
The Strangest Aircraft of All Time
Keith Ray(Author)
The History Press Ltd
Will be published approx. on 2. November 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-0-7509-6097-7 (ISBN)
Description
If your idea of a 'strange' aircraft is the pre-war DH Dragon Rapide, a bloated Boeing Super Guppy or a BA Airbus with an 'ethnic' tail design, then think again. What about Horatio Phillips' Multiplane with its 200 separate wings? Or the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the plane with the longest wingspan ever, which was made entirely from plywood? And who could forget the Caspian Sea Monster - a ten-engine, 550,000kg giant designed to fly at 500kph at a mindboggling altitude of just 4m? Exploring the strangest aircraft ever conceived, Keith Ray reveals the madness of many a designer and marketing guru in this highly entertaining homage to some of the aviation world's more bizarre aircraft.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
80 Illustrations, color; 50 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 179 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-6097-7 (9780750960977)
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Person
Keith Ray enjoyed had a long career in management consultancy, after originally studying engineering at Cambridge University. He is the author of the Extremely Serious Guides series as well as Bizarre Cars, and is an avid cartoonist.