Big Wings: The Largest Aircraft Ever Built

by Philip Kaplan

In the history of aviation there have been many attempts to produce aircraft of extraordinary proportions to expand the limits of technology and create new performance standards. With few exceptions, the early attempts did not become the successes envisaged until post-World War II when such aircraft as the Boeing B-52, and and the Boeing 747 'Jumbo Jet' airliner changed the face of aviation in both the military and civil roles.

Big Wings is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844151786
• ISBN13: 9781844151783
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 10.8"