num_pages: 382
description: -- A unique and indispensable reference book on the aircraft of the world-- An up-to-date and comprehensive guideThis valuable directory contains a wealth of data on the history of aviation and attempts for the first time to identify every aircraft manufacturer and designer and every aircraft produced. This indispensable reference book is a comprehensive guide to the sheer number and variety of aircraft produced in the last hundred years.The directory has thousands of entries with for each manufacturer or designer the names of all the classes of aircraft produced (powered fixed-wing unpowered fixed-wing powered-rotor rotor craft and unpowered-rotor rotor craft). Entries are cross-referenced and brief histories of important companies have been added to enable the researcher to chart mergers closures and name changes. Significant nicknames and code names are also detailed.This valuable and unique book presents a vast official array of data in an accessible form and is an essential reference book for any aviation enthusiast.
language: English
title: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Directory of Airplanes: Their Designers and Manufacturers
publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal