This book outlines the critical engineering discoveries leading to the jet transport age - from observations of birds in flight to modern jet transports. Starting with the Wright Brothers, it traces a path to the Boeing XB-47 swept-wing jet bomber, ending with the first generation of commercial jet transports: the Comet, the Convair 990, the DC-8, and the 707.
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This book outlines the critical engineering discoveries leading to the jet transport age - from observations of birds in flight to modern jet transports. Starting with the Wright Brothers, it traces a path to the Boeing XB-47 swept-wing jet bomber, ending with the first generation of commercial jet transports: the Comet, the Convair 990, the DC-8, and the 707.
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Add this copy of Road to the 707: the Inside Story of Designing the 707 to cart. $7.93, good condition, Sold by Bookmans rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by William Hough Cook.
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Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 0962960500. 2014 ordering info staples to last page of book; Softcover. B&W illustrations. Bibliography, indices; 8vo; xii + 275 pages.
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Excellent descriptive story on development of a product at the leading edge of its time and industry. Everything doesn't always happen per the theory and the plan. Successful implementers learn from what doesn't work and go forward with what does. Collaboration was and is the key to recurring progress and success since things are connected for application and more evolution.
