TY - BOOK AU - Dean,William Patrick TI - Ultra-large aircraft, 1940-1970: the development of guppy and expanded fuselage transports SN - 9781476630151 AV - TL685 .U487 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers KW - Transport planes KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 2; b N2 - "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"-- UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1804961&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -