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21st century jet : the making and marketing of the Boeing 777 / Karl Sabbagh.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Scribner, cop. 1996Description: 366 s. ill. 24 cmISBN:
  • 0684807211
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 629.133/349 23/swe
Contents:
Why a new plane? -- What goes fast must go up -- The paperless airplane -- "No more chain saws" -- Testing times -- ASAT and ASTA -- "Without us, they're Winnebagos" -- ETOPS : "Engines Turn Or Passengers Swim" -- Flying by wire -- First assembly -- The Bowing Company -- "Ticky-tack, snap, snap, snap" -- Summer of '93 -- To fly or not to fly -- From boardroom to factory floor -- Finally assembled -- Run-up to rollout -- All systems nearly go -- "Like kids in a candy store" -- Peeling the onion -- VMUS and RTOS -- Troublesome cycles -- Finishing touches -- An "all-girl" flight
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Book Högskolan Väst Övre plan / Upper floor 629.133349 Sabbagh Available 6004300013291
Total holds: 0

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Why a new plane? -- What goes fast must go up -- The paperless airplane -- "No more chain saws" -- Testing times -- ASAT and ASTA -- "Without us, they're Winnebagos" -- ETOPS : "Engines Turn Or Passengers Swim" -- Flying by wire -- First assembly -- The Bowing Company -- "Ticky-tack, snap, snap, snap" -- Summer of '93 -- To fly or not to fly -- From boardroom to factory floor -- Finally assembled -- Run-up to rollout -- All systems nearly go -- "Like kids in a candy store" -- Peeling the onion -- VMUS and RTOS -- Troublesome cycles -- Finishing touches -- An "all-girl" flight