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Great aircraft designs 1900-today / Richard Spilsbury.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Iconic designsDescription: 48 pages; illustrations, (color); 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781484626160 (hb)
  • 1484626168 (hb)
  • 9781484626214 (pb)
  • 1484626214 (pb)
Other title:
  • Great aircraft designs nineteen hundred-today
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 629.13 23
LOC classification:
  • TL547 .S71784 2016
Contents:
Introducing iconic aircraft -- From concept to icon: Wright Flyer -- Sopwith Camel -- Graf Zeppelin -- China Clipper -- Spitfire -- Designer in focus: Reginald Mitchell -- Flying Fortress -- Messerschmitt Me 262 -- Sikorsky S-55 -- Harrier Jump Jet -- From concept to icon: Learjet -- Jumbo Jet -- Designer in focus: Joe Sutter -- Concorde -- Space Shuttle Orbiter -- B-2 Stealth Bomber -- Future of aircraft design -- Timeline.
Summary: Discover the most amazing aircraft designs since 1900. From the Wright brothers' Flyer to supersonic jets, this book charts the story of design that led to some amazing machines. We look at the needs that prompted their design, the designers responsible for breaking boundaries and the technology that made them possible.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction Junior Non-Fiction Waimate Junior Non-Fiction Children &Young Adults Section 629.13 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available a00576944

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing iconic aircraft -- From concept to icon: Wright Flyer -- Sopwith Camel -- Graf Zeppelin -- China Clipper -- Spitfire -- Designer in focus: Reginald Mitchell -- Flying Fortress -- Messerschmitt Me 262 -- Sikorsky S-55 -- Harrier Jump Jet -- From concept to icon: Learjet -- Jumbo Jet -- Designer in focus: Joe Sutter -- Concorde -- Space Shuttle Orbiter -- B-2 Stealth Bomber -- Future of aircraft design -- Timeline.

Discover the most amazing aircraft designs since 1900. From the Wright brothers' Flyer to supersonic jets, this book charts the story of design that led to some amazing machines. We look at the needs that prompted their design, the designers responsible for breaking boundaries and the technology that made them possible.

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