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Airplane Stories and Histories

Airplane Stories and Histories - Hardcover

by Norman Currey
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Availability:In StockContributor:Norman CurreyPublish date:2022-10-19Pages:206
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Bookside PressISBN-13:9781998784141ISBN-10:1998784142UPC:9781998784141Book Category:Self-Help, Transportation, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Aviation, Aviation & NauticalBook Topic:HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.04Product ID:SC279R42B2

AIRPLANE STORIES AND HISTORIES chronicles two hundred years of aviation highlights including the exploits of pioneers such as Sir George Cayley, the Wright brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Wiley Post, Amelia Earheart, R. J. Mitchell, Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, Allan Loughead, Frank Whittle, and Kelly Johnson. Notable events and developments are discussed, first Atlantic flights, World War airplanes, jet engine development and post-war designs. It concludes with a discussion of new designs...

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Bookside PressISBN-13:9781998784141ISBN-10:1998784142UPC:9781998784141Book Category:Self-Help, Transportation, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Aviation, Aviation & NauticalBook Topic:HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.04Product ID:SC279R42B2
Currey, Norman: - NORMAN CURREY was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1926. He graduated as an aeronautical engineer in 1948 and was astress engineer on the de Havilland Comet. He went to Canada and helped design the Jetliner and Arrow. He spent 30 years at Lockheed, working in the C-130 JetStar, C-5 and special projects. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Roya Aeronautical Society, and has lectured in the U.S. and abroad. He is also the author of Aircraft Landing Gear Design: Principles and Practices, AIAA1988
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