(4th Edition) Expert aviation writer Bill Gunston explains clearly & accessibly the differences between gas-turbine, jet, rocket, ramjet & helicopter turboshaft aero engines, & traces their histories from the early days to the complex units used in today's airliners & military jets. New edition
Includes:: Boeing's 787 & Rolls-Royce's Trent 1000. BILL GUNSTON OBE, FRAe S, is a former RAF pilot & flying instructor. He is perhaps Britain's best-known aviation writer, with over 380 books published during his fifty-year career. He lives in Surrey. paperback, 238 x 169mm, 264 pages, 250 b&w illustrations