Boeing Aircraft Books - History, Types and Construction

BAE Systems Harrier II & Boeing AV-8B: Flying with air forces around the world (Duke Hawkins)

This beautiful Duke Hawkins photo book extensively presents the BAE Systems Harrier II and Boeing AV-8B, in service with the Royal Air Force and US Marine Corps plus the Italian and Spanish Navies.
The book contains not only action photos, but many " walkaround" photos that show details of the aircraft from different angles. Chapters on cockpit (single-seater and two-seater), fuselage, armament and maintenance work.

The series "Aircraft in Detail" arose from the collaboration between pilots, aircraft technicians and modellers. This volume (No. 11) on the BAE Harrier II and Boeing AV-8B is illustrated with over 400 very high quality color photographs, most of which have never been published before.

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Boeing in Photographs : A Century of Flight

Founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing, a wealthy timber merchant, the mighty Boeing Company's 100-year history spans decades of rich achievement and technological development.
Beginning with the manufacture of seaplanes, fighters and, from the 1930s onwards, huge bombers, Boeing pioneered innovative transports - gigantic airliners, missiles, rockets and most recently vehicles for space exploration and satellites.

Constantly evolving, Boeing set out to develop an entirely new jet transport, and in 1954 the innovative 707 appeared. The 727 and 737 airliners quickly followed and in 1969 the revolutionary 747. By 1975 the 'Jumbo Jet' was being produced in seven different models and new versions continue to be developed to this day.

Aviation author and historian Martin Bowman marks the centenary of Boeing's incorporation in July 1916 with this glorious photographic history, detailing the story of the company from its humble side-project beginnings to its ascent into being one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers.

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Boeing Field

Even before there were runways, the area south of the city of Seattle was Washington's aviation hub. Charles Hamilton, a daredevil dubbed "Crazy Man of the Air," became the first flyer in the state when he coaxed his Curtiss biplane into the sky over Meadows Racetrack in 1910. He promptly crashed.

With the help of William Boeing and his growing aviation company, Boeing Field opened in 1928. In those early days, brave air travelers could hitch a ride along with bags of mail in cold, noisy biplanes. Bigger, better aircraft soon followed, but wartime intervened.
Thousands of Flying Fortress bombers emerged from Boeing's Plant 2 at the edge of the airfield and winged off to war. In the years after, Boeing Field served a dazzling array of winged machines - from the smallest Piper Cub to Air Force One.

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Boeing, géant de l'aéronautique de 1916 à nos jours

Today, Boeing has become the largest American aircraft manufacturer, and even the largest manufacturer in the world. For the average person, the name Boeing has long been part of everyday language. It has become synonymous with jet airliners.
However, this reputation was not built in a day. To get there, the men who have succeeded one another at the head of the Seattle company have had to overcome challenges, some of which put the very existence of the company at stake.

From its origins to the present day, this book traces the fantastic technological and human adventure of this great manufacturer.
Illustrated with nearly 600 photographs and embellished with numerous inserts and appendices, it provides a complete panorama of the creations of the Boeing Company in the aeronautical and astronautical fields.

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C-17 Globemaster

The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is the most modern heavy military transport aircraft in the West. It has short takeoff and landing capabilities and can operate from unpaved runways. The in-flight thrust reverser allows steep landing approaches to minimize the risk of enemy fire. It can also drop cargo and soldiers from any altitude in flight.

All of this makes it extremely versatile. Since entering service with the US Air Force in 1993, the aircraft has proven itself in almost every conflict involving US involvement - most recently in August 2021, when 823 people were evacuated from Kabul with a single aircraft.

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