The great planes /
Gilbert, James
The great planes / by James Gilbert. - New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1970. - 251 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Cont.: The Wrights Fly -- Blériot crosses the Channel -- The Fokker Scourge -- Tommy Sopwith's scouts -- SPAD: the favorite of Aces -- Barnstorming in the Jenny -- Lindbergh & the Ryans -- Lockheed's plywood Bullets -- Ford's tri-motor: the Tin Goose -- Moth: a light aeroplane for all -- "What Waco it that, mister?" -- The incredibly agile Jungmeister -- Mr. Piper's Cub -- The imperishable DC-3 -- Walter Beech & the Staggerwing -- Messerschmitt -- The Spitfire -- P-51: the wide-ranging Mustang -- The Flying Fortress -- Grumman's Cats -- Yak: hero of the Soviet Union -- The howl of the Zlin -- Frati: design for speed -- Lear: the 500-mph limousine -- F-86 Sabrejet -- Boeing jetliners.
Filled with air-to air color photographs, this book shows a pilot's choice of the most spectacular, most significant, and best-flying aircraft in the history of aircraft.
Airplanes--History
Aeronautics--History
The great planes / by James Gilbert. - New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1970. - 251 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Cont.: The Wrights Fly -- Blériot crosses the Channel -- The Fokker Scourge -- Tommy Sopwith's scouts -- SPAD: the favorite of Aces -- Barnstorming in the Jenny -- Lindbergh & the Ryans -- Lockheed's plywood Bullets -- Ford's tri-motor: the Tin Goose -- Moth: a light aeroplane for all -- "What Waco it that, mister?" -- The incredibly agile Jungmeister -- Mr. Piper's Cub -- The imperishable DC-3 -- Walter Beech & the Staggerwing -- Messerschmitt -- The Spitfire -- P-51: the wide-ranging Mustang -- The Flying Fortress -- Grumman's Cats -- Yak: hero of the Soviet Union -- The howl of the Zlin -- Frati: design for speed -- Lear: the 500-mph limousine -- F-86 Sabrejet -- Boeing jetliners.
Filled with air-to air color photographs, this book shows a pilot's choice of the most spectacular, most significant, and best-flying aircraft in the history of aircraft.
Airplanes--History
Aeronautics--History