The Encyclopedia of Aircraft
Subtitle: Over 3,000 Military and Civil Aircraft from the Wright Flyer to the Stealth Bomber
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
Published: October 14, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9781592232574
Subjects: Aircraft; Transportation; Transportation / Aviation / General; Sale Books; Aviation - General; Airplanes; Encyclopedias; History
First sentence: In 1890 Clement Ader's Eole became the first aircraft to fly under its own power, although the flight was short and completely uncontrolled.
Description: This book features over 3,000 aircraft, including every significant military and civil fixed-wing type, as well as helicopters and convertiplanes, from over 1,000 manufacturers. For easy reference the entries are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, then chronologically by date of first flight. Detailed specifications are given for a specific variant of each key aircraft, including performance, dimensions, weight, range, and payload.