Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: news From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) Subject: Re: Boeing Book X-Submission-Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1992 18:14:20 GMT References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM X-Submission-Message-Id: Date: 09 Dec 92 18:45:35 PST RD> == Robert Dorsett RD> It might also be "Boeing: Planemaker since 1916," by one Philip M. Bowers. RD> It's an exhaustive review of all the airplanes (and variants) Boeing's RD> produced, sort of a mini Jane's. It's a long book (over 600 pages). It RD> appeared at Bookstop here in Austin sometime this summer; it's about $36. There are three books about Boeing that, together, do an exemplary job of covering the company's growth, products, and people. _Legend & Legacy_ is the best for "reading"; it is the one most likely to keep you up all night until you finish. (I believe it is also the newest.) It focuses on the people, rather than the products, and has been extensively discussed here recently. _Boeing: Planemaker to the World_ is a "coffee-table" book with plenty of wonderful photos and charts and the like, including discussion of the Boeing hydrofoils, furniture, Lunar Roving Vehicle, and streetcars. (Oh, and airplanes :) _Boeing Aircraft since 1916_ (title may not be exact, I have to find my copy) goes into much more detail on the aircraft, including lists of customer codes, production information, and the like. Many b&w photos, though it lacks the spectacular color photos of _Planemaker to the World_. There are others, of course. _Vision_ is a bit out of date. _Boeing Trivia_, by Carl Cleveland (former PR director, as I recall) is a good companion to _Legend & Legacy_, lacking the "storyline" aspects but adding a number of wonderful anecdotes from the "inside". -- Christopher K. Davis | ``Usenet seems to run much like the Kif (or, EFF #14 | for the TV generation, Klingon) high command. System Administrator, EFF | Whoever takes action and can be heard wins.'' +1 617 864 0665 [CKD1] | --Peter da Silva