jumbo jet and other adventures from a life in aviation / Joe Sutter with Jay Spenser.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Smithsonian, 2006.
Date
2006.
Call Numbers
N629.13009/9
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 272 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Growing up with aviation -- 2. University and war -- 3. Douglas, Boeing, and the Stratocruiser -- 4. The jet age -- 5. I get the 747 -- 6. A giant takes shape -- 7. Willing to be fired -- 8. The wing and weight crises -- 9. The 747 rolls out -- 10. Into the air -- 11. Transforming the world -- 12...
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Publisher
New York : Smithsonian, 2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
"Almost everything about the 747 would be unprecedented. Its cabin would be so wide that it would need two aisles. Its horizontal tail would be bigger than the wings of most airliners ever built. Jet engines big enough to lift it off the ground didn't yet exist. Runways at the world's airports couldn't handle it, and neither could Boeing's factorie...
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747 : creating the world's first jumbo jet and other adventures from a life in aviation / Joe Sutter with Jay Spenser.
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N629.13009/9
Record Identifier
74VKvJG0jedM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvJG0jedM
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ISBN
0060882417
9780060882419 (alk. paper)
DDC
629.130092 B
MMS ID
991021498399702626
