Ultra-Large Aircraft, 1940-1970

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  • Ultra-Large Aircraft, 1940-1970 Book Detail

  • Author : William Patrick Dean
  • Release Date : 2018-04-04
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Genre : Transportation
  • Pages : 313
  • ISBN 13 : 1476630151
  • File Size : 5,5 MB
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Ultra-Large Aircraft, 1940-1970 by William Patrick Dean PDF Summary

Book Description: In 1962, a unique transport aircraft was built from the parts of 27 Boeing B-377 airliners to provide NASA a means of transporting rocket boosters. With an interior the size of a gymnasium, "The Pregnant Guppy" was the first of six enormous cargo planes built by Aero Spacelines and two built by Union de Transport Aeriens. More than half a century later, the last Super Guppy is still in active service with NASA and the design concept has been applied to next-generation transports. This comprehensive history of expanded fuselage aircraft begins in the 1940s with the military's need for a long-range transport. The author examines the development of competing designs by Boeing, Convair and Douglas, and the many challenges and catastrophic failures. Behind-the-scenes maneuvers of financiers, corporate raiders, mobsters and other nefarious characters provide an inside look at aviation development from the drawing board to the scrap yard.

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