Aviation Disasters: The World's Major Civil Airliner Crashes Since 1950
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1852603798 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Book by Gero, David
The author did an excellent job This hefty book is an encyclopedia of major civil airliner crashes. (The same author has produced a book on military aviation disasters.) Now, as might be expected with any single book that covers "major" crashes, the author did have do some cherry-picking when it came to which crashes would be included, and which ones would not. I, for example, am disappointed that the crash of United Airlines Flight 553 is not included.But, that said, I did find that the big. Interesting Overview of Aviation History. I enjoy history and have read much on the history of aviation since being introduced to Macarthur Job's 'Air Disaster' series. 'Aviation Disasters' by David Gero gives a good overview on air crashes with getting too technical for the lay person. It was also interesting to have a lot of entries in regard to the former Soviet Union.. The best there is. A Customer This book is absolutely fabulous. It covers in excellent detail every major air crash from 1950-1999. Some get small descriptions, but the most notable (Pan AM and KLM 747's on the runway at Tenerife, USAir 737 in Pittsburgh, TWA 800, Air Florida 090 (14th St Bridge in Washington), Korean Air 007 (Shot down by the Soviets) and more get very detailed descriptions. Addidtionally the author simply spells out the facts. He doesn't editorialize like other disaster