From Props to Jets: Commercial Aviation's Transition to the Jet Age 1952-1962
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (947 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580071465 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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-----Airliners Magazine, reviewed by Bill Mellberg, June 2010Once again, Specialty Press has provided us with a well written, well researched, and interesting book. ---Air Classics, July 2010 . Authors Jon Proctor, Mike Machat and Craig Kodera are three of commercial aviation's finest and most prolific writers, artists and historians. They combined their talents and wide-ranging experience in the industry (as well as their large collections of aircraft and airline memorabilia) to produce a truly unique publication which is both highly informat
Mike Machat is a former aviation artist and staff illustrator for the Douglas Aircraft Company, and served as editor of Wings & Airpower Magazine. Air Force. Additionally, he is a world-class aviation artist whose artwork has been published by The Greenwich Workshop and who counts among his commercial aviation clients McDonnell Douglas and Airbus Industrie. Kn
A choice collection that any aviation lover will relish Midwest Book Review Jets have become the standard craft of choice for commercial aviation, but this was not always so. "From Props to Jets: Commercial Aviation's Transition to the Jet Age 1952-1962" tells the story of how Jet planes became the standard and why they overcame the more classical propeller driven aircraft. With plenty of technical information as well as full color photographs, and more, any lover of aircraft will find much to enjoy. "From Props to Jets" is a ch. Classic subject handled by Aviation super stars Jean-louis Delezenne Taking a minute away from the book.Hard to put down even for a minute. Superb writting with authors bringing in text their own experience in that industry, incredible photos with some not seen before and of course the artistry of Craig Kodera and Mike Machat. The perfect time stamp on a very pivotal time in the Aviation History. I love in particular the chapter on the 707, the Caravelle including Ville de Lille ( my hometown)in photo !.Another great titl. From Props to Jets Excellent history of the transition from props to jets and the personalities involved. Didn't realize that even though the Constellation and DC7 could easily fly nonstop across the US the FAA had a rule that pilots couldn't fly > 8 hrs and the airlines didn't want to pay for an extra crew so they would stop somewhere in between and exchange crews.
Aircraft like the Boeing 707, Douglas DC-8, and Convair 880 quickly shrank travel times around the world in half as the traveling public enthusiastically embraced the new and very futuristic jet age. Additionally, the book offers accurate technical detail and rich historical perspective.. This book celebrates that exciting time period with an in-depth look at all the aircraft that made commercial jet flight possible, comparing these radical new jetliners with the classic propeller-driven aircraft th