The Strangest Aircraft of All Time
2015
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6097-7 (ISBN)
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6097-7 (ISBN)
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If your idea of a `strange’ aircraft is the pre-war DH Dragon Rapide, a bloated Boeing Super Guppy or a BA Airbus with an `ethnic’ tail design, then think again.
If your idea of a ‘strange’ aircraft is the pre-war DH Dragon Rapide, a bloated Boeing Super Guppy or a BA Airbus with an ‘ethnic’ tail design, then think again. What about Horatio Phillips’ Multiplane with its 200 separate wings? Or the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the plane with the longest wingspan ever, which was made entirely from plywood? And who could forget the Caspian Sea Monster – a ten-engine, 550,000kg giant designed to fly at 500kph at a mindboggling altitude of just 4m? Exploring the strangest aircraft ever conceived, Keith Ray reveals the madness of many a designer and marketing guru in this highly entertaining homage to some of the aviation world’s more bizarre aircraft.
If your idea of a ‘strange’ aircraft is the pre-war DH Dragon Rapide, a bloated Boeing Super Guppy or a BA Airbus with an ‘ethnic’ tail design, then think again. What about Horatio Phillips’ Multiplane with its 200 separate wings? Or the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the plane with the longest wingspan ever, which was made entirely from plywood? And who could forget the Caspian Sea Monster – a ten-engine, 550,000kg giant designed to fly at 500kph at a mindboggling altitude of just 4m? Exploring the strangest aircraft ever conceived, Keith Ray reveals the madness of many a designer and marketing guru in this highly entertaining homage to some of the aviation world’s more bizarre aircraft.
Keith Rayenjoyed had a long career in management consultancy, after originally studying engineering at Cambridge University. He is the author of the Extremely Serious Guides series as well as "Bizarre Cars," and is an avid cartoonist."
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.11.2015 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 80 Illustrations, color; 50 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 180 x 150 mm |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt |
| Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7509-6097-3 / 0750960973 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7509-6097-7 / 9780750960977 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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