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Title: Boeing 777: The Technological Marvel (Jetliner History) by Guy Norris, Mark Wagner ISBN: 0-7603-0890-X Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: 15 June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent book!!...
Comment: This was a great book in every aspect, it had many photos and was very imformitive. The one thing that i didn't like about the book was that it didn't have very many photos of the interior of the 777. That's a small detail though. Overall it was great book.
Rating: 3
Summary: Leaves me wanting more detail
Comment: OK, I will admit it up front. I'm a (computer) techie, so I am always sitting there watching television wondering how they accomplished some effect, wondering "how" something happens, or how something works. I am not, though, very knowledgeable about aviation, but I do fly a *lot* for business, and was very interested in the 777. (They look really cool taxiing around O'Hare, for instance.)
The pictures in the book are outstanding, and the description of the details of this airplane are just incredible. I did notice, though, that after about every other page, I had questions that were raised by the statements made on that page. And maybe none of the questions I had were worth asking - I really don't know! It just seemed like a good deal of the "story" about the development of the 777 wasn't there.
I did enjoy learning that the 777 was developed because Boeing and United came to an agreement which they wrote on a cocktail napkin. Or the testing of the wings (bent upward 24 feet for several days, and snapping in two within 20 seconds of when the engineers predicted it). But the claim that "everything changed, from the way Boeing design and built the aircraft, to the way the systems were integrated and tested" wasn't backed up with much real depth about how a huge monolithic company like Boeing actually created - and lived through - changes of that magnitude. Or, for instance, I would be reading along, and it said that "plans to build a mockup of Section 43 were scrapped", but who knows that Section 43 really meant? Plus, I guess I thought the book would be a little larger.
For the diagrams, details, pictures, and the details that are there, I certainly recommend the book. I wish it were slightly larger and had a little more detail.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best 777 book so far - title says it all
Comment: The title of this book couldn't be more appropriate. The Boeing 777 is truly a technological marvel, and the authors have done a wonderful job describing it. Where this book differs from most is that piece-by-piece, component-by-component the aircraft, it's design, it's testing, it's entry into service, and it's future are discussed in great detail, all the while keeping the reader entertained and wanting to learn more. The photography is outstanding as well - the only thing that would make it better is if there were a way to order copies of the photos. Norris and Wagner have written some of the best aviation books available, and this seems to be the crown jewel in their collection. It certainly is in my aviation collection.
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Title: Inside Boeing: Building the 777 (Motorbooks ColorTech) by Bill Yenne ISBN: 0760312516 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Airbus A340 and A330 (Jetliner History) by Guy Norris, Mark Wagner ISBN: 0760308896 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Boeing 747-400 (AirlinerTech Series, Vol. 10) by Robert F. Dorr ISBN: 1580070558 Publisher: Specialty Pr Pub & Wholesalers Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Boeing 747: Design and Development Since 1969 (Jetliner History) by Guy Norris, Mark Wagner ISBN: 0760302804 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Douglas DC-9 (Airlife's Airliners: 15) by Philip J. Birtles ISBN: 1840373180 Publisher: Airlife Pub Ltd Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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