Osprey Aircraft Cutaways : Boeing Aircraft Cutaways : The History of Boeing Aircraft Company

It would be idle to try and sum up the whole history of this, the most famous aircraft manufacturer in the world, but suffice to say no less than 38 Boeing models saw service in World War 2 alone, including of course the Flying Fortress and B-29 Superfortress. In 1927, the first Boeing, the 40A biplane, delivered the US mail, with a range of 650 miles; today the 747-400 can cover 9000 miles at a cruising speed of 615 mph. 70 years of big jets, and Mike Badrocke has produced meticulous cutaway artwork of all the major types from the B-52 to the 777. With the expert commentary of Bill Gunston, this is an important visual work of reference for the modeller and for anyone who wants to get 'inside' what amounts to the whole history of military bombers and commercial jet aircraft manufacture. Text by Bill Gunston with illustrations by Mike Badrocke.

Contents

• Introduction
• Early Models
• Biplane Pursuits
• Model 40
• Model 80
• Monomail
• B-9
• 247
• Colour illustrations - Biplanes to KC-135
• P-26
• Military Prototypes
• B-17 Fortress
• 307 Stratoliner
• 314
• 344 XPBB-1 Sea Ranger
• 345 B-29 Superfortress
• 345 B-50
• 367 C-97 Stratofreighter
• 377 Stratocruiser
• 400 XF8B-1
• 451 L-15 Scout
• 450 B-47 Stratojet
• 464 B-52 Stratofortress
• 367-80
• 717 KC-135 Stratotanker, C-135 Stratolifter
• 707
• 707-300
• 707 Military Variants
• 727
• 737
• Colour illustrations - Chinook to JSF
• 737-300 to 737-900
• 747
• 953 YC-14
• 757
• 767
• 777
• Bell Boeing 901 V-22 Osprey
• 717
• Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche
• X-32 JSF
• Index