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Ultra-large aircraft, 1940-1970 : the development of guppy and expanded fuselage transports / William Patrick Dean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dean, William Patrick, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transport planes--United States--History--20th century.
- Transport planes.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 304 pages ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- "This comprehensive history of expanded fuselage aircraft begins in the 1940s with the military's need for a long-range transport and covers the development of designs by Boeing, Convair and Douglas, and their challenges and failures. Maneuvers of financiers, corporate raiders, mobsters and others provide a look at aviation development from the drawing board to the scrap yard"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476665030
- 1476665036
- OCLC:
- 1014012245
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