The Boeing 247: The First Modern Airliner

The Boeing 247: The First Modern Airliner
ISBN-10
0295803819
ISBN-13
9780295803814
Category
History
Pages
267
Language
English
Published
2011-12
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Authors
F. Robert Van der Linden, Victor J Seely

Description

In 1933, the Boeing Aircraft Company set a new standard for air transportation by introducing the Boeing 247 a graceful, all-metal, twin-engined aircraft that was 50 percent faster than the competition. Van der Linden traces the development of the 247 and the odyssey from its brief period of dominan

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