Ultra-large aircraft, 1940-1970 : the development of guppy and expanded fuselage transports /
Dean, William Patrick, 1944-
Ultra-large aircraft, 1940-1970 : the development of guppy and expanded fuselage transports / William Patrick Dean. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (vii, 304 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
"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"--
9781476630151
Transport planes--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic Books.
TL685 / .U487 2018
Ultra-large aircraft, 1940-1970 : the development of guppy and expanded fuselage transports / William Patrick Dean. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (vii, 304 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
"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"--
9781476630151
Transport planes--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic Books.
TL685 / .U487 2018