Winchester J. (Ed.) Civil Aircraft

Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, CA, 2004. 258 p. — ISBN: 1592232264The Aviation FactfileBoeing and Airbus may dominate today’s commercial aircraft market, but there are dozens of smaller manufacturers producing excellent airplanes to service short- and medium-distance routes. Dozens of these commercial aircraft — from the immortal Douglas DC-3 to the unrivaled Boeing 747 — are covered here, along with business jets, leisure aircraft, and police and firefighting aircraft from around the world. 600 color and archival black-and-white photographs are included.Aero Spacelines to Beechcraft
Boeing to Dornier
Douglas to Hawker Siddeley
llyushin to Martin
McDonnell Douglas to Short
Tupolev to Yakovlev