Skyliners: Mainliners, Falcons and Flagships
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (673 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00XASWK6Q |
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| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An Enjoyable Look Back at the Dawn of the Jet Age Skyliners takes us across North America, from sea to shining sea, and presents the dawn of the Jet Age in all its glory. Each stop offers an amazing variety of late piston and turboprop and early jet passenger aircraft, ranging from the familiar Boeing 707 and DC-8 to more obscure birds. Those of us who had the good fortune to have witnessed this interesting era in civil aviatio. Aviation fans, rejoice! George Hamlin's superb review of Aviation fans, rejoice! George Hamlin's superb review of the way flying used to was is now available in a digital format. My,my,my, what a trip down memory lane this was. Worth the time and money.. "Fantastic photos and information" according to Dave in Summerville. I came upon this book in a used book sale, of all places. I glanced through it briefly, paid my dollar and took it home. Once there, I started at the beginning and spent the next hour studying the photos and captions. The photographs are excellent, and the information provided is quite interesting. A great coffee table book. I find myself purusing it over and over again just to
Do you remember the airline industry of the late 1950s and early 1960s, when four-engined pistons co-existed with their jet replacements? When large turboprops had a future, because jets were not yet applicable on short-haul routes? Or when carrier marketing focused on equipment types, and colourful, complex paint schemes? If you do share an interest in this fascinating era of the airline business, it's likely that you never expected to see it again, in all its glory. Featured are superb, near full page colour photos of the following vintage airliners from the golden age: Boeing 707, 727, 737, Douglas DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, DC-7, DC-8, DC-9, Lockheed Electra and Constellation, Convair-Liner series as well as Convair 880 and 990, Bristol Britannia, and even Se210 Caravelle.This airline ebook is a wonderful complement to carry on your ipad or mobile device while travelling to bring back the memories of what travelling by air was like back in the late 1950s and 1960s.. This ebook features 120 pages of colourful airliners photographed in the US, Canada and Hawaii in the late 1950s and early 1960s. We can thank Mel Lawrence for being there with his camera, and recording the classic airline images from the era for us to enjoy in living kodachrome colour