Viscount, Comet & Concorde The Story of the Three Pioneer Airliners of the Postwar Era
Weston Creek, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1996. Quarto, illustrated printed wrappers, 152 pp., illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and diagrams, some colour photographs and diagrams included. A near-fine copy. First edition. Volume 3 in Wilson's Legends of the Air series.
Prolific Australian aviation author Stewart Wilson brings his extensive knowledge of aircraft to this overview of Viscount, Comet and Concorde. The Vickers Viscount's operating economics, speed and passenger appeal provided the primary equipment for many major airlines until jets began to take over; the de Havilland Comet, although suffering issues that required improvement, claimed the title of the world's first jet airliner; and the BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde remains to this day the only supersonic transport to have achieved the status of regular airline service. Wilson examines each of these history-making airliners in detail. Item #5115
Price (AUD): $55.00