Screen LibraryFrom props to jets：commercial aviation's transition to the jet age 1952-1962
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Specialty Press,
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| Publisher Address: | North Branch, MN |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 159 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781580071468 (hc) 1580071465 (hc) |
| Index Number: | V271 |
| CLC: | V271.2-09 |
| Call Number: | V271.2-09/P964 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and index. Introduction -- Setting the stage (1946-1950) -- The jet age begins, or does it? (1949-1952) -- Pistons forever! (1952-1954) -- Promise of things to come (1954-1956) -- Coast-to-coast in only eight hours (1953-1956) -- Zenith of the propliners (1956-1958) -- Changing the guard (1958-1960) -- Coast-to-coast in only five hours (1959-1961) -- Stage two : the fanjets (1961-1962) -- Epilogue: What has happened since -- Special salute to the Boeing 707 -- Recommended reading list. |