This book features many never-before-seen company photographs, models, and drawings of such futuristic concepts as a folding-rotor anti-submarine patrol bomber and a giant seaplane passenger transport launched from a high-speed rail car!
The decision has been made to refit the aircraft for decades of more operation. This is the remarkable story of the Galaxy's controversial birth, climb to eminence, and quarter century of service.
This book also examines such exotic, but stillborn, concepts as the General Dynamics A-12 and even a Navy carrier version of the F-117 Stealth Fighter.
The AT-6, as it was known in the U.S. Army Air Force, SNJ to the Navy, Harvard in the Royal Air Force, has become something of an enigma.
Complete details about the Jumbos, including the Boeing 747-400 series. Covers the basics of the big jets, preflight preparations, weather forecasts, flight crew's check, takeoff from the flight deck, and more. Over 25,000 copies sold!