Dean, William Patrick,  1944- <br/><br/>
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) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781476630151 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Transport planes--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL685  / .U487 2018