ISBN: 0345272072
Godina izdanja: 1978
Jezik: Engleski
Oblast: Saobraćaj
Autor: Strani

Paul Eddy, Elaine Potter, Bruce Page - Destination Disaster
Ballantine, 1978
594 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro

*Destination Disaster* is a remarkable book of the politics in the (wide-body) commercial-aviation industry, and an accounting of the political warfare between McDonald Douglas and Lockheed Aircraft to gain acceptance of their designs during the early competition for wide-body commercial aircraft. One company, McDonald, pushed hard in Washington to prevent the technically more-advanced L1011 from being accepted in the commercial airline industry, only to see its candidate, the DC-10, later prove to be a safety nightmare. It is a spell-binding account of the troubles that ensued. In the end, Douglas` effort helped prevent acceptance of the L1011 for large-scale orders, and the plane ended production far too soon due to lowered order rate.

Aviation, avijacija, Aircraft accidents