ISBN: 9781580070379

Lockheed's history with airliners goes back to 1927 with its revolutionary single-engine, six-passenger Vega, followed by the later single-engine Sirius, Altair, and Orion models. In Dece… Mehr…

Lockheed's history with airliners goes back to 1927 with its revolutionary single-engine, six-passenger Vega, followed by the later single-engine Sirius, Altair, and Orion models. In December 1957 the four-engine turboprop Electra with many advanced features made it first flight which led to a production run of 170 aircraft. Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (Airliner Tech Series Volume 8) - Design and Manufacturing Details- First Auto-Land Airliner- Rocket Launcher- Flying Hospital- Flight Test and Certification- Pilot InterviewsLockheed's history with airliners goes back to 1927 with its revolutionary single-engine, six-passenger Vega, followed by the later single-engine Sirius, Altair, and Orion models.  In 1934 the all metal twin-engine model 10 Electra was the fastest airliner in the sky.  In 1943 the four-engine triple-tail Constellation made its first flight leading to a series of Constellation models that were produced until 1958.  In December 1957 the four-engine turboprop Electra with many advanced features made it first flight which led to a production run of 170 aircraft.In 1966 Lockheed started work on what would become the most technologically-advanced jetliner in the world, the L-1011 TriStar.  Lockheed was able to draw on its technology experience from the development of the triple-sonic high-altitude SR-71 Blackbird and development of the mammoth C-5A Galaxy transport, the C-141 transport and the Jetstar. Large paperback,  104 pages, with many colour and black & white photographs plus line drawings ISBN 1 58007 037 X Brand new, mint condition. UK postage is £3.00.  Overseas surface mail is £6.30.  , Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Time Period: 20th Century, Publication Year: 2002, Format: Paperback, Language: English, Book Title: Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, Item Height: 278mm, Topic: Aircraft, Item Width: 215mm, Number of Pages: 100 Pages, Specialty Press<

2001, ISBN: 158007037X

[EAN: 9781580070379], Neubuch, [PU: Airliner], Books

2001, ISBN: 158007037X

[EAN: 9781580070379], Neubuch, [PU: Airliner], Books