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From Props to Jets Commercial Aviation’s Transition to the Jet Age 1952-1962 DJ
From Props to Jets Commercial Aviation’s Transition to the Jet Age 1952-1962 DJ
From Props to Jets Commercial Aviation’s Transition to the Jet Age 1952-1962 DJ
From Props to Jets Commercial Aviation’s Transition to the Jet Age 1952-1962 DJ
From Props to Jets Commercial Aviation’s Transition to the Jet Age 1952-1962 DJ
From Props to Jets Commercial Aviation’s Transition to the Jet Age 1952-1962 DJ
From Props to Jets Commercial Aviation’s Transition to the Jet Age 1952-1962 DJ

From Props to Jets Commercial Aviation’s Transition to the Jet Age 1952-1962 DJ


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From Props to Jets Commercial Aviation’s Transition to the Jet Age 1952-1962 DJ
 
From Props to Jets Commercial Aviations Transition to the Jet Age 1952-1962 by Jon Proctor, Mike Machat & Craig Kodera
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
159 pages
Copyright 2010
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments4
Dedication5
Foreword by Robert J. Serling6
About the Authors6
Introduction 7
Chapter OneSetting the Stage (1946-1950)8
Chapter TwoThe Jet Age Begins, Or Does It? (1949-1952) 20
Chapter Three Pistons Forever! (1952-1954)37
Chapter FourPromise of Things to Come (1954-1956) 49
Chapter FiveCoast-to-Coast in Only Eight Hours (1953-1956)61
Chapter SixZenith of the Propliners (1956-1958)73
Chapter Seven Changing of the Guard (1958-1960)86
Chapter Eight Coast-to-Coast in Only Five Hours (1959-1961)113
Chapter NineStage Two: The Fanjets (1961-1962)124
EpilogueWhat Has Happened Since 134
Special Salute to the Boeing 707140
Recommended Reading List 156
Index 157
The 1950s was an incredible decade to be living in America. Military supersonic flight was now a matter of routine, and visions of manned space travel entered the public consciousness for the first time. The most revolutionary aspect of all of this exciting futurism, however, was the turbine engine, and just mentioning the word "jet" conjured up visions of great speed and power.
Before World War II, the thought of an airline passenger boarding a jet airliner to fly to some exotic locale at nearly 600 mph would have been pure science fiction. Then, in May 1952, Britain's elegant de Havilland Comet 1 took to the skies. Although the commercial Jet Age didn't begin in earnest until 1959, the die had been cast and airline passengers could now fly at speeds and altitudes once strictly the domain of record-breaking military test pilots.
This book celebrates the magical years from 1952 to 1962 with an in-depth look at the amazing aircraft that made commercial jet flight possible, seen from the perspective of the propeller-driven airliners in worldwide service prior to the introduction of the jets. The span of time from the zenith of piston-powered luxury air travel to the world's first jetliners was only five short years, but this paradigm shift in powerplants, speed, and luxury revolutionized air travel forever.

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