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Title: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser (AirlinerTech Series, Vol. 9) by Nicholas A. Veronico ISBN: 1-58007-047-7 Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN) Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Portable Feast
Comment: Detailed pictures of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser are notoriously difficult to find. Nicholas Veronico, however, has assembled a wealth of sharp photographs showing the aircraft under construction, the mighty (and equally temperamental) Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engines, flight decks (including navigator's and flight engineer's stations), and interiors (including the main deck, lower deck lounge, sleeping births, lavatories, and galleys) - all this and more in a slim 104-page volume! Mr. Veronico does an admirable job showing the configurations unique to each airline customer, and he includes information on secondary operators of the type.
Mr. Veronico's text is both enjoyable and informative, covering the development of the mighty Strat, along with narratives of the aircraft in airline service. This technologically advanced (for its time) airliner, unfortunately, had more than its share of trouble; the author describes the untimely endings of these ill-fated birds, including Captain Richard Ogg's heroic water landing of Clipper 953, Clipper Sovereign of the Skies. Detailed charts at the end of the book present the serial numbers and construction IDs of all the Stratocruisers by major carrier, along with individual histories of each and every Stratocruiser built.
I have yet to find more information on a particular aircraft in a single volume; Mr. Veronico truly outdid himself here. I heartily recommend this excellent book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Extrordinarily well-done study of a lost classic
Comment: This book is a solid cut above most of the breed, very well written and adorned with first-class drawings and photographs. The only element of the Stratocruiser story it overlooks is the fascinating tale of hidden US goverment financial support for the airlines that purchased it, which is covered in Ernest K. Gann's 1974 book "Flying Circus."
It's a real tragedy that no Stratocruisers were preserved; it seems I was just born too late.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Sweet Memories"A True QUEEN of the SKIES"
Comment: This book is truely a must have item if you want to know all about a beautiful Boeing Airliner of yesteryear This book really is very informitive & is full of great pictures of the mighty "Stratocruiser" a true "QUEEN" of the SKIES that left to early in HER life! It takes your interest from page to page.The Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation from Toms River NJ now ownes & operates one of the last surviving "STRATS" that is still AIRWORTHY! This is the military version the C-97G that flew with the USAF & SAC n the 50's& 60's.Truely a one of a kind great Propliner from the past! (...)
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Title: Douglas DC-6 and DC-7 (AirlinerTech Series, Vol. 4) by Harry Gann ISBN: 1580070175 Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN) Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: De Havilland Comet (AirlinerTech Series, Vol. 7) by Kev Darling ISBN: 1580070361 Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN) Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Lockheed Constellation & Super Constellation (AirlinerTech Series, Vol. 1) by Scott E. Germain ISBN: 1580070000 Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN) Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Lockheed L-188 Electra (AirlinerTech Series, Vol. 5) by Jim Upton ISBN: 1580070256 Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN) Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Boeing 707/720 (Airlife's Classic Airliners) by Jim Winchester ISBN: 1840373113 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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