Sud Aviation Caravelle Timelines - Hardcover

Falcus, Matt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1739819489 ISBN 13: 9781739819484

Verlag: Destinworld Publishing Ltd, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

The illustrated life of one of the most innovative early jet airliners with pictures, history and facts.

This book provides a snapshot of the Caravelle’s life through photographs and other images, along with technical specifications, a guide to the different variants and a look at the Caravelle today.

It includes large colour images and spreads, informative captions, and a history of the Caravelle incorporating archive images.

What's Inside:
• The history of the Sud Aviation SE.210 Caravelle including its development and entry into service.
• A guide to the different Caravelle variants.
• Over a hundred quality photographs of the Caravelle flying for many different airlines around the world.
• Technical specifications.
• A guide to the surviving Caravelle aircraft today.

Designed to a specification put forward by the French air ministry in 1951, the Aerospatiale, or Sud Aviation, Caravelle was a popular twin-engine airliner which paved the way for many airliners to come.

Featuring rear-mounted engines and horizontal stabilizer mounted high on the tail, the Caravelle was a capable airliner which saw service right up to the early 2000s. Built between 1958 and 1973, some 282 examples were produced across many different variants.

Sold all over the world, the Caravelle could be seen in the colours of many different airlines. 

Don't miss this amazing photographic guide to the Caravelle with rare and previously unpublished photographs of its life.

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MATT FALCUS is the author of a number of books on aircraft and airports, and has written for various magazines including Airways, Airliner World, and Aviation News. He has worked on aviation content for CNN Travel, the BBC and Channel 4. He is the editor of AirportSpotting.com and a private pilot. His popular Airport Spotting Guides book series has accompanied thousands of enthusiasts spotting at airports around the world. Other aviation book titles include 50 Airliners That Changed Flying (History Press), Boeing 737-100 and -200 (Key Publishing), Handley Page Herald Timelines (Destinworld) and Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde Timelines (Destinworld).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Destinworld Publishing Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• ISBN 10: 1739819489
• ISBN 13: 9781739819484
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 124
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar