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Jet Age: the Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World
Sam Howe Verhovek
Jet Age: the Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World
Sam Howe Verhovek
Explores the advent of the first generation of jet airliners and the people who designed, built, and flew them. This title vividly re-creates the race between two nations, two global airlines, and two rival teams of brilliant engineers for bragging rights to the first jet service across the Atlantic Ocean in 1958.
272 pages, Illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 2, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9781583334362 |
Publishers | Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S. |
Pages | 272 |
Dimensions | 140 × 210 × 19 mm · 267 g |
Language | English |
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