Boeing 747 400

Download or read book Boeing 747-400 written by Peter Gilchrist and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boeing 747-400 is a complete revision of the basic 747 design. Its increased range and capacity, new-generation technology and cost savings, have all improved the original Jumbo Jet. This volume covers the design, technical specifications, engine choice and production of this aircraft.

Download or read book Boeing 747-400 written by Robert F. Dorr and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2002 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series provides the enthusiast with a first-ever look at the structure, design, systems, and operation of these high tech wonders of the air. Contains engineering drawings, tech manual excerpts, exploded views, overhaul handbooks, cockpit photos, pilot manual excerpts, factory assembly photos, and more.

Download or read book AIR 747 written by SAM CHUI and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boeing 747-400 written by Bruce Campion-Smith and published by Ian Allan Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Flightdeck gives the reader a chance to be the pilot providing, as it does, a graphic portrait of how a modern jet airliner operates over long-distances. Since the first volumes in this series were published, the series has proved to be one of the most popular covering civil aviation subjects. In this new addition to a popular series, Bruce Campion-Smith records a flight from Heathrow to Hong Kong on board one of British Airways' Boeing 747-400s. Drawing upon actual voice transcripts, real time photography and the documentation used by the flightdeck crew, the author produces a pilot's eye view of a flight from Europe to Asia. Also covered are the ground-based operations at both Heathrow and at Hong Kong's new international airport.

Download or read book Boeing 747. Queen of the Skies. written by Owen Zupp and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boeing 747 is more than an airliner - it is the Queen of the Skies. From flights over Antarctica to carrying a spare fifth engine beneath the wing, award-winning aviation writer and airline pilot, Owen Zupp, has detailed the varied journeys of the magnificent Boeing 747.

Download or read book Boeing 747: A History written by Martin W. Bowman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the aircraft that transformed commercial aviation. Includes photos. A presence in our skies for over half a century, the iconic Boeing 747 has transported hundreds of thousands of passengers across the world. From its introduction with Pan American Airlines in 1970, it has persevered as one of the forerunners of commercial flight. Often labeled the “Queen of the Skies,” this is an aircraft revered by passengers and aircrew alike. The first wide-body airliner ever produced, it has set new standards in air travel and opened up the air routes of the world to vast numbers of people who might otherwise have been unable to afford international air travel. This book focuses not only on the 747, but also its many variants, including the YAL-1A, which Boeing developed for the US Air Force, and the Evergreen 747 Supertanker, a 747-200, modified as an aerial application for fire-fighting. Across its types, the 747 carries around half the world’s air freight. Accordingly, freight variants feature here too, including the 747-8.The sheer size of the workload carried out by this craft is astounding. From the glamorous 1970s, an era of rapid expansion that saw an unprecedented boom in the tourist trade, to the various environmental and economical imperatives that impact upon modern flight, this work shows how the Boeing 747 has been developed in accordance with the changing demands of the ages.

Download or read book Boeing 747-400 written by Philip Birtles and published by Wow Toys. This book was released on 2000 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it first rolled off the assembly line in the 1960s, the Boeing 747 took on the mantle of the largest commercial airliner in the world, a position it has still to relinquish after more than 30 years. The 747-400 model is the latest and largest in Boeing's evolution of the giant. Its story is told here. Including numerous pictures, it is the latest in the popular abc series of airliner and airline books.