747: Story of the Boeing Super Jet. by Ingells, Douglas J - 1970.

Fallbrook, California:: Aero Publishers, 1970.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: navy blue textured boards; the spine is slightly slanted, otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. about 11 inches tall by 7.5 inches wide . Index. Illustrated endpapers. Description: The story of the birth of the world's largest commercial jetliner, including a great history of the Boeing Company. Extensively illustrated with black and white and color photographs. This narrative history of Boeing tells of the founder, William Edward (Bill) Boeing and his 1914 Curtiss Hydroplane; of the first ''Stratoliner'' that introduced the pressurized cabin; lets you ride ''up front'' with the test pilots on the maiden flight and much more.