Evolution of the Airliner Ray Whitford

Name: Evolution of the Airliner By Ray Whitford
SKU: 9781861268709
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Summary

Commercial air travel has come a long way since the first purpose-built airliners took to the sky soon after the WWI. This book, based on a series of articles in Air International magazine, offers an insight into the way the airliner has evolved, and how the breakthroughs and refinements have affected the industry.

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Evolution of the Airliner by Ray Whitford

Commercial air travel has come a long way since the first purpose-built airliners took to the sky soon after the First World War. Countless innovations have enabled aircraft to fly higher, faster and more efficiently, and flights have become more comfortable and cheaper.

About Ray Whitford

Ray Whitford is a chartered engineer and has been Senior Lecturer in Aerodynamics and Aircraft Design with Cranfield University at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom for twenty years. He won the Rolls-Royce Award for Best Propulsion Submission in the Royal Aeronautical Society's 1997 'Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards' and a similar prize in 2005 for Best Technology Submission. He is the author of over sixty papers and articles on aircraft design.

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Sku

GOR011289806

ISBN 13

9781861268709

ISBN 10

186126870X

Title

Evolution of the Airliner by Ray Whitford

Author

Ray Whitford

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

The Crowood Press Ltd

Year published

2006-08-21

Number of pages

192

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins