Tag: Jetliners

McDonnell Douglas Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)


Free Download Robbie Shaw – McDonnell Douglas Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)
Osprey Publishing | 1998 | ISBN: 185532752X | English | 132 pages | PDF | 105.61 MB
All of the most famous types are included in Robbie Shaw’s volume devoted exclusively to MDs and DCs. The author works as a full-time air traffic controller at Gatwick, which gives him unique ‘live-side’ access not only at this busy airport, but also at countless others across the globe.

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Douglas Jetliners (Enthusiast Color Series)


Free Download Guy Norris, Mark Wagner – Douglas Jetliners (Enthusiast Color Series)
MBI Publishing | 1999 | ISBN: 0760306761 | English | 100 pages | PDF | 68.82 MB
In tracing Douglas’ jetliner history from their first DC-8 to their ultimate mega-merger with Boeing in 1997, this book delivers coverage of America’s most successful producer of jetliners. All Douglas jetliners are represented painted in a distinct livery in a variety of settings, in-flight and on the ground, inside and out: DC-8-30-40-50-60-70, DC-9-10-30-40-50, DC-10-20-30-40, MD-11-ER, MD-81-82-83-87-88, MD-90-30-50, and the MD-95. The historic roots of each Douglas design, reasons for evolutionary changes, and highlights of test programs and model careers are all covered. Also contains cockpit photos.

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Classic Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)


Free Download Mark Wagner, Guy Norris – Classic Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)
Osprey Publishing | 1994 | ISBN: 1855324040 | English | 132 pages | PDF | 110.28 MB
This is a visual tour of the jet carriers of the 60s and 70s still in service around the world, many of them due for permanent grounding due to new noise regulations. It includes Boeing 707s, Douglas DC-8s, Caravelles, Convair CV-990 Coronadoes and Tupolev Tu-134s, classic models once found in every major airport but now used only by third division carriers in Africa, South America and Eastern Europe.

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Boeing Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)


Free Download Robbie Shaw – Boeing Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)
Osprey Publishing | 1995 | ISBN: 1855325284 | English | 132 pages | PDF | 113.18 MB
Despite the recent efforts of McDonnell-Douglas and Airbus, Boeing is, and has been for many years, the very essence of civil aviation. This new volume from civil aviation photographer Mark Wagner portrays the everyday world of the Boeing jet liner, from an aged 727 shuttling from La Guardia to Miami, to a new 747 arriving at Heathrow after a long-haul flight from Australia. This volume includes a chapter on each of the Boeing family, featuring many new colour photographs as well as some archive material.

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