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Title: Boeing by Guy Norris, Mark Wagner ISBN: 0-7603-0497-1 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Better title: Boeing Aircraft
Comment: The book is a good look at Boeing's aircraft, from 1916 to present --- you see the 707 for the first time 43 percent through the book. Lots of color photos. Photos of older aircraft are mostly recent photos of restored planes.
I recommend it if you're into climb rates, engine model numbers, service ceilings, and other minutiae. If you're interested in the company and the people in it, its struggles and triumphs, you'll get very little of that here.
Rating: 5
Summary: If It Aint Boeing, I Aint Going!
Comment: As a former US Air Force weather officer, the above quote was one I heard Boeing B-52 bomber crews often say half-jokingly when flying combat missions in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. They flew through all sorts of high-level and low-level turbulence, sandstorms, dust, active thunderstorms, low level wind shear, anti-aircraft flak, and guided surface-to-air missiles in their trusty 32 year old Boeing heavy bombers and swore allegiance to them like they had been hearing the sounds of Orpheus. The same rabid fidelity is heard from Boeing airliner pilots often and, we all have heard of the legendary Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress' rugged durability in battle during World War II. Aircraft made by Boeing have had and continue to have a remarkable mystique about them. This book does a great job explaining that mystique and is just plain fun to look at and read!
The book totals 192 pages and is oddly sized on 10½ by 10½ inch paper. The whole story of Boeing from it's early days during World War I up through 1998 are told in very readable text. A generous amount of high quality pictures are used to illustrate each development. Chapters cover the floatplanes and fighters of the early days, pre-WWII development of airliners, the Boeing bomber heritage, the classic early jetliners, medium range airliners, the 747, the 757 and 767, and next generation aircraft including the 777. A useful appendix is included listing each Boeing "Model number" with the type of aircraft it is better known as, how many were built, and when they were produced.
This is a very enjoyable coffee-table book for all people both young and old interested in aircraft. Kids will love looking at the pictures, average adults will greatly enjoy the clearly explained history and development, and even Boeing veterans will probably learn a few things! I feel safe to say that this is a book you will have in use on your bookshelf for a long, long time. It should be best for kids as they will likely grow in understanding of airplanes as time goes on and interest in the field continues beyond just pictures. It's a great buy for anyone! Go for it!
Rating: 5
Summary: If a toddler could write
Comment: Being an aviation buff, I did buy this book for me, but intending to show it sometimes to my 2yr'old kid. As it turned out, the kid got absolutely fascinated by it, much more than by his other board books, and much more than by other adult aviation books. Don't know what it has to be so special to him, but I know of no other book that has been enjoyed so much.
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Title: Boeing: Planemaker to the World by Robert Redding, Bill Yenne ISBN: 1571450459 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Airbus (Enthusiast Color Series) by Guy Norris, Mark Wagner ISBN: 076030677X Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Boeing: The First Century by Eugene E. Bauer ISBN: 1879242087 Publisher: Taba Pub Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.50 |
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Title: Air Force One: The Aircraft that Shaped the Modern Presidency by Von Hardesty, Bob Schieffer ISBN: 1559718943 Publisher: NorthWord Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Douglas Jetliners (Enthusiast Color Series) by Guy Norris, Mark Wagner ISBN: 0760306761 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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