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Boeing - The Complete Story (gnv64)

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Boeing: The Complete Story
By Alain Pelletier
Haynes Publishing | 2010 | ISBN: 978 1844257034 | 258 Pages | PDF | 97.2 mb


Today, Boeing is the premier aircraft builder in the US and one of the biggest aerospace constructors in the world. To the public Boeing is inextricably linked with some of the greatest names in aircraft design and construction, including the Flying Fortress, the 707, the 747 jumbo jet, and the massive B-52 bomber. This handsomely illustrated history of'the plane builder from Seattle' includes details of every aircraft it has ever built, together with data charts.

CONTENTS
»Introduction
»Foreword

CHAPTER 1 » The first steps of a giant (1910-1932) 010
The very first Boeing 013
Difficult times ..............................................015
The Boeing Airplane Company emerges from the red 018
The first fighter planes 019
Making money from the mail 021
A new family of fighter planes 024
Towards new standards of air travel....................030
Bill Boeing thinks big 031
Monomail: the plane that delivered it all...................033

CHAPTER 2 » The turning point (1933-1939) 040
The first modern airliner...............................041
The end of a dream.....................................046
The era of the giants 048
The birth of a legend .050
The Stratoliner 054
The reign of the Clippers....................................057
Stearman: biplanes and tradition..............................061
The eve of battle...................................063

CHAPTER 3 » The war years (1940-1945) 064
The Stratoliners and Clippers go to war 067
From the Sea Ranger to the 'Lone Ranger' 069
Down in Wichita...............................................070
The Flying Fortress: queen of the skies. . 071
'Grand Pappy' ................................................083
B-29: the plane of all the superlatives .083
Sixteen planes a day! ......................................093
From bombers to cargo planes 094
The last fighter 095

CHAPTER 4 » The dawn of a new era (1946-1956) 098
A super Superfortress .104
Stratojet: the first modern bomber...........................110
Diversifying and enlarging the range 116
The birth pangs of the B-52 118
The 707: icon of air travel 123
The flying petrol station 131

CHAPTER 5 » Changing times (1957-1969).............. 134
The search for the B-52's successor 135
The Space Shuttle's forerunner 137
The 707 family 138
Big changes
Missiles to the fore 145
TFX: the myth of the common-user aircraft 146
The gamble with the 727 ............................... 148
The race for a supersonic transport 150
CX-HLS: an HGV in the skies 152
Birth of a winner 154
The Jumbo and air travel for all..............................155
Boeing at the heart of the space programme 161
Boeing broadens its range 165
And diversifies........................................168

CHAPTER 6 » From the edge of the abyss to the pinnacle (1970-1996) 170
Pulling out all the stops. 173
A limited military market 173
A new generation of airliners 176
Climbing back to the top 184
Cooperation to reduce risk 191
Towards heavy commercial transport 192
Remote-controlled planes get off the ground 193
Vertol and the hardy Chinook 193
New types of missile..............................198
A major player in the conquest of space 202

CHAPTER 7 » Endless horizons (1997-2008) 206
An era of mergers 207
The purchase of McDonnell Douglas..............................................209
A new generation of 737s 210
A return to the defence market 212
The growth of the 700 family 214
Boeing keeps on growing 217
Boeing leaves its historic cradle 218
The amazing Sonic Cruiser 220
The repercussions of 9/11 223
A brand-new kind of plane 227
The birth of the 787 ........................................227
The rejuvenated 747 231
Endless horizons...............................................237

»Appendices 239
Bibliography, acknowledgements and photograph credits

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