Title
America s RoundEngine Airliners: Airframes and Powerplants in the Golden Age of Aviation
Sold by Ergodebooks, an authorized reseller.
Returns accepted within 30 days | support@ergodebooks.com
Shipping Information
- Free Standard Shipping — United States only
- Processing Time: 1–3 business days
- Estimated Delivery: 3–5 business days after dispatch
- Double-boxed, fully insured & discreetly packaged
- Tracking number sent via email once dispatched
- Orders over $250 require signature upon delivery. Taxes calculated at checkout.
Returns & Refund
Returns accepted within 30 days of delivery.
Damaged or Defective Item
Free return shipping + replacement or full refund
Wrong Item Received
Free return shipping + replacement or full refund
Change of Mind
Return shipping at customer's expense · 25% restocking fee applies
Payment Option
Some of the most significant engineering and technological breakthroughs of the 20th century centered on the development of piston aero engines from 1920 to 1957. This book explains in detailed, wellillustrated, and easytounderstand terms how these pistonpowered radialengine airliners advanced rapidly. The aircraft originated with fabriccovered fuselages with wooden wings and morphed into allmetal Ford Trimotors as the worlds first true modern airliner, the Douglas DC3, longrange fourengine transoceanic flying boats. Finally, the ultimate Queens of the skies Lockheed Constellations, Douglas DC7s, and Boeing Stratocruisers flew at the zenith of the piston age in the midtolate 1950s.Many magnificent aircraft bridged the gap from small singleengine airliners carrying six passengers in the 1920s to large longrange, fourengine landplanes carrying 60to80 passengers and linking all the worlds continents by air in the 1950s. This book not only traces the technical evolution of every radialengine powerplant used over that time span but also includes interesting and factfilled sidebars that detail what it was like flying aboard each generation of these aircraft. In 1948, the largest radial piston engine ever produced entered airline service, the mighty 3,500hp 28cylinder Pratt & Whitney R4360; it is one of 12 different radial engines covered indepth by the authors of this book.With one author having been an airline pilot and the other an air racing enthusiast and lifetime member of the Aircraft Engine Historical Society, this book offers readers the best of both worlds. Colorfully illustrated stories of flying aboard the world s greatest pistonpowered airliners are interwoven with detailed yet easytounderstand descriptions and graphics showing the intricacies of highperformance piston radial engines. The advancement and success of America s air transportation system can be linked directly to the concurrent growth of longrange, highspeed airliners and their revolutionary powerplants, and this book tells the compelling story of aviation progress and development for the very first time.
⚠️ WARNING (California Proposition 65):
This product may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
For more information, please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.